06. Joanna Newsom - 'Ys' (2006). In putting together her insanely ambitious sophomore album, Joanna Newsom recruited something of an out-music all-star team: String arrangements from Van Dyke Parks, a mixing job from Jim O'Rourke, backing vocals from Bill Callahan. And even though Tim Boyle recorded Newsom's orchestral backing, Newsom chose Albini to record her own voice and harp. And ...