Joanna Newsom | Pop review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonJoanna Newsom's popularity should make us optimism about the survival of real, if eccentric, creativity. That a shrill-voiced harpist who has released a triple album of chorus-free songs about the 19th-century courtesan Lola Montez should sell out two nights at a 3,000-capacity venue is cause for hope. That Newsom should take these arcane elements and present them in a way that isn't precious is a real feat.Taking centre stage behind an enormous harp, with her flowing ...

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