Mar 28, 2010 at 9:00 PM CDT (8:00 PM DOORS) Joanna Newsom at Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN $20.00

Joanna Newsom spent a lot time moving around - first touring much of the United States and then Europe, over and over and over. It was nice sometimes. There was an amazing tour of Japan, Australia, and New Zealand (with Smog) and a beautiful trip in Iceland where a couple of shows were played.Along the road, there were lots of festivals to play as well: Bonaroo, Sasquatch, Green Man, Rothskilde, ATP, and the Patti Smith-curated Meltdown Festival...maybe even a few others. Joanna played a benefit concert with her hero Neil Young too. She blew everyone away at all these shows, by the way.

In moments not involving the harp, the singing and the audiences around the world, there were other travels - like a car trip through Portugal with her flute-playing friend Ariella(one of the few people Joanna's played with so far onstage;though shows of the near-future will hopefully involve many other players) and a few weeks in Costa Rica on a family kayaking vacation. At some point in there, Joanna moved from San Francisco back to the hills of northern California.