I MISSED THE GAME FML , BUT IM HIGH ON MORPHINE AND WE WON . YEESSSSSSSSS <| sep |> I actually have explored quite a bit of the north Bay Area of California . There was one good one called Great White but it was a little light in my opinion <| sep |> Its not the mirror creating the unflattering image , its her fat frumpy body . <| sep |> it ' d take less time than it takes currently . my average time in queueslobbies has almost tripled to get into a game . <| sep |> I thought P stood for whatever it stands for in P Switch . Power ? <| sep |> Joanna Newsom artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 2525 a 5 a 1 e 55 cdf 94 d 8 c 9 ab 4 fc 0 ebbf 9 dbb 1 . png Joanna Newsom born January 18 , 1982 started taking piano lessons at a very early age and played for a couple of years , but switched to the harp at seven . Her approach to the harp , from the percussive aspects of her playing to her chord changes , was also influenced by West African and Venezuelan harp music , which she began studying at a folk music camp she attended in her early teens . At the same time , she also listened to more vocalbased folk , punk , and jazz like Karen Dalton , Texas Gladden , Patti Smith , and Billie Holiday . By the time she reached highschool age , Newsom decided she wanted to become a composer , and while that became the focus of her studies , in her free time she began writing and recording instrumental songs . Eventually , Newsom ' s passion for songwriting won out , and she began studying creative writing to work with words in the same way she was accustomed to working with music . Although Joanna Newsom ' s A ppalachianmeetsavantgarde take on folk music is her most celebrated work , her range is even more inclusive than her solo career suggests the classically trained harpist adds a decidedly different , textural sound to Nervous Cop , the noise rock trio that also features Deerhoof ' s Greg Saunier and Hella ' s Zach Hill , and she also plays keyboards for The Pleased , another San Franciscoarea band more akin to Blondie or Television than her other projects . Newsom ' s family and hometown of Nevada City , CA , were both musically rich her mother trained to be a concert pianist , her father is a guitarist , and her brother and sister play the drums and cello , respectively meanwhile , the Newsoms also counted composerpianist Terry Riley as a neighbor , along with Howard Hersh and W . Jay Sydeman . Despite her extensive musical background , she hadn ' t sung until she began concentrating on her songs , but her voice which had a pure , untrained sound somewhere between a child and a crone was the perfect complement to her music . Newsom recorded some collections of songs that she gave to her friends , but eventually her music made its way to likeminded musicians like Will Oldham and Cat Power , both of whom invited her to play opening slots for their shows in 2002 . That year also saw the release of the Walnut Whales EP , which she followed up with more appearances and another EP , Yarn and Glue , in 2003 . After signing to Drag City , Newsom released her fulllength debut , The MilkEyed Mender , in spring 2004 later that year , she toured the U . S . with Devendra Banhart and Europe with Smog . In 2006 she changed direction again , with the release of her new album Ys , which received great critical acclaim and landed Newsom the Number 3 spot on Pitchfork ' s list of Top Albums of 2006 . The EP Joanna Newsom the Ys Street Band , which contained one new song and rearrangements of two old ones , followed the next year . In Spring 2009 , she developed vocal cord nodules , leaving her unable to sing , speak , or cry . Since then , her voice has seen a few changes . 2010 saw the release of her third fulllength , the triple album Have One on Me , which contains eighteen songs spanning just over two hours and which arguably collectively makes up her most diverse set of material yet . It has also frequently been regarded as more accessible than its predecessors , in part due to the changes in Newsom ' s voice . The album was chosen by UK ' s Uncut magazine critics as their Best Album of 2010 , and became the most commercially successful album she had released to date . Her fourth fulllength , Divers , was released in 2015 . Like her previous work , it was highly critically acclaimed . It also proved to be commercially successful , outstripping its predecessors ' performance on the U . S . Billboard 200 . Read more on Last . fm . Newsom 630 , 775 listeners , 23 , 299 , 272 plays tags folk , singersongwriter , female vocalists , indie , freak folk Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .