Joanna Newsom
2024-05-10
Salt Lake City, UT
Kilby Block Party, Lake Stage, 7:30-8:30

LINEAGE: Roland R-07 internal mics > WAV 44/16 > Adobe Audition 2024 (fades, normalization, gentle EQ and multi-band compression) > CDWav (splits) > FLAC > you

SETLIST
01 - Intro/Crowd
02 - In California
03 - Leaving The City
04 - Sadie
05 - Soft As Chalk
06 - No Wonder
07 - Sapokanikan
08 - Cosmia (Steve Albini tribute)
09 - Sawdust and Diamonds
10 - Inflammatory Writ

TAPER NOTES:
First official Joanna show since January 16, 2020. Kilby Block Party is a 3-day festival in Salt Lake City, UT. Joanna performed on the “Lake Stage”. Always tricky to get a good outdoor recording, but my crew was front row, VIP section, slightly to right of stage, with good, clear, loud monitors directly in front of us. This is a nice, A-minus capture. You will hear some sniffles throughout the recording, by a sweet and enraptured fan to my left (first JNew show)—these decrease in frequency as the show goes on. Crowd was rowdy but respectful. I did not fix any of the sniffles or crowd noises, but you are welcome to do so and reap if you’d like.

Joanna’s extemporaneous Steve Albini tribute was lovely and emotional, and she wept a bit throughout “Cosmia”. Sapokanikan was imperfect but gorgeous anyway—particularly that ending which is among the most beautiful music Ms. Newsom has ever composed. The new song, No Wonder, is performed here live for just the second time. My highlight for the night. Thanks to the great people surrounding my wife and me at the show—genuinely kind as is so often the case with Joanna Newsom fans.

No Wonder

Erik Rupard