Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom
Joanna Caroline Newsom is an American harpist, pianist, vocalist, lyricist and actress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 January 1982
CountryUnited States of America
song lines rhyming
I have a lot of interest in interior rhyming; not just rhyming at the end of the lines, but playing around with rhymes within the lines, playing with where the syllabic emphases in the sentences are, lining those up at strange moments in the line of the song. I'm not sure if that comes across or not.
song ideas voice
My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not to make some statement about the harp - somehow has ... coloured people's interpretations of the music and projected an idea of childlike or fairytale quality or innocence. Which sometimes prevents people from listening to the songs the way I would like them to be listened to.
heart moon
And a thimble's worth of milky moon Can touch hearts larger than a thimble.
weed silence spokes
And all that we built, and all that we breathed And all that we spilled or pulled up like weeds Is piled up in back and it burns irrevocably And we spoke up in turns 'til the silence crept over me.
song
I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs.
say-anything able mets
If I ever met Dolly Parton for sure, I would just not be able to say anything. I love her.
song writing thinking
I have a voice that's obviously untrained - and I think untrainable - so I kind of secreted it away for a long time. Actually, I would write songs with lyrics when I was younger, but I would just sing in my head.
forget
Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism.
cds giving forever
I give away CDs at shows if someone wants a CD but doesn't have any money. I wouldn't want to do that forever.
different should different-music
You should listen to a lot of different music.
easter san-francisco islands
People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on.
circles musical way
I didn't really know a lot of the history when I was younger. I didn't realize that the harp is coded in such a specific way in musical circles. It's kind of this society instrument because of its history as a young woman's parlor instrument.
beautiful writing writing-music
I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.
downloads
I would happy for someone to download my music.