As Newsom announces details of Divers,her first album in five years, Rock’s Backpages this week revisits an early live review from the ICA in London, andiginally published on Yahoo! Music,in November 2004An interview with Joanna Newsom: ‘Is it time for a glass of wine?’The response in the bar afterwards is split clearly along gender lines. Robert and his male friend are in raptures. What a voice! Such fragile beauty, such mesmeric phrasing, and such idiosyncratic delight! (We’re paraphrasing here,you understand – you can read a lot into “yeah, it was alright”, or you know.)Susie and her female friend are seething. What a voice! Such ickle-wickle pretension,such cloying irritation, such an obvious thing for a dumb male to plunge for! (No paraphrasing needed here – they were sharpening knives …)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com