Norah Jones has a new album coming out in November, and it’ll feature contributions from chameleonic musician/famous type Ryan Adams, Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff, and avant-garde guitarist Marc Ribot, as well as songs that she worked on with the co-writer of her breakout hit “Don’t Know Why,” Jesse Harris. (Am I the only person who thought of “Don’t Know Why” as more of a slightly more mannered indiepop song than anything “jazzy”? No? OK.) [Billboard] More »
The birth of a new child is certainly a joyous occasion, especially with the right combination of medications. And while the hospital environment can be a little stressful during the process, there are ways to ease your new child into this world with peace, joy and love. However, if you’d rather just go with a soundtrack of easy listening tracks, that option is now available as well.
Ed. note: It’s time for another installment of “VHS Or Beta?”, where Andy Beta looks at the music behind the movies–from preserved-by-Criterion classics to completely inane summer blockbusters. In this installment, he travels along America’s byways with Wong Kar Wai and his first English-language feature, My Blueberry Nights:
“Britons like a dose of music from the rock band Coldplay to help them fall asleep, a survey from hotel chain Travelodge found on Monday…Other artists chosen for their slumber-inducing qualities were James Blunt, Snow Patrol, Take That, and Norah Jones.” More »
The NFL is apparently figuring that there’s only one way to top this year’s completely epic performance by Prince at this year’s Super Bowl, and that’s to bring in The Boss. From Variety:
Bruce Springsteen and Norah Jones are at the top of the list. The NFL is hoping the recent successes of Prince, the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney can be used as leverage to bring in the Boss while Jones would be ideal to sing the National Anthem during the pregame ceremonies, according to NFL VP of programming Charles Coplin.
As expected by pretty much everyone who’s ever heard a note of music in the last five years, Norah Jones’ Not Too Late took the top spot on this week’s Billboard 200. The adorable singer’s third full-length sold 405,000 copies–a jump from last week’s No. More »
– “Without the Hoagy Carmichael and Duke Ellington covers and the jazz-inflected compositions of her guitarist Jesse Harris (whose song “Don’t Know Why” catapulted Jones to stardom), Not Too Late has a more consistent singer-songwriter feel. More »
Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator’s weekly look at the new releases landing on store shelves every Tuesday. Tomorrow’s a big day for the record industry, as the cute-as-a-button Norah Jones–whose last two albums have totaled 14 million copies sold in the U.S. alone–releases her latest album, Not Too Late. We’ll spare you the “is it too late for Norah Jones to continue being a sales juggernaut?” jokes, and instead go right into this week’s installment of On The Shelf, which wraps up new releases by Jones, Katharine McPhee, and Young Love, as well as a compilation honoring The Band.
Norah Jones’ upcoming Not Too Late just started pinging around the Internet this week, and in the interest of putting the “egads” in “egalitarian decisions,” we present a track below. And why not? More »
