Joanna Newsom accepted a prestigious hometown honor in Nevada City, California, where May 27 is declared Joanna Newsom Day. The mayor, Adam Kline of Golden Shoulders, is her childhood friend. Newsom expressed deep gratitude, saying the recognition means more than major awards and calling Nevada City dear to her. She thanked Kline as a lifelong friend who influenced her music career and the community. She recalled sharing her early music decades earlier and how Kline helped connect her demo to Will Oldham, who was performing locally. Oldham later took her demo to his Chicago label, Drag City, leading to Dan Koretzky offering to release her record and beginning a long relationship with the label.
"“This proclamation truly means more to me than a Grammy or any other award could. Nevada City, you're so dear to me,” Newsom said sincerely. “Being formally recognized as your native daughter is one of the highest honors I could imagine.”"
"“Adam was one of the first people I ever played my music for, 30 years ago-ish, or give or take,” Newsom recalled. “He's also arguably the reason I have a career. When I first started recording my little demo CD-Rs and handing them out to friends just for personal use, Adam took it upon himself to pass one off to Will Oldham, who was a musician passing through town, performing at the Magic Theatre, then known as the Magic Theatre.”"
"Newsom continued by explaining that she received her big break after Oldham took her demo to his Chicago label, Drag City. “A couple weeks later, I heard from Dan Koretzky from Drag City, offering to put out my record. And thus began a 25-ish year relationship that has been so wonderful with that record label. And when I look back on it, it does represent pretty much the only path down which I could have made records the way I want to and wanted to.”"
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