Joanna Newsom - Live at Bottletree (Full Audio) 

This event took place on the worst day of my life. I didn’t have her then, but a decade and a half later, I had discovered her, loved her, saw her perform with my husband, processed all that pain and grief through her music, and tonight discovered that THIS was happening during my darkest hour. God is so good. Thank you, Joanna.

just coming here after submitting my final year project. 4 years of engineering was tough but i discovered her music in the midst of it all and this whole set is therapy

that monkey and bear performance is still the most charged, poignant rendition of this song she's ever recorded.

I'm a hardcore Joanna fan of like 10 years who JUST NOW discovered that this exists. THANK YOU GOD!!!

I’m so honored to be part of a community that loves and appreciates her music… like y’all were so lucky

The monkey and bear glitch scared the shit out of me lol

That Monkey & Bear performance gives me chills every time.

What an amazing recording. Great setlist, immaculately performed (with charming interludes) by a stellar artist at the top of her game, and an audience who were enthusiastic but respectfully quiet when Joanna was playing. Add in the excellent sound quality, and all-in-all it's the next best thing to actually being there.

How is this gig more powerful than the actual recorded album, I love it

Every time I listen I am so floored when she talks about how she had to walk out in the middle of 'Only Skin' during the previous night's performance- to be so noisy as to drown that one out while Miss Joanna is performing live?? Godawful lawlessness, IMO

I was at this show!!!! What a treat to discover this recording. I still have the T-shirt I bought that night 💜💙💚

Louisville never recovered after this

this is the perfect thing to listen to while reading

Ca' the Yowes to the Nowes is absolutely gorgeous

Peak JN imo. This along with the Philadelphia live footage is perhaps her best ever...

Perfect songs to read the subjective forms of the clouds and to follow with a tender eye the grooves of the stems of the trees; appreciate the complex writing of the nested branches, taste the colors of the decomposition of light into water droplets in a garden, and strongly feel the wet soil of ancestral forest to perceive the traces of animals from deep past..

37:36 man I love when she does that

the cosmias arrengements at the end is so incredibily

I was in my junior year of high school at this time and was not old enough to be admitted bc of the age restriction. I was crushed, heartbroken. My friend from Zoology class kindly bought me a t shirt from the show and I remember when he sat it on my desk and I lit up as he told me about the show. RIP to Bottletree and my younger self. I honestly don’t think I’dve been able to really appreciate this performance and the depth of the new (at the time) songs, but boy am I grateful to be able to experience it now. Only Skin and Sawdust and Diamonds still make me cry. Her voice sounds PERFECT here and the band is incredibly tight. Thanks a million to whoever recorded this and to the crowd who made her feel so good and at home.

RIP bottletree. Birmingham hasn’t been the same since. It was the best kept secret venue in America.

Whoever recorded this has my eternal gratitude. Excellent quality, such a treasure of a particular time of Joanna Newsom.

Dec. 24, 2022. Christmas eve and yet doing case digests. Listening to this. I always get chills when Joanna performs. It's otherwordly. It's comforting. I also would like to acknowledge her band. The band adds a touch of magic with their talent.

Hmmm…. I woke up this morning and this video was already pulled up on my screen (though I didn’t go searching for it and have never seen/heard it). I took it as a sign and listened. I always knew Joanna was magic!

Wow, this Cosmia.

Man, put a little extra sass into the book of right on, like she was pissed at someone. Joanna never ceases to amaze. I hope she is doing well. As someone with little ones I know how busy and crazy life becomes. (But a new album on the way would be bananas 🤞)

This may be Joanna at her best. Such a great listening experience.

of course the whole thing is greater than the word great. that's kind of a "hat on a hat" statement, but, it fits with right now..I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but....I could almost run on this sentence forever.. great set!

I stumbled upon Joanna this year, she is a truly amazing artist. Her songs touch my soul

Love that this contains the full finale of Only Skin, makes it the best live recording of Ys by far for me. It's crazy how true to the studio record her singing is here. I'm so glad that there's a full audio of it from this time (and in this quality), because since her vocal cord issues there has not been- and never will be - a performance of her old(er) songs this perfect.

Amazing music to pull out all the tears out of your entire body that you didn’t even know were built up inside you

Listen To Only Skin & Try not to Cry Like a Bitch Challenge

Thanks for posting this. Sounds great. Very intimate 🎆👍😊

This is so good

hostia increible directo! Gracias!

I love her. Ich mag das. Danke Johanna

Casually performs the entirety of ys in some random cafe.

What an extraordinary thing to be there. Well it is just to listen to this so you can only try to imagine..

This is art. I love it. Thanks for sharing it. Even if i do not understand a 100%, its just beautifuel. Great Artist! I hope i can support you in an easy way without credit card. :)

My favorite piece of music right here

I love your songs Joanna . Sure would be great if you came back and did a show in your old home town . I'd love to see you play . I would not miss that one

I don't know how I've never heard this before.

Was praying for video...

26:00ish in yes please this orchestration is amazing geez

Epic

I wish she would tour with a banjo player again.

Ryan Francesconi's album with Lili De La Mora is amazing. Go listen to that, when this is done.

She really makes me want to be a better person...

19:56 wow

Andy Samberg is one lucky guy

52:35

Track skipping is quite offputting :/

59:33

It sounds like the gig she had before this was terrible

Hmm. Lot of words. Like reading the phone book. Give us a bit of melody.

52:58