this has brightened my day: billy bragg doing a joanna newsom song

He gets the chords mostly right :)

There's a whole album of Joanna covers. I don't know how good it could be though. A lot of her music requires a considerable level of technical ability.

For example, I tried listening to M. Ward's Sadie. It's butchered. I can't bear it.

Listen here:

http://soundcloud.com/versionsofjoanna/sets/

Buy here (supports OxFam):

http://www.versionsofjoanna.com/