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.Mark Knopfler/Emmylou Harris
All The Roadrunning
Old Blind Dogs
Four on the Floor
RADNEY FOSTER
Everything I Should Have Said
ERIN MCKEOWN
Lafeyette
BACK FORTY
Down Home Funkgrass
Avett Brothers
Emotionalism
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