Hugh Jackman: Broadway to Oz

摘要

When Noah Georgeson took over from Steve Albini to produce Joanna Newsom's latest album, he replaced Albini's favourite setups with his own -- including eight mics to capture the centrepiece harp. A woman playing a harp should conjure feelings of peace, not controversy. Yet Joanna Newsom consistently manages to make waves. Her fourth album, Divers, ascended almost all 'Best Albums of 2015' lists that matter, and had a review average in the high 80s. Even mainstream rock and pop reviewers, who have pigeon-holed her largely acoustic music under labels like 'New Weird America and 'Freak Folk', were wheeling out the superlatives -- "truly incredible", "a masterpiece", "startlingly beautiful".