Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band
Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP
back in stock songwriting harpist joanna newsom returns with a new ep entitled 'joanna newsom and the ys street band' the title which is clearly inspired by butch walker and the let'sgoouttonites and certainly not by anyone from new jersey is a play on the singer's most recent longplayer 'ys' pronounced 'ease' the threesong release includes the newlypenned 'colleen' and reworkings of two released tracks ys' 'cosmia' and the milkeyed mender's 'clam crab cockle cowrie' the ep was performed by joanna's roadtested band kevin barker neal morgan dan cantrell and ryan francesconi with joanna newsom singing and playing her harp it was recorded and mixed in its entirety by tim green at the plant studios in sausalito california on drag city