The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it.
Joanna NewsomI played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.
Joanna NewsomI wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.
Joanna NewsomI am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music.
Joanna Newsom