Joanna Newsom

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Joanna Newsom
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Ys
  DE 98 11/24/2006 (1 week)
  UK 41 11/18/2006 (2 weeks)
  US 134 12/02/2006 (1 week)
Have one on me
  DE 40 03/12/2010 (3 weeks)
  AT 49 03/19/2010 (1 week)
  CH 75 03/14/2010 (1 week)
  UK 28 03/13/2010 (3 weeks)
  US 75 03/13/2010 (4 weeks)
Divers
  DE 22nd 10/30/2015 (1 week)
  AT 30th 11/06/2015 (1 week)
  CH 56 11/01/2015 (1 week)
  UK 10 05/11/2015 (3 weeks)
  US 30th 11/14/2015 (1 week)
Live performance in Munich, 2007

Joanna Caroline Newsom (born January 18, 1982 in Nevada City , California ) is an American singer-songwriter , harpist and pianist .

biography

Newsom studied music and creative writing at Mills College in Oakland , near San Francisco . She has been playing the harp since she was seven .

After they u. a. Having played with the groups Golden Shoulders and The Pleased Keyboard , she began singing along with her harp in 2002.

With her songs, Newsom soon became one of the most important representatives of the folk movement in the USA known as New Folk , Psychedelic Folk , New Weird America or Freak Folk . In her compositions she combines different styles of music, such as Appalachian folk , indie rock and classical music .

In addition to her soulful harp playing and her lyrically rich texts, the sensitive interpretation of her songs is striking. Her high pitch and timbre have been described as "childish" in some reviews.

She published twelve of her compositions in 2004 on her album The Milk-Eyed Mender , which was praised by music critics and discovered by listeners of various styles.

In November 2006, Newsom's second studio album Ys was released . The two letters Y and S only appeared as a topic in a dream Newsoms, but are reminiscent of the mythical city of Ys in Brittany . Produced by Steve Albini and orchestrated by Van Dyke Parks , the album contains five long pieces in over 55 minutes. Newsom processed serious personal experiences and strokes of fate in it. These stories are encoded in the lyrics, but are also expressed through the music. Ys received a lot of attention, both in the German feature pages and in the music and internet press, which gave the album top marks.

In February 2010 Newsom released the triple album Have One on Me, their third studio work, with which they achieved top 40 placements in Europe for the first time.

In 2014 Newsom played the role of "Sortilege" in the Thomas Pynchon film adaptation Inherent Vice .

Her new album Divers was released on CD and LP on October 23, 2015 .

Private life

In February 2013, after a five-year relationship, Joanna Newsom's engagement to actor Andy Samberg was announced. The couple were married on September 21, 2013 in Big Sur, California. Their daughter was born in 2017.

Discography

Albums

  • 2004 - The Milk-Eyed Mender
  • 2006 - Ys
  • 2010 - Have One on Me (3 CDs)
  • 2015 - Divers

Mini albums

  • 2002 - Walnut Whales
  • 2003 - Yarn and Glue
  • 2007 - Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band

Known songs

  • Sprout and the Bean
  • Sadie
  • The Book of Right-On
  • En gallop
  • Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie
  • Bridges and Balloons
  • Peach, plum, pear
  • Flying a kite

Quotes about Joanna Newsom

“ All of this has only marginally to do with pop music. Pop musicians hardly play the harp either, they rarely study composition and creative writing . And only very, very few pop musicians ever record a record where after listening for the third time you know: There won't be anything better this season. "

- Gregor Kessler, 2006

“ ... next to Radioheads ' Kid A ' and Wilco's 'A Ghost Is Born' the most important and touching album of this decade. [...] five songs [...] whose perfection and radiance are unparalleled. [...] Life without this record is not one. "

- Jan Wigger, 2006

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2
  2. ^ Maik Brüggemeyer: American counterpoint. Rolling Stone, Axel Springer Mediahouse Munich, 12/2006 p. 18
  3. ↑ Lindsay Zoladz: Joanna Newsom and Andy Samberg Engaged. In: Pitchfork Media . February 25, 2013, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Denise G .: Baby Surprise! "The Lonely Island" star is suddenly dad. In: Promiflash . Celebrity News AG, August 17, 2017, accessed June 21, 2019 .
  5. ^ Gregor Kessler: Harp sounds without the kitsch factor. In: The daily newspaper . Taz, the daily newspaper publishing association , November 8, 2006, accessed on March 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Jan Wigger: The most important CDs of the year. In: Spiegel Online . December 19, 2006, accessed March 26, 2019 .

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SURNAME Newsom, Joanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newsom, Joanna Caroline (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter, harpist and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Nevada City , California