N. Scott Robinson & K. S. Resmi - Carnatic Bodhran Thani

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N. Scott Robinson & K. S. Resmi - except from live concert featuring frame drum improvisation by N. Scott Robinson, Sep. 2008.
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Joanna Newsom - " Peach, Plum, Pear "

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Sao Paulo, October 2007

Joanna Newsom was born in January 1982 and grew up in Nevada City, California. Part of a very musical family—her mother is a pianist and her father plays guitar—her introduction to music was via the Celtic Harp. Although her first instrument was piano, Newsom began playing the harp at seven years old. She later developed an affinity for the pedal harp and became interested in composition.

Although her harp playing is not completely divorced from conventional harp techniques, she considers her style distinct from that of classically focused harpists.She has been strongly influenced by polyrhythms. Her harp teacher, Diana Stork, taught her the basic pattern of four beats against three, which creates an interlocking, shifting pattern that can be heard on "Ys", particularly in the middle section of "Sawdust & Diamonds". The media have sometimes labeled her as one of the most prominent members of the modern psych folk movement, although she does not acknowledge ties to any particular musical scene.Her songwriting incorporates elements of Appalachian music, and avant-garde modernism.

Newsom's vocal style (in the November 2006 issue of The Wire she described her voice as "untrainable") has shadings of folk and Appalachian shaped-note timbres. Newsom has, however, expressed disappointment at comments that her singing is "child-like."

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