Norah Jones

[thirsty moore]

I do like Nick Drake's songs but they are about as lively as a morphine drip.

[markie]

I dont really know Nick Drake well enough to comment. But if thats what Thirsty says, well I trust him.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Lambchop seems rather close to easy listening. Though in my book that's not necessarily a bad thing. They have the same jazz-country inflection as Norah Jones. What's the difference?<P>And she's nicer to look at than Kurt Wagner...

[MaLo]

that third week in june is the jazz and blues festival at wolftrap..interesting choice for that saturday nite<P>

[markie]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rhett Miller:<BR><B><BR>And she's nicer to look at than Kurt Wagner...</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Ahh, but Lambchop is choc full of bitterness and melancholy. Norah always sounds a little too sweet.<P>Personally I quite like watching Kurt on stage, I think he is an impressive performer. In a low key way of course.<P>I cant comment on Norah.

[Sir HC]

Norah is pretty cool.  Saw her once at the 9:30, good show.  Now I am thinking of her CD for my mom...

[happiness is all the rage]

eeeeechhh [insert convincing gagging noise here] norah jones is a little too whiny and bluesy for my tastes... plus, any time i turn on the radio that stupid song song is playing. it's so overplayed... oh i am sick of it<P>

[Henry Dark]

Gillian Welch is opening...should be a nice double bill...

[BOOMERANG1313]

I dunno how I feel about her. She doesn't really seem like she feels her lyrics. I don't enjoy music where artists don't give their whole heart into their singing. I just read that her core audience is mainly people pushin 50. The Grammy's sucked this year, mainly because their music was horrible except for a few acts, and partly because it was pretty much Norah walking up and accepting her awards.

[walkman]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BOOMERANG1313:<BR><B>I dunno how I feel about her. She doesn't really seem like she feels her lyrics. I don't enjoy music where artists don't give their whole heart into their singing. <BR></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I'm no great fan, but there's something to be said for the art of subtlety.<P>

[G.Love]

<A HREF="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=38470590" TARGET=_blank>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=38470590[/url] <P>So Ravi split before Norah was ever born... good thing for Norah's music that that sitar crap never ruined her music like it did the Beatles!<BR>

[Henry Dark]

The article you are referring to was David Segal's usual crap in the Post.<BR>   I saw Norah for free at the Kennedy Center a month before her big record came out, and later at the 9:30 when it was starting to take off. Age-wise, both audiences were a refreshing mix on 20, 30, 40, and gasp, 50somethings. A good mix of races, and couples of varying sexual orientations. Granted, someone in my party (not me) complained that the audience was full of yuppies, but hey this is DC.<P>   I also disagreed with the aforementioned article in that it was claiming that Bruce Springsteen's core audience was younger than Norah Jones. Give me a break! Are there really that many people under the age of 30 who listen to Bruce Springsteen?<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BOOMERANG1313:<BR><B>I dunno how I feel about her. She doesn't really seem like she feels her lyrics. I don't enjoy music where artists don't give their whole heart into their singing. I just read that her core audience is mainly people pushin 50. The Grammy's sucked this year, mainly because their music was horrible except for a few acts, and partly because it was pretty much Norah walking up and accepting her awards.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>

[J'Mal]

My biggest beef with norah jones' beautiful album is that some of the material is a bit tame.  but it is a beautiful album, and her talent is stunning.  personally i'm happy to see the  grammys go to someone talented instead of the usual boring springsteen stuff, but the awards are really unimportant.

[Henry Dark]

I'll agree that it is tame in places... aknowledging that there is a difference between tame and subtle. The album was actually re-recorded with a different producer. I wonder if he smoothed the edges out too much in places. After all, this is the same guy who produced Phil Collins' wonderful "Against All Odds".<P>   I'd like to see her take a shot at country. She is a big Willie Nelson fan. One fears that the next album may end up just trying to be a carbon copy of this one.

[ggw]

Alicia Keys<BR>Jody Watley<BR>Marc Cohn<BR>Ric Astley<BR>Shelby Lynne<P>This is the fate that awaits Norah Jones.  Her second album will sell well on the coattails of the first, but in ten years, the only place you'll find her is an a "Best of the 'Oughts" compilation.