Album: Divers by Joanna Newsom (2015)
Format: Album

Description: "Divers"  is the fourth full length studio album by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, released on October 23, 2015 on the Drag City label.
Speaking about the album's creative process in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she said "I spent a year or two on the instrumental arrangements and overdubs. I wanted the character and colors of the instrumentation to shift definitively, from song to song, which entailed a wide pool of collaborators and a lengthy collaborative process with each person." She further described the process of making the album as "probably the most fun I’ve had making a record". Entertainment Weekly also reported Newsom "as using an arsenal of nearly a dozen keyboards and synths including clavichords, mellotrons and Marxophones" for the album, while members of the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra feature as players on the album.

Artist Background: Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American harpist, pianist and singer-songwriter from Nevada City, California. Newsom grew up in the small town of Nevada City, California. As a child, Newsom was not allowed to watch television or listen to the radio because she was raised by doctors who were "kind of idealists when it came to hoping they could protect us from bad influences, like violent movies, or stupid stuff". She was exposed to music from a young age. Her father played the guit... Part of the Nevada City, USA music scene. Known for Indie Folk style.

Music Scene: Part of the Nevada City, USA music scene. Known for Indie Folk style.

Tags: 2010s, Album

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"Divers"  is the fourth full length studio album by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, released on October 23, 2015 on the Drag City label.
Speaking about the album's creative process in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she said "I spent a year or two on the instrumental arrangements and overdubs. I wanted the character and colors of the instrumentation to shift definitively, from song to song, which entailed a wide pool of collaborators and a lengthy collaborative process with each person." She further described the process of making the album as "probably the most fun I’ve had making a record". Entertainment Weekly also reported Newsom "as using an arsenal of nearly a dozen keyboards and synths including clavichords, mellotrons and Marxophones" for the album, while members of the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra feature as players on the album.

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