Joanna Newsom Biography
Joanna Newsom is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who received classical harp training and began her musical career as a keyboardist with the San Francisco-based indie band the Pleased.
How old is Joanna Newsom? – Age
She is 42 years old as of 18 January 2024. She was born in 1982 in Nevada City, California, United States. Her real name is Joanna Caroline Newsom.
Joanna Newsom Family – Education
Her parents, both physicians, were “progressive-minded professionals” who had previously lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. Newsom grew up in Nevada City alongside her older brother, Peter, and younger sister, Emily. She is the second cousin, twice removed, of California Governor Gavin Newsom. After high school, she attended Mills College to study composition and creative writing, where she also played keyboards in the band The Pleased. She dropped out to focus on her music and moved back to Nevada City to live with her family.
Joanna Newsom Husband – Children
From 2004 to 2007, Newsom was in a relationship with Bill Callahan, the frontman of Smog. He sang a guest voice on the song ‘Only Skin’ from her second studio album Ys. She met comedian Andy Samberg in 2006 at one of her gigs. They got married on September 21, 2013, in Big Sur, California.
Joanna Newsom Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Joanna Newsom Brooklyn Philharmonic
Newsom played the album live in 2008 with the Brooklyn Philharmonic in New York City and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Sydney, Australia. There have been various organizations known as the Brooklyn Philharmonic. The most recent was the now-defunct Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, an American orchestra situated in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that operated from the 1950s to 2012. It was hailed as “groundbreaking” and “one of the most innovative and respected symphony orchestras of modern times” during its peak.
Joanna Newsom Have One on Me
Newsom’s third studio album, Have One on Me, was released on February 23, 2010 on Drag City as the official follow-up to the harpist’s highly praised second studio album, Ys, from 2006. It is a triple album that she produced and mixed with long-time colleagues Jim O’Rourke and Noah Georgeson, with Ryan Francesconi providing the accompanying arrangements. Have One on Me maintains Newsom’s use of cryptic, pastoral lyrics, as well as a progression of components of her style such as orchestral accompaniment and arrangements, which include different instruments such as the tambura, harpsichord, and kaval.
In certain tracks, the production flirts with genres like jazz and blues, while others have drums and an electric guitar. The CD is also her first since The Milk-Eyed Mender to feature songs performed on piano rather than the harp. Due to health issues, Newsom’s voice was injured during the sessions, which hampered the overall recording process and forced the harpist to adjust her singing technique.
Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender
Drag City signed Newsom and released her debut album, The Milk-Eyed Mender, in 2004. Shortly after, Newsom toured alongside Devendra Banhart and Vetiver to promote the record, including an early appearance at the Green Man Festival in Wales. The documentary The Family Jams, released in 2011, focused on the tour. In December 2004, she played at Drag City’s “It’s a Wonderful Next Life” Christmas party alongside Smog and Weird War. She also appeared as a guest musician on Vetiver’s self-titled album in 2004 and Vashti Bunyan’s Lookaftering the following year. The music “Sprout and the Bean” appeared in the 2008 horror thriller The Strangers.
As of 2010, The Milk-Eyed Mender had sold 200,000 copies, helping her establish an underground following. Music historian John Morrish described the album as a “neo-folk benchmark” in 2007, while NME ranked it as the 12th best folk album of all time.
Joanna Newsom Movies
♦ 2021 – Brooklyn Nine Nine
♦ 2016 – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
♦ 2014 – Inherent Vice
♦ 2012 – Portlandia
♦ 2009 – MGMT
♦ 2008 – The Sky Crawlers
♦ 2006 – Hot Shots Tennis
