Joanna Newsom facts for kids
Joanna Newsom is an indie singer and a harpist. She was born in Nevada City, California in 1982.
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Early life
Newsom was not allowed to watch television or listen to the radio when she was a child. She went to a Waldorf school. After high school Newsom studied composition and creative writing at Mills College in Oakland, California.
Career
Newsom's first album The Milk-Eyed Mender was released by Drag City on the 23rd of February 2003. Pitchfork gave the album a score of 8 out of 10. Newsom's second album Ys was given a score of 9.4 out of 10.
Personal life
She married comedian Andy Samberg in September 2013.
Recordings
- Albums
- The Milk-Eyed Mender (Drag City, 2004)
- Ys (Drag City, 2006) US #134, UK #41
- Have One on Me (Drag City, 2010) US #75, UK #28
- Early unofficial recordings
- Walnut Whales (self-released, 2002)
- Yarn and Glue (self-released, 2003)
- EPs
- Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band (Drag City, 2007) UK #135
- Singles
- "Sprout and the Bean" (Drag City, 2004)
- "What We Have Known" (Drag City, 2011)
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