Norah Jones ignited an explosion of interest in classic rendition when she released Come Away With Me, winning both an Grammy award and opening doors for artists like Jesse Harris to follow suit.
Norah Jones is an award-winning multi-GRAMMY winner who enjoys creating music together. To do this, she started a podcast where she invites guests in for an intimate musical jam session that blends deep conversation with musical collaboration.
Born Geetaly Norah Jones Shankar
Norah Jones boasts an extensive musical legacy; her father was legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar. Born and raised in Texas, Norah attended Colleyville Middle School and Grapevine High School prior to transferring to Dallas’ Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas.
After graduation, she moved to New York and quickly began picking up gigs; eventually attracting the notice of Blue Note Records two years later.
Come Away With Me was her debut album and met with critical and commercial success, earning both critical acclaim as well as sales success. Not Too Late (2007), The Fall (2009) and Little Broken Hearts (2012) followed suit in receiving widespread acclaim.
Debut album Come Away With Me (2001)
Twenty-two years ago, Norah Jones sent shockwaves through pop culture with her instant classic debut album. Its blend of jazz, folk and country music set her apart from other genre-bending singer-songwriters of that era.
After graduating from the renowned University of North Texas music programs, she moved to Manhattan. Working as a waitress during the day while performing with Laszlo at night, she signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records on her 21st birthday after one of its staffers heard her play at brunch and auditioned her for label CEO Bruce Lundvall.
The Fall (2009)
Norah Jones’ ability to express her complex inner emotional life so elegantly and gracefully makes her one of the greatest singers in modern pop music.
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Little Broken Hearts (2012)
Norah Jones departs from her standard dinner party music on Little Broken Hearts with producer Brian Burton – known by fans as Danger Mouse. Danger Mouse prods Norah into exploring jealousy and betrayal with energy and vitality that breaks free from brunch music’s lifeless monotony.
Burton utilizes a range of sounds – from fuzzy guitars and string sections, to pop synthesizers and tinkling pop synthesizers – to craft Norah’s sound in new and refreshing ways. Her soulful smoky voice remains at the core of each track; nonetheless, this smart and rewarding collaboration may at times feel dispiriting.
Begin Again (2019)
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Visions (2020)
On Visions, Jones forgoes the heavyweight elements of her band in favor of self-accompaniment in live demo mode – creating a set that feels like its opposite in 2020’s Pick Me Up Off the Floor; an album which captured the dark tone of pandemic lockdowns.
Leon Michels (of El Michels Affair and Daptone) serves as co-producer, and they explore rhythmic bluegrass multiverses, Stax-type soul music and fuzz rock grooves a la Jones. Novel guitar and keyboard timbres flow around simple beats and basslines while Jones sings her unique vocal style in her trademark laidback manner – an intuitive harmonic language seemingly both concise and improvisational in nature.