Brooklyn Vegan — Joanna Newsom in Michigan in March (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) [Joanna Newsom] opened her 75-minute set with four songs from her ambitious recent full-length, "Have One on Me," before weaving in older titles from her previous two albums, "Ys," from... more info

Stereogum — Photos of a sold-out show by Joanna Newsom in L.A. the other night (complete with standing ovation and a female would-be-stage-crasher blocked by security), with an opening set by an apologetic Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, paranoid that his voice w... more info

Pitchfork - Tours —   08-04 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre * 08-05 Vancouver, British Columbia- The Vogue Theatre *08-06-07 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater *08-22 Glanusk, Wales - Green Man Festival09-14 Dublin, Ireland - Grand Canal Theatre09-16 Bristol, England - Colsto... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The harpist, pianist and singer, who has crafted a body of work that sounds like none other, stirs fans ardor and fills the hall with precisely rendered melodies. ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The harpist, pianist and singer, who has crafted a body of work that sounds like none other, stirs fans’ ardor and fills the hall with precisely rendered melodies. On Saturday at L.A.'s ornate Orpheum Theatre, the downtown venue originally built... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The San Francisco Chronicle interviews singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom. Author Jennifer Egan shares a food diary with Grub Street. The Los Angeles Times explores the cassette tape revival. The Guardian interviews Richard Ashcroft. The Boston Globe re... more info

KEXP Seattle — Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes has released a 14 minutes black and white documentary of his current tour as the opening act for Joanna Newsom.The video is available for viewing on the Fleet Foxes web site. Phil Selway, famous as the drummer for Radi... more info

Guardian Music — (Caprice)Josefine Lindstrand, the Swedish singer, is a graduate of Denmark's Rhythmic Music Conservatory, the innovative establishment where Django Bates put his own special spin on the role of professor. But though she's been a key member of Bates... more info

Stereogum — Yep, it’s summer. You know it is because of how everybody’s losing power in Brooklyn and because of how everybody’s making summer mixes. There’s Cruel Summer, there’s the morning benders’ ode to heat culture via Arthur Russell and Avalanc... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Chris Chu of the benders made a summer playlist called EchoMix1 for blog Sam Mayday. It includes songs that gave Chris good summer vibes. He even offered up his own cover of Joanna Newsom’s “Have One on Me”, played over J Dilla’s “U-Love”... more info