Joanna Newsom’s always been a storyteller. On 2004’s The Milk-Eyed Mender the tales were richly and eccentrically meandering, even if the songs have retrospectively proven to be the most concise and straightforward in a catalog that includes 2006’s Van Dyke Parks orchestral Ys and now her most ambitious collection H...

We've heard the stylistically diverse "81" pastoral and jazzy "Good Intentions Paving Company" outing. Now, after adding the gorgeous 9-minute madrigal/short story "Kingfisher" to the Have One On Me tracklist, the only thing to be sure of is that the 3-CD collection won't be following one specific path. But color me impressed. You can hear the n...

So far people have been focusing more on Joanna Newsom's press photos and album art than her sounds. Two songs into the three-disc Have One On Me we've gone from "'81"'s plaintive, pastoral (and quite beautiful) Garden Of Eden to the upbeat, piano-pulsed, country-jazzed (and sorta Peanuts) "Good Intentions Paving Company," which should hopefully...

True it's somewhat regional, as it was an honor bestowed by Elle Sweden. But still: Joanna Newsom watch yr back.

There's always a shade of intrigue surrounding Joanna Newsom's album cover art. Perhaps that's because she's cultivated such a