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Joanna Newsom Pays Tribute to ‘Hilarious, Loving, Loyal Friend’ Steve Albini at Utah Fest

Joanna Newsom paid tribute to Steve Albini — the engineer on her acclaimed 2006 album 'Ys' — during her set Friday at Utah’s Kilby Block Party.

Joanna Newsom paid tribute to Steve Albini — the engineer on her acclaimed 2006 album Ys — during the singer’s set Friday at Utah’s Kilby Block Party. Stereogum reports that prior to Newsom’s performance of “Cosmia,” one of the Ys tracks she recorded with Albini, the singer gave an emotional speech about how much the noise-rock pioneer meant to her. Following Albini’s death earlier this week at the age of 61, many of the artists he collaborated with — like Dave Grohl, Jimmy Page, PJ Harvey, Superchunk, his Big Black bandmate Santiago Durango, and more — have shared tributes and remembrances of the legendary musician, producer, and writer.

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