The Newsroom — Joanna Newsom joins Mike in the closet. more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonA band of all-female punk demonstrators, Pussy Riot, are currently languishing in jail in Russia after a guerrilla gig in a church protesting against Russia's strongman president, Vladimir Putin. Their imprisonment has become... more info

Guardian Music — Far from being just another soul singer, Josephine Oniyama is more Morrissey in Manchester than Dusty in MemphisHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Josephine Oniyama (vocals, music).The background: Josephine Oniyama is not another soul girl, even though... more info

Prefix — Monday night saw Joanna Newsom performing at San Francisco's Warfield Theater as part of a benefit for the Henry Miller ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-new-joanna-newsom-the-divers-wife/66693/ more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Here’s a beautiful new one from Joanna Newsom, performed live in San Francisco at last... Read more » more info

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