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Joanna Newsom

Renowned for alternative ideas, the fragility of her song-writing and for making the humble harp cool and sexy, Joanna Newsom is one of the unlikeliest success stories of the 2000s. Her father played guitar, her mother was a classical pianist and, as a child Newsom studied theatre and started playing piano and harp from the age of four. She studied composition and creative writing in Oakland, California and played keyboards with the band The Pleased; but after making some demo recordings she was discovered by Will Oldham, who signed her to his Drag City label and released her deb...