Joanna Newsom
Ys
back in stock joanna's drag city debut 'the milkeyed mender' captured the hearts of fans and critics with its lilting harp and vocal majesty on 'ys' joanna has recorded five songs clocking in at fiftyfive minutes the album was co produced by the legendary van dyke parks with the vocals and harp recorded with steve albini and mixed with jim o'rourke on 'ys' you will hear a dream collaboration between joanna's voice her harp and a full orchestra the album is a ride that ebbs and flows in a scrumptious cacophony of layers and drama the widescreened beauty of 'ys' is due to among other things the allanalog production mixed to tape and mastered at abbey road 'ys' is a stunning album in scope breadth and imagination it takes courage and vision to produce music as startlingly original and true as this