Joanna Newsom

Overview

Joanna Newsom plays the harp, sings like a fairy and writes songs covering subjects as various as moonlight, eyelashes, daddy longlegs, runaway rabbits, peaches, plums, bears and butcher boys. The darling of many a music fan since her debut album The Milk-Eyed Mender, was released in 2004, she cemented her place as one of the most beautiful, original and influential musicians around with the release of Have One On Me in 2010 — a three disc album with most songs averaging around eight minutes in length, and bestowed with a rating of 9.2 by the hard-to-please people at Pitchfork.

Back in Australia to headline the Golden Plains festival in March, Newsom is gracing Sydney with her presence at the beautiful Angel Place City Recital Hall. The delicate and hysterical tautness of her ramblings and storytelling, which are haunted by a "darlin'" who seems always to be plaguing her, could find no better venue.

She brings with her a full band, including drums, guitar, piano, strings and her trademark harp. Grab a ticket quickly, before they sell out, and she'll have you using words like "poetaster" and exclaiming "mercy me" as you mosey back out into the world.