Sasha Weiss

Which I don't know as well. So I love.

I've been waiting. It's been hard. I mean, I watched the Newport performance.

I've been waiting. It's been hard. I mean, I watched the Newport performance.

And I was so moved hearing her sing again. I think in those performances, her voice was still in the process of returning. There were moments when her voice broke, moments when the songs felt like they were being explored again. Yeah. So I felt both... What was different? Yeah. that she was the band leader. And it's so interesting because she was seated the whole time, right? She sits.

And I was so moved hearing her sing again. I think in those performances, her voice was still in the process of returning. There were moments when her voice broke, moments when the songs felt like they were being explored again. Yeah. So I felt both... What was different? Yeah. that she was the band leader. And it's so interesting because she was seated the whole time, right? She sits.

Oh, my God, the chair.

Oh, my God, the chair.

And we got to talk about the furniture, which is incredible. But her presence just has this gravitas and physicality, even though, you know, she's not standing, but she really draws attention The 17,000 seat, beautiful outdoor amphitheater into her. There's something energetically incredibly potent.

And we got to talk about the furniture, which is incredible. But her presence just has this gravitas and physicality, even though, you know, she's not standing, but she really draws attention The 17,000 seat, beautiful outdoor amphitheater into her. There's something energetically incredibly potent.

And maybe that was true at Newport too, but I just felt that she kind of returned to some kind of energetic center. I could feel it the minute I saw her come on the stage.

And maybe that was true at Newport too, but I just felt that she kind of returned to some kind of energetic center. I could feel it the minute I saw her come on the stage.

But at the same time, she's so playful. I mean, there's the chair and there's the scepter-like cane, which looked to me to be gilded. There's like a wolf.

But at the same time, she's so playful. I mean, there's the chair and there's the scepter-like cane, which looked to me to be gilded. There's like a wolf.

Something metallic and glinting. And, you know, it's like she's wielding it, but she's so playful. And as you were talking about earlier, you know, her rhythms, her rhythms are so unusual. And she's tapping them and tracing this kind of rhythmic rhythm. idiosyncratic signature throughout the songs. And it's just incredible.

Something metallic and glinting. And, you know, it's like she's wielding it, but she's so playful. And as you were talking about earlier, you know, her rhythms, her rhythms are so unusual. And she's tapping them and tracing this kind of rhythmic rhythm. idiosyncratic signature throughout the songs. And it's just incredible.

So she's at once grand, and there's just something droll and fun and playful about her in her posture. It's both. It's both ends. And also, I would say that the way the stage looks, it's a recreation, as I understand it, of the Joanie jams that took place in her living room.

So she's at once grand, and there's just something droll and fun and playful about her in her posture. It's both. It's both ends. And also, I would say that the way the stage looks, it's a recreation, as I understand it, of the Joanie jams that took place in her living room.

Yes.

Yes.

over the course of many years, which, you know, led up to this moment of coming back to the stage, you know, where she'd gather with musician friends. And I think Brandy really facilitated it and all these different people would come.