Joanna Newsom for prog folk - again!!

I know she has been suggested several times unsuccessfully but here goes again.  I mean, come on, there aren't too many more obvious suggestions that have been so consistently rebuffed, frankly.  For crying out loud, her music has more in common with Red Queen to Gryphon  Three than Liege and Lief.  Could somebody from the prog folk team be kind enough to answer why a track like this has absolutely nothing to do with prog-folk so as to not merit consideration for inclusion? 



If this has any persuasive value, here are the album credits for Have One on Me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_One_on_Me


I understand her childlike style of singing is not everyone's cup of tea - and as much as I appreciate her ambitious songwriting, it's not mine either - but last time I checked, that didn't stop people adding Kate Bush.  And no, I am not going into "If X, then Y", I am saying least of all on a prog forum, we can't be the high priests of aesthetics and 'taste'. I am saying all this only because one of the collabs expressed strong disgust after listening to Milk Eyed Mender; I hope that was not a reason not to consider her work seriously.


Edited by rogerthat - December 18 2010 at 09:55

I read the thread created by Textbook a few months back.    Pretty mystifying though, all this resistance.   Maybe because she's not British.  

keiser willhelm wrote: have any of them even listened to Ys? honestly. Bjork? hell yeah she's weird. Newsom? hell NO!she plays a f**kin harp!

They'll take her in Xover. They've got Bjork after all. 

I would hardly call the Xover category PROG these days.


*stands in plain view of gunfire*

It's simple... she lacks the 'rock' part of 'progressive rock', as does Björk, unfortunately.

Marty McFly wrote: ^ That's your opinion and that's what it is, only opinion. EDIT: It's quite tiring to hear this from you over and over again. You sound like Walter now.

Well said Marty except re Walter, since 1989 he seems to be getting more mellow

Angelo wrote: It's simple... she lacks the 'rock' part of 'progressive rock', as does Björk, unfortunately.

^ No it would not

Your cognitive dissonance will never go away if you start to care about what artists PA adds.

You can't stop Bjork.

You can't stop Tori Amos.

Lady Gaga and Ani DiFranco will eventually be here under Crossover.

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