When it comes to choosing opening acts, Joanna Newsom, who first gained notoriety while supporting Bonnie “Prince” Billy on tour, knows how to relish the opportunity: Newsom has tapped British folk legend Roy Harper to make a pair of very rare live appearances at her upcoming Royal Festival Hall shows in London this spring, not to mention Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold has been booked to open a string of our favorite harpist’s North American tour dates, as well.
Not only has Newsom cited Harper numerous times as a major influence on her last album, YS, and named his “Me and My Woman” as one of her three “favorite song[s] ever,” but Harper has actually opened for Newsom before, as well, at London’s Royal Albert Hall back in 2007.
Care to hear live versions of Newsom’s new triple album, Have One on Me, and/or possibly a few new Fleet Foxes tunes? Check out the Pecknold/Newsom dates here, and the rest of her itinerary thataway.