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| NPR interviews Norah Jones about 'Feels Like Home' by Jeremy at 2:15 am EST, Feb 11, 2004 | |||
Jazz-pop singer Norah Jones, who won eight Grammies alone for her debut album, releases her second CD today, called Feels Like Home. Jones' music has its foundation in jazz, and her new recording comes with her signature nocturnal touch of sparse piano with acoustical accompaniment. But the arrangements often feel closer to her Oklahoma and Austin, Texas, roots than her jazz training. This comes through stronger than ever on Feels Like Home. "I studied jazz piano and I always wanted to be like Bill Evans," says the 24-year-old daughter of Indian sitar guru Ravi Shankar and New York concert producer Sue Jones. "But for some reason, the way I play piano is more country than anything else." NPR's Michele Norris, host of All Things Considered, talks with Jones about her latest work. The new album is excellent, and it's available now for Rhapsody subscribers. Be sure to check out her cover of Tom Waits' "The Long Way Home." In this interview, she says she's been listening to lots of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. Total running time for this segment is 13 minutes. In a few months' time, industry executives will point to the multi-platinum sales of this album as evidence that their physical distribution systems are still the best way to sell music, neglecting the exceptional nature of the artist in question. The glory of her success will blind them to the fact that the primary problem facing the industry is simply a shortage of talent competing against a wide array of alternative multimedia. | |||
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