Song – Norah Jones ‘Staring at the Wall’ (2024)

Norah Jones – born 30 March 1979 – is an American singer-songwriter. Instrumentally, she is a pianist and plays acoustic and lead guitar. Billboard Magazine named her the top jazz artist of the first decade of this millennium. She launched her solo career in 2002 with the release of the album ‘Come Away With Me’. Such release earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best New Artist’.

Jones released a raft of fine albums after 2002. Her most recent is ‘Visions’, released in 2024.

Born Geethli Norah Jones Shankar, Jones is the daughter of the noted Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar. She has long enjoyed a particular affinity with the music of jazz and swing singer Billie Holiday. Her music and performance are redolent of same, but fashioned by contemporary influence and instrumentation.

‘Staring at the Wall’ – part of the ‘Visions’ album – is a collaboration by Jones with music producer and instrumentalist Leon Michels. It was co-written by Jones and Michels and features Jones on vocals, guitar and piano and Michels on bass, drums and tambourine.

I am a fan of Norah Jones, but for most people ‘Staring at the Wall’ will prove easy listening music. If you play it once, you will play it again! The piano and percussion, in particular, are euphonious. The lyrics also are an attractive reflection of life experience.

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