Ryan Francesconi

“Joanna Newsom’s performance at the Apollo last night gave chills & there were a few moments where it was so beautiful I teared up” – Dan Berni……

Joanna Newsom began the North American leg of her tour in Boston on Sunday, and then hit Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre last night (12/7) for her first NYC show since playing Carnegie Hall in 2…

In the live setting last night, not only fit perfectly with all of her other material, they often highlighted the set. Sandwiched in between two of her most massive songs to date (“Emily” and “Have One On Me”), “Waltz of the 101st Lightborne” had the same show-stopping effect as those songs, with Ryan and Mirabi’s guitar and violin flourishes popping out as much as Joanna’s own presence…

Joanna Newsom‘s upcoming tour with Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi hits Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on December 7. Tickets are still available, though Ticketmaster says there are “not many left.” …

We’ve already heard two songs from the much-anticipated new Joanna Newsom album, Divers (due 10/23 via Drag City), and now Joanna has announced a tour in support of it with Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi open…

Joanna Newsom‘s 2010 album, Have One On Me, is still one of the very best albums of this decade so far, and its followup has been much anticipated for a while…

There were no guest appearances by Rick Ross, John Legend or Nicki Minaj, and Ivanka Trump wasn’t tweeting from the balcony with Spike Lee, but there were a lot of SNL cast members in attendance…