Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
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Free Music Review: She is one the best blues singers out there
Hit: 5 Stars
In the modern world of hustle and bustle people don't take time for music like this and for me it's been a revelation. I'm just getting into Blues. I have listened to Jazz for many many.... many years but haven't really taken time with the Blues. She has taken some Mississippi mud and formed something I didn't expect to find. This music is timeless because she brings you back to the where Blues came from but in a clean modern setting. She is essential music in my opinion and highly undervalued as a musician. I own both of her musical ventures to date and both of these are very powerful in their simplicity, straight forwardness and honesty. The sheer majesty that people miss in her music is that she isn't pretentious about who she is but she knows her value. This is good stuff. Free Music Review: sick and tired of protected CDs
Hit: 3 Stars
I don't understand why this CD is rated 'Enhanced' rather than 'Content Protected'. I cannot play it in my computer, and I cannot transfer songs from it to my phone. I'm sorry I paid good money for this disc, and I'm doing my best not to buy 'protected' CDs from ANY artist. Can't Amazon clearly label such CDs, so I can buy others instead? Free Music Review: Another beauty from Norah Jones
Hit: 5 Stars
There are no signs of "sophomore slump" on this, Norah Jones' second CD. As on her debut, her smoky blend of jazz, country, and classic piano pop continues to intoxicate and delight.
While she doesn't stray far away from her foundations, she does show signs of growth and moderate experimentation. This CD reminds me somewhat of Willie Nelson's best work (the way he can blend Texas sawdusty outlaw country with sophisticated jazzy Reinhardtisms). Norah has an earthy groundedness that nicely counterpoints her light, breathy voice.
The album opener, "Sunrise," is perfect...not only as a lovely individual track, but as the album opener. It sets a mood that is both reflective and sprightly...a little playful, but also pensive. "What Am I to You?" is a deeply felt, bluesy song, as is "In the Morning." These two cuts sandwich the picturesque "Carnival Town."
Norah hits the listener right in the gut with the velvet brick, "Humble Me," but she will definitely make you smile with her Dolly Parton duet, "Creepin' In." On "Don't Miss You at All," her heart, soul, and voice let you know that her words are not really true.
There's something special about Texas singers: Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin, Roy Orbison...and Norah Jones. They have a way of taking the music from deep in their hearts, and putting it deep into yours.
Free Music Review: What's with all the VENOM that's being SPAT at this woman?
Hit: 5 Stars
We've got some girl setting up false accounts just to accuse Ms. Jones of not honoring her Eastern roots - please! Then some reviewer feels the need to compare her to Etta James. Should every guitarist in the world get knocked for not being Jimi Hendrix? If you want Etta, go listen to Etta. This is something different.
For me, and I suspect most people who dig Norah Jones, it's mainly about the quality, the actual sound of her voice. That is simply an innate gift, and all the singing talent and vocal training in the world isn't necessarily going to be able to compete with that. Tracy Chapman is another example. Music snobs whine that Tracy's a 2nd rate musician, but nothing sounds like her voice and no one I've ever seen even looks like her (and she's written some great songs). Just wondering: why would Dolly Parton, a living legend to millions, bother recording with Norah if she saw nothing special about her?
This album is on the mellow tip and I tend to think the best songs are the softest ones. I do prefer COME AWAY WITH ME, but that's largly because country music plays a much greater role on FEELS LIKE HOME and that's not really my thing. This record isn't so easily classified as "country" or "blues," though. "Be Here to Love Me" by Townes Van Zandt might very well be the best track here, but it's a tough call. Admittedly, this might suggest to some that Norah isn't quite at that level of songwriting yet, but to claim she sucks is nothing but mean-spirited drivel.
One extra note that is totally irrelevant. Norah Jones is not only a wonderful keyboardist with an incredibly sensuous voice, she's strikingly beautiful. Just to look at her, I'd say she's an old soul. That's reflected in her music and she's already accomplished a great deal at quite a young age. I think this unfortunately makes a lot of people jealous.
Free Music Review: Simply fantastic
Hit: 5 Stars
It's truly rare in this day and age to hear such a simple, classic, classy piece of work. Jones isn't simple retreading the same ground as her predecesors. Her deep and soulful voice puts every American Idol-belting teenybopper to shame, and the album's rich and vibrant production is at once mind-expanding and hypnotic, thought-provoking yet wistfully and delightfully chill. Without a doubt one of the best albums of the twenty-first century.