joanna newsom

We are granted another glimpse of ‘Divers’, one of the year’s most highly-anticipated album releases from Joanna Newsom as she reveals “Leaving The City”. Listen here.

Following the recent announcement of Joanna Newsom’s forthcoming LP Divers out on October 23, 2015, UK and European fans won’t have long to wait before getting a chance to see her perform as she announced her UK and European dates kicking off the end of October.

Joanna Newsom has unveiled her new video for Sapokanikan which features on her new forthcoming LP Divers, out on October 23, 2015 on Drag City. Watch the video & find out more here.

Our Song of the Day is from FRUK favourite Marika Hackman and is a cover of a Joanna Newsom favourite ’81’ which featured on ”Have One on Me”. New EP ‘Sugar Blind’ out 9 Dec 2013

Road to Palios is the latest album from Ryan Francesconi & Mirabai Peart featuring guitar and violin duets which use inspiring minimalist instrumental meanderings to capture your heart with. Magical.

This weeks Nest Collective Hour will provide our listeners with a very special treat. They will be featuring the 2013 hot tipped British-Norwegian composer Sasha Siem in session with her string and percussion quartet.

Fran Smith writes like she means it: refreshingly uncompromising, with an honesty that is both brutal and beautiful. Intrigued by her background Mike Wilson managed to interview Fran and uncover some history and influences.

End of the Road festival yet again evaded the wet weather bookending it, and returned to the Larmer Tree gardens in Salisbury with a new layout, new ‘The Woods’ stage and perhaps its most varied line up yet.

A new series of Rockfeedback Presents will air on Channel 4 at the end of August into early October 2011. It will feature Robyn, Noah & The Whale, Joanna Newsom, Bombay Bicycle Club, Laura Marling, PJ Harvey, Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes and more.

The following video of Joanna Newsom was recorded at Le Trianon, Paris on July 25, 2011. She treated the crowd to a second encore as well!

Puzzle Muteson is the latest artist to join the Bedroom Community label. His debut recording En Garde plays out a spellbinding and hauntingly evocative fairytale of emotions of one man’s imagination.

Fleet Foxes have just revelealed a video to the song Grown Ocean taken from their forthcoming album Helplessness Blues. The video features documentary footage which you can watch below along with an earlier documentary covering Robin Pecknold opening for Joanna Newsom.

I was wondering what Fleet Foxes were upto this week when I was looking at some of the new rising stars and remembered the impact they made back in 2008. They don’t appear as prevalent in the media so I paid a visit to their Facebook page to find mention of a new website. I then came across this new tour documentary video

Joanna Newsom has come a long way since her 2004 debut The Milk Eyed Mender: a collection of short heartfelt songs, almost nursery rhymes telling of mollusc weddings and dragons. Written by an Elfin-like creature who appears to be a modern incarnation of the Pre-Raphaelite painting The Lady of Shallot, she sings in a shrill accapella voice, commonly likened to that of a child, much to our singer’s dislike. All …

I occasionally post details of past playlists to give a flavour of what we play. This is the Frukie playlist for 4th May 2010. Maybe at some point in the future when we have more time on our hands we’ll post them daily. The image is of Michael Hurley who has been making incredible alternative music since 1965!

Holly Throsby is, for want of a better word, a travelling troubador, whose deeply personal lyrics and warming voice have made her the winner of many hearts both at home in Australia and abroad.

Roan Press are excited to announce the launch of Visions of Joanna Newsom, a book of essays, poems, and art responding to Joanna Newsom’s evocative, controversial work.