2007-01-15
On Joanna Newsom's second album, Ys (pronounced "ease"), she continues to move in a very different direction than her peers, and even a different one than what her audience might expect. The Milk-Eyed Mender's 12 gentle vignettes sounded like they were basking in sunlight; Ys is epic, restless, and demanding, made up of five dazzling, shape-shifting songs that range from seven to 16 minutes long.
BORIS GARCIA
Mother's Finest
GRANT PEEPLES AND THE PEEPLES REPUBLIC
Punishing The Myth
PETE AND MAURA KENNEDY
Pete and Maura Kennedy Present: The Stringbusters - Rhapsody in Uke
AMONG THE OAK & ASH
Among the Oak & Ash
ALEXIS HARTE
Big Red Sun
DAR WILLIAMS
Promised Land
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