Consequence of Sound — A live recording from Newsom's collaborative performance with Philip Glass. more info

Detroit Free Press — Van Dyke Parks has never really been a household name, as he has primarily worked behind the scenes as a producer, arranger, songwriter and session musician and only occasionally released albums as a solo artist. But his significance in the world of ... more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, Drag City posted a previously unreleased Joanna Newsom track called “Instrumental 1999″ which — get this — is an instrumental track put together in 1999. During that period, Drag City notes, Newsom was “newly armed with a ... more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, the Jeff Mangum-curated ATP festival went down in Butlins, Minehead, UK, and as a result there’s some footage out there from the likes of Joanna Newsom, Low, and the Fall. Check that out down below, and if other stuff pops (perhap... more info

Stereogum — Johnny Marr is the latest figure from the rock world to drop into this season of Portlandia, joining the ranks of Isaac Brock, Joanna Newsom, St. Vincent and Eddie Vedder (so far). In this sketch, Johnny experiences some customer service issues with ... more info

Guardian Music — Scala, LondonFirst Aid Kit seem to emanate from some strange Nordic Nashville. Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg play a stripped-down, haunting strain of alt-country rock that sounds as if it should spring from the loins of dusty midwest p... more info

Stereogum — On this Friday’s episode of Portlandia, Joanna Newsom shows up in a sketch. And you don’t actually have to wait until then to watch it; it’s below. In said sketch, Newsom plays part of a group of flower-children having an ethereal meadow jam se... more info

Stereogum — Austin City Limits has been on something of a roll lately. Over the last couple of weeks, the PBS music-performance show has featured Arcade Fire on one show and Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom on another. And on this past weekend’s episode, the show... more info

Stereogum — Last week, we posted a pair of previews of the Fleet Foxes/Joanna Newsom episode of the PBS music-performance show Austin City Limits. The episode aired over the weekend, and now the entire thing, 54 minutes of straight freak-folk bliss, is online. W... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch the new episode of Austin City Limits here (http://video.pbs.org/video/2186238787) which features sets from *Fleet Foxes* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/fleetfoxes) and *Joanna Newsom* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/joannanewsom). more info