Reuters - Nov 30, 2009
Her new album is entitled The Fall, but Norah Jones is waiting until spring to embark on a 36-city tour, which kicks off March 5 in Tulsa, Okla. The trek will see the veteran jazz-pop singer play midsize...
More »AP - Nov 19, 2009
Indie-rock producer Jacquire King had long been an admirer of Norah Jones smoky, seductive voice, but the man behind acclaimed albums from Kings of Leon to Tom Waits never thought the two would ever inhabit...
More »AP - Nov 16, 2009
Norah Jones, The Fall (EMI Blue Note) Norah Jones ditches her old band, and most of her trademark piano playing, for her latest release The Fall. Jones sounds more confident and stretches her songwriting...
More »AP - Apr 9, 2008
Sitting in a Soho coffee shop, Norah Jones looked across the table at the elegant and mysterious Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, who sat quietly behind dark sunglasses that don t come off, even indoors...
More »Reuters - Apr 2, 2008
Grammy-winning singer Norah Jones says an improvisational approach and a strong supporting cast helped overcome her nerves in her first acting role, in director Wong Kar Wai's film My Blueberry Nights...
More »AP - Dec 6, 2007
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: Irreplaceable, Beyonce; The Pretender, Foo Fighters; Umbrella, Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; What Goes...
More »AP - May 18, 2007
Norah Jones has played to crowds from Brooklyn to Beijing, and she knows how to get a grip on her stage fright. But walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of My Blueberry...
More »AP - May 17, 2007
She was an amazing talent, a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot. Remembering the aspiring star, music executive...
More »Reuters - May 16, 2007
Digital music without copyright protection gained more momentum on Wednesday as Amazon.com made it official that it will launch a DRM-free digital music store this year. The electronic retailer plans...
More »AP - May 16, 2007
Cannes celebrated its 60th edition Wednesday by inviting a screen newcomer to open the film festival: singer Norah Jones, playing a heartbroken lover in a role that forced her to cry on command and spend...
More »AP - May 6, 2007
The last time Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs took on major recording companies, he refused to budge on his 99-cent price for a song on iTunes. As a new round of talks ramp up this month, however,...
More »AP - Apr 26, 2007
The blues stage will be back when the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opens Friday, and so will such performers as blues singer Alton Big Al Carson and singer-pianist Henry Butler. Carson, who...
More »Reuters - Apr 19, 2007
Thanks in part to her first-rate Handsome Band and some intriguing stylistic excursions, Norah Jones delivered a first-rate concert that demonstrated a newfound liveliness. In the course of a 90-minute...
More »AP - Apr 19, 2007
U.S. album sales are down 17 percent so far this year, a downward spiral caused in part by a surge in online music purchases and fewer big-name albums being released in the first quarter. A total of...
More »AP - Apr 2, 2007
Breaking from the rest of the recording industry, EMI Group said Monday it will begin selling songs online that are free of copy-protection technology through Apple Inc. s iTunes Store. The deal, however...
More »Reuters - Apr 2, 2007
EMI is to make its music available online without a key anti-piracy measure, becoming the first major music group to take the risk in a bid to grow digital sales. Digital Rights Management or DRM was...
More »Reuters - Apr 1, 2007
Apple Inc. and EMI Group Plc will reveal a ground-breaking deal on Monday for Apple to sell the music label's songs free from copy protection limits, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday....
More »E! Online - Mar 14, 2007
They don't call him B.I.G. for nothing. Though hailed as one of the East Coast's greatest rappers, the Notorious B.I.G. lived to see just one of his albums released, 1994's tragically prophetic...
More »AP - Mar 9, 2007
Grammy-winning singer John Mayer has been added to the lineup of the 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Mayer, who will perform May 5, joins headliners Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, Norah Jones,...
More »E! Online - Feb 28, 2007
It seems it s never too late to hop on the Norah Jones Express. For the third time in four weeks, Jones Not Too Late moved enough copies to rank atop the Billboard 200 album chart. For the...
More »E! Online - Feb 21, 2007
Norah Jones didn t have any Grammy nominations or appear on the show this time around, but she still had enough jazz to take back the top of the charts. After slipping to number two for a week, the...
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