Norah Jones

 IL If there has been one area of commercial success, it has been with jazz—or strongly jazz-inflected—vocalists. Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson, and Norah Jones have sold in great waves, and folks like Madeline Peyroux, Melody Gardot, Patricia Barber, ...

 IL Beyond jazz, traces of Blossom linger. Popular singers such as Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones seem to have absorbed both the wit and the subtlety of her technique. Mitchell’s recording of “Twisted” (a vocalese tune by Annie Ross) is positively ...

 IL “Magpie to the Morning” has no quirks, but ends up sounding more or less like a Norah Jones song. Jones, like Case, has a great voice and is astoundingly good looking, yet much of her musical output classifies as underwhelming: It’s quiet, pleasing and ...

 IL He’s since signed with EMI’s Blue Note Label Group, and is a member - along with Norah Jones - of the Little Willies. “Anytime you’re doing things on your own indie-style, something like this can lend credibility to it,” he said of the IMA award. ...

By Elizabeth Newton Not Too Late is a lovely set of songs, both bittersweet and powerful, that reassures us that pop music can be beautiful and genuine.