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...
