NORAH JONES

Norah Jones, born on March 30th 1979 in New York City, is one of the most popular contemporary jazz and jazz-influenced singers of our time. She was a member of Wax Poetic before her debut album Come Away With Me. She can still be heard singing with them on two tracks of their release, Nublu Sessions.

Her debut album Come Away With Me was released in 2002 and sold 22 million copies worldwide. It won 5 Grammy Awards in 2003.

Her second album, Feels Like Home, with folk tendency, is the highest-selling album in the history of Blue Note Records with over a million copies sold within the first week. Norah Jones was listed among the most influential people of 2004 by the Time Magazine.

On January 30, 2007 Norah Jones released her third album, Not Too Late - a collection of 13 original songs, itunes includes a bonus live track of the song Sinkin' Soon. This was the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.com.

Her fourth studio album, The Fall is out on November 17.

The daughter of Beatles-influencing sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, Jones doesn't closely follow any particular genre, rather she brings her unique jazzy flavor to songs with roots in country, folk, Americana, and modern light jazz and pop.

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New Norah Jones…not so Norah Jones-ish

via theurbanian.com ( 113 Days ago )
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Video: Norah Jones & Elmo – “Don’t Know Why ‘Y’ Didn’t Come”

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Q-Tip Feat. Norah Jones – Life is Better

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Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones ‘Life is Better’

via looseneck.com ( 126 Days ago )
I would give anything for a new Norah Jones album right about now because life really is better with her music, this will have to do in the meantime. Amazing video, I wish more artists and video directors would attempt to have more creativity these days. I know it’s a recession and all, but man

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Q-Tip Feat. Norah Jones - “Life Is Better” Video

via uproxx.com ( 127 Days ago )
Do remember, The Renaissance was one of the best albums of 2008 — meaning it shouldn’t have strayed too far from your rotation. If so, this jazzy wonder featuring the lovely Norah Jones should make you want to revisit Q-Tip’s cultural journey thru Hip-Hop once again. Cop it here if applicable. Hat Tip: The Cool which is always Broken Previously Posted — “Life [...]

The New Season | Pop: Staying in the Zone

via nytimes.com ( 150 Days ago )
Norah Jones’s new album, coming out in November, is a departure from her usual jazz-and-country fare, an atmospheric rock record drenched in hazy reverb and rooted in chugging rhythm.