What ever happened to Nora Jones?

I've only caught a couple of episodes as she was interviewing other artists I'm into.. so only discovered this myself about a month ago and haven't done a deep dive yet. So unfortunately, I don't know.

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Equivalent-Grade-142@reddit

Welp I’ve gotta be the only Xennial that loathes Norah Jones’ music. I hard cringed every time it came on the radio (which was a lot). To be fair I hate all “breathy girl” whisper music, but I have nothing against her as a person (I know nothing about her as a person) and it’s nice to know she’s thriving.

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Chemical_Butterfly40@reddit

I accidentally got her album from Columbia House when I forgot to cancel. It was pretty good.

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Effective_Egg_3066@reddit

Was this one of those monthly CD subscription services? That's a throwback

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ExampleLittle2672@reddit

Throw harder, they also did cassettes. 10? for a penny, and then... your parents want a chat.

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redditshy@reddit

Wouldn’t that “agreement” be unenforceable, because a minor can not sign a contract?

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ExampleLittle2672@reddit

Very probably, yes. I have a vague memory of general discussions about exactly this at the time. Still, parents will get you before the lawyers even come close.

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kingmobisinvisible@reddit

They did vinyl before they did cassettes.

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ExampleLittle2672@reddit

And here I was thinking I could throw harder than the CD era! Humbled! How many albums for a penny before they came for your first born and/or you were grounded for life?

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Listentoyourdog@reddit

Wow this comment brought me down memory lane

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ExampleLittle2672@reddit

The earlier one did for me too. Thank you. 😊 [cassette emoji here]

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joeloud@reddit

Once I tried to order a CD that wasn’t listed on the order form I had. I just assumed Columbia House used all the same codes for their CDs and so I used a number from a different order form in an attempt to order the album I wanted. Then this showed up… my conservative parents were… concerned. I still haven’t even listened to it.

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ammodramussavannarum@reddit

You’re missing out! Your musical taste could have been different, and perhaps you would have met different friends and had an entirely different experience in life if you would have just popped it in your player!

Here’s a live show of theirs: https://youtu.be/Uw2G3aFMyOw?si=8NXQl-0VSSd0yLK8

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AggressiveAd5592@reddit

The kid from A Serious Man was ordering Santana's Abraxas back in 1970.

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Ordinary-Chocolate45@reddit

I don’t want Santana Abraxis. I’ve just been in a terrible auto accident!

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RunGreat8815@reddit

My first twelve CDs came from BMG music club. Anyone else happily lick a stamp for MTV Party To Go Vol. 1?

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yesmydog@reddit

Nah, I got MTV Party to Go on cassette at Sam Goody.

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croissant_and_cafe@reddit

I discovered so much music this way! I had to choose extra CDs to get my 12 for 1c. I got Motown classics and Elton John and ended up loving both. Don’t think I would have bought those for 12.99 at the store though.

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TheDivine_MissN@reddit

That’s how I got Hot Fuss by The Killers 😂

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_buffy_summers@reddit

I still listen to her Come Away With Me album when the weather starts getting colder and I just want to sit and reflect on the year.

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mrmadchef@reddit

Come Away With Me was my cousin & his wife's first dance

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finnishinsider@reddit

I worked at a gift shop in Alaska with this cd playing.... I know what you mean...

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Josef_Kant_Deal@reddit

For an album that always seems to be at Goodwill, it's pretty good.

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Significant_Mode50@reddit

Ok that’s totally true 🤣

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ombremullet@reddit

Just drove by a billboard advertising her performing at Yaamava Casino

So, still performing

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Nixonsee@reddit

Saw her at Austin City Limits festival a couple years ago. Still around. Hasn’t found a hit like those old ones.

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nomorecheeks@reddit

She got sued by her neighbors in Brooklyn for being obnoxious.

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2020hindsightis@reddit

oh really? what happened?

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washington_705@reddit

She wasn’t sued, lawsuits were threatened bc she wanted to add 10 windows to her Brooklyn townhome and neighbors thought it messed up the historical buildings in the neighborhood under preservation reasons. She reduced to 7 to appease and that was that.

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2020hindsightis@reddit

Thnx!

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drudman6@reddit

The strowng, silent type!

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KamenLee@reddit

Just saw this the other day. Worlds collided. (If you don’t know, Harry Mack is a genius freestyle rapper, and apparently also plays drums well.)

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkXDnEDQ/

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MlleTartempion@reddit

Your algorithm is failing you! She won a Grammy last year for her newest album.

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dbzmah@reddit

This single might be my favorite solo track of hers.

https://youtu.be/9TjrBFYqGNs?si=Nfr_22h9-f0JWU2T

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MlleTartempion@reddit

So good! I've always loved this Tom Waits cover. https://youtu.be/DNPQhvVLYbc?si=kNS4bBuXCkNX5qmT

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dbzmah@reddit

Her 2024 visions album got pretty heavy play here in North Texas, and she's had some other collaborations like Rome with Jack White and Danger Mouse, and the Little Willies.

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BidInteresting8923@reddit

Her breakout album was pretty much written for her. Her next album had more of her original music. I thought it was overall decent but definitely not with the obvious hits.

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washington_705@reddit

Interesting I’m reading she wrote some songs on the album so it’s not as though she had no writing participation.

She didn’t write don’t know why but did write come away with me, nightingale, and co wrote the long day is over

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BidInteresting8923@reddit

I really like Norah Jones. I’m not saying she couldn’t write or anything. And I love Come Away With Me as a song. And I really liked Nightingale too.

I bought both CDs and I just recall feeling like the first felt more “produced” for success. Like it was really intentional about trying to be a hit album. I can’t really express fully what I mean.

The second album seemed more authentically her to me. I recall it having a more country/folk vibe and less classic bluesy.

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washington_705@reddit

I get what you mean and just wanted to give her some props for songwriting!

In general in that early 2000s landscape her first album was a nice change with a laid back intimate coffee shop style vs the highly produced pop at the time. It was an interesting one because parents and kids alike all could listen to it. I remember countless car rides with my parents where we couldn’t agree on music, but that album worked well for everyone.

I agree her second album went in a different direction, but I think that’s more her wanting to explore different things and that second album isn’t necessarily indicative of anything other than exploring other styles she enjoys. And I respect that! Some bands put out the same sounding record over and over again. some of her later albums are also totally different vibes and genres! So she’s continued to do this.

In fact someone in this thread referenced the “foreverly” album and I gave that a listen and wow, just a totally different thing.

But to your point I do think a lot of people bought the second album expecting it to be come away with me part two and were disappointed. But that’s kind of their fault? I recently had a similar experience where I went into a movie, expecting one thing and it wasn’t that and at first I was disappointed, but then I realized it was my fault.

Anyway, thanks for offering your thoughts here. You make some really interesting points and I appreciate the conversation!

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pashaah@reddit

Try her album 'begin again''. She is a great song writer.

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vivahermione@reddit

Interesting. Some people are better interpreters than they are songwriters.

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JudgeImaginary4266@reddit

Don’t know why (she disappeared). We loved her so.

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TheJefusWrench@reddit

She did Something Stupid recently.

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TheJefusWrench@reddit

I got downvoted for posting a link to a recent performance. Brilliant.

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weatherhaboob@reddit

She still plays. I’m going with my wife in a few weeks.

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edasto42@reddit

Are you talking about Norah Jones the singer/pianist? If so, she’s still performing and has 2 shows in my area in a couple weeks. Put out an album about a year or so ago. Still pretty popular in jazz circles

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mrbuh@reddit

Now's the one time per decade when it's relevant for me to tell everyone - I went to junior high with her!

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jbrown383@reddit

Hello fellow Dallas-ite

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ExampleLittle2672@reddit

"NO WAY! What was she like?! Did you know?! Do you have her number?!"

Gentle teasing, I hope that we can all agree on Oh cool! Fun year book/school photo!

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mrbuh@reddit

I knew her, but not well. We were both in the school band (she played saxophone). We only overlapped one year, and only talked a few times, and it wouldn't surprise me if she didn't remember me at all - I probably only remember her because I started hearing her name on the radio.

With that said, I remember 14 year old her as mostly nice but a little snobby sometimes. She made clever jokes and sometimes they were cutting. I was nerdy and insecure and felt intimidated by her popular-girl energy.

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Administrative-Flan9@reddit

Small world. More or less the same for me

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Guyinaredhat420@reddit

She’s touring . Support Nora!

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cityfireguy@reddit

Seen her live and she's incredible

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fickenfracken@reddit

Agreed. She played in my hometown last summer. She sounds amazing live.

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zenitram66@reddit

Norah still performs from what I know. Saw her at ACL 2024. Good show and had a pretty sizable crowd at her stage. And her podcast is good too.

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Nervous-Avocado1346@reddit

Her album with Billie Joe is gorgeous, all Everly Brothers covers. And she has some great duets with Dolly, too.

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Combatical@reddit

I've been watching her podcast or whatever. It's pretty cool, I got baited into it when josh homme was on there.

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Citycrossed@reddit

We saw her perform ten years ago or so. It was in a small venue. She was amazing live!

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Unusual-Ask5047@reddit

She and Billie Joe Armstrong did an album of obscure everly brothers songs. Was amazing.

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APinkNightmare@reddit

foreverly! I have it on vinyl, such a great album.

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cmc42@reddit

It’s so good! One of my favorites.

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delldarlin@reddit

Never heard a word about this. It is in fact amazing, thank you for the tip!

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delldarlin@reddit

Never heard a word about this. It is in fact amazing, thank you for the tip!

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drygulched@reddit

Came here to mention this. That album is still in my rotation.

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Renzieface@reddit

I think she's still touring, and maybe she released an album a few years ago?

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deadrabbits76@reddit

Nora Jones and Mike Patton

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Bagpype@reddit

She still makes music. And it’s still really good. Also, check out her Podcast where she jams with various musicians on their songs.

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Worth_Afternoon_2383@reddit

I love her cover of "Black Hole Sun"

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zuanto@reddit

Wow. After reading the thread I went down hole looking into her stuff out there now. Holy cow, I need to pay more attention to her again!

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RetailBookworm@reddit

She’s still making good jazz, just not getting pushed as crossover pop anymore.

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AbsurdistWordist@reddit

She has made lots and lots of music in different genres. Some of it is soft and jazzy like her first album, but she’s also done some great collabs. I think her 2012 release Little Broken Hearts is super underrated.

This is my favorite song from that album:

https://youtu.be/VWTKyIrarPg

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0le_Hickory@reddit

She could never cum, don't know why.

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badgerhammer0408@reddit

Not with you, at least.

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Wreckingshops@reddit

She still sells out big theatres on tours, releases albums, collabs with people like Jeff Tweedy, has a successful podcast that is interviews and performances with other musicians, etc.

My wife is still a big fan. She's pretty good live. Usually throws in cool covers like "Black Hole Sun" into her sets.

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AbsurdistWordist@reddit

Her cover of Black Hole Sun is transcendent.

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PineappleFit317@reddit

She put out a new album last year or the year before.

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bananabastard@reddit

I was just watching her podcast a few days ago.

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guidevocal82@reddit

She's still making music and it's still pretty good. She released a new album last year.

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the_pretender_nz@reddit

Do yourself a favour and listen to the entirety of Peeping Tom (self-titled album). Not only is it just… Mike Patton being a god, but there’s a duet with Norah Jones called Sucker (second to last track I think)

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delldarlin@reddit

I mostly know her from that spaghetti western album (Rome) Danger Mouse did with Daniele Luppi. Jack White was on it too. Damn good record.

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timbreandsteel@reddit

Don't hear many people talk about that one. But it's so good.

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norcalscan@reddit

Danger Mouse, holy dang totally forgot that name.

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ElectricalTravel9742@reddit

Be sure to check out her recordings with The Little Willies

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bamaford@reddit

I miss her. This is a fun collab she did with Danger Mouse in 2011: https://open.spotify.com/track/5H43dazn2x2O9dkDVvaiDS?si=i11b-kKMRIi5BAGvBOIjmw

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xxMalVeauXxx@reddit

I have two of her albums on CD that I listen to often. Never thought about if she released any others or if she's even still around. Good question I guess.

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pashaah@reddit

I love her album 'begin again'. Its her second most recent album. Give it a try.

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maxwasatch@reddit

I borrowed some of her newer stuff from the library. It was not as good as the first couple discs.

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pashaah@reddit

I wholeheartedly dissagree. Her 'begin again' album is mindblowingly good!

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SplakyD@reddit

I "Don't Know Why" her career wasn't bigger?

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Top-Difficulty5202@reddit

Sailed away. She tried to get you to go along too.

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NYGiants181@reddit

Come away

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Top-Difficulty5202@reddit

Omg... you're right. Huh

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Alaska_Pipeliner@reddit

That's Enya! I worked at Nature Company!!

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avalonfaith@reddit

Nature Co Pany. Wow, talk about throw backs. I LOVED that store. I'm sure I applied but ended up a Victorias Secret.

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dungonyourtongue@reddit

Nature Company Instantly made think of rain sticks.

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bfjizzle@reddit

And pretty rocks

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ExampleLittle2672@reddit

Please say working there was as nice as browsing there!

I know, retail, but one can hope!

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Alaska_Pipeliner@reddit

Dude, I fucking loved it. I was a young high schooler and all the folks I worked with were stoned collegeadults. I would do all the work and they would stand around chatting about college courses. It was basically a college level poly sci course. Astronomy, biology, history, anthropology, paleontology.

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ExampleLittle2672@reddit

The Gap. I worked at The Gap. Have my envy friend, that sounds glorious! 🤓🤗🌱

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sageberrytree@reddit

Isn't sail away Enya?

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Top-Difficulty5202@reddit

Everyone wants to sail. Christopher Cross, too.

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quickblur@reddit

And Styx!

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iwilldefinitelynot@reddit

And Isely Brothers!

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Top-Difficulty5202@reddit

AWOLNATION, too.

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rexy8577@reddit

And lovely the band

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Stook211@reddit (OP)

That's a great answer. Close the thread. It's done.

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PandableClaw@reddit

She’s hosting a pretty fun podcast currently. Norah Jones plays along with… and has a different musical guest each week where she plays along with them to their songs and they chat in between. Lucius and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme were recent standouts for me.

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Taanistat@reddit

You can watch the episodes on YouTube. Discovered it because I was watching a bunch of old music videos and the Josh Homme episode popped up. I loved it. Super wholesome to watch two accomplished musicians just jam together, no pressure.

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norcalscan@reddit

Norah, and she is phenomenal musician still, good presence on youtube accompanying other musicians in a podcast/conversation kind of feel. And she’s a mom now, and that changed her perspective on life too, so it’s fun to see her grow up with us.

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lakebistcho@reddit

She's absolutely still around. Does a podcast where she sings with other musicians.

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FallsInLoveWithWords@reddit

I still have her and her sister steady on my Playlist.

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Unlikely_Shake8208@reddit

My girlfriend and I just got over the norovirus I was calling it the nora virus and then we tried to remember the last time we heard anything from nora Jones.

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jj22925h@reddit

Making grandbabies for Ravi Shankar

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Edgarmustavas@reddit

He died in 2012.

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Reachmaster@reddit

Norah is still touring and she is exceptional. Five days after Chris Cornell passed she performed what might be the best Soundgarden cover ever, and paid tribute to an incredible artist.

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Doctor0ctagon@reddit

She performed at Willie Nelson's 90th birthday concert a few years ago. She was great.

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JWF1@reddit

She starred in one of my all time favorite films. My blueberry nights. Not a lot of people like it, but for whatever reason it grabbed me and I thoroughly enjoy it.

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space_tardigrades@reddit

Man that movie was trash. I guess I’m glad somebody liked it. I watched it only for her, but yeesh it was bad.

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yeahoksurewhatever@reddit

I rediscovered this again recently, recorded live the night after Cornell died . It's so good and I've learned it on piano myself. I want to actually listen to her stuff now and not sure where to start. https://youtu.be/XbQ08Ixczvo?si=P0K2G7Moc-PPwJvQ

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Demetan2016@reddit

This thread makes me happy. Norah is fantastic.

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freshnessie@reddit

Search Robert Glasper feat. Norah Jones - Prototype. You won’t be disappointed!

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flipzyshitzy@reddit

She's still trying to find out why he didn't cum.

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Cheezslap@reddit

Oh man, her podcast is so delightful! Play Along is half interview, half little concert. Here's the one where she unabashedly fangirls herself to death with the Queen Herself, Sarah McLachlan. https://youtu.be/GOjbj1q5ia0?si=IJysZb8E4WRyk5E8

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texasipguru@reddit

She still tours. Saw her live a year or two ago.

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aqiwpdhe@reddit

Interesting story… I saw Neil Young in concert sometime around 2015/2016. There was this band Puss n Boots opening. I enjoyed their act, but the whole time I kept saying how much the singer reminded me of Norah Jones. Turned out it was her new band.

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Tofuloaf@reddit

There was a period of about a decade after she blew up where, whether due to the influence of her and singers that came before her with similar vocal qualities, or just general trends in music, it felt like every other precocious ingénue in music converged on what I think of as "smokey indie singer-songwriter voice".

I'm confident that on more than one occasion over the years, I've been in some cafe and thought "oh it's another one of those Norah Jones cosplay vocalist over non-threatening folk/Japanese influenced lounge songs" after hearing an actual newer Norah Jones song.

Probably harder to stand out when there are a legion of singers who went through their teens looking to you as the shining example of who they want to sound like, especially when a passable imitation of your vocal sound can be achieved without natural talent or technical ability, unlike your typical whistle note divas.

Disclaimer: I know nothing about any of this. I'm a metalhead who only ever heard Norah Jones via TV ads for her breakthrough album, while dutifully recording the latest episode of buffy/angel on vhs. Every time I heard her though I never thought anything less kind than "shit's pleasant, yo."

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MoarFlavor@reddit

She did a haunting live rendition of Black Hole Sun as a tribute to the lead singer (Chris Cornell) from Soundgarden.

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TrustAffectionate966@reddit

More importantly, What Ever Happened To Robot Jones?

🧉🦄

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Pitiful_Ad2397@reddit

And what about Astronaut Jones?

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UnicornTears@reddit

Just yesterday, I saw a clip of her podcast, Nora Jones Is Playing Along, where she puts down a sweet piano tune for Harry Mack to freestyle over. It was righteous

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yeltrah79@reddit

She and Seth MacFarlane have done some jazz music together. He was on her podcast a few years ago

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JeffTS@reddit

Wow, I haven't thought about her in forever. I loved her first several albums. Good alternative to a lot of the heavier music that I listen to.

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SentientLight@reddit

She still releases music and still draws a crowd in the jazz circles.

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seriouslynope@reddit

She'll be at Yaamava next month

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minibini@reddit

She’s still around I just saw a billboard this morning. She’s playing at the Yamavaa Theater.

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How_to_Phish@reddit

My kids and I saw her last summer at Ravinia outside of Chicago. She put on a great show. She's still touring and still awesome!

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ignaciolasvegas@reddit

She did a song with a chick I went to high school with and then disappeared. Don’t know why.

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1minimalist@reddit

I think she released an album as recently as 2024 and it was great! I love her still.

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Mechanik_J@reddit

She be doing stuff.

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Alaska_Pipeliner@reddit

Her Christmas album is fucking awesome!!

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Fantastic_Honey_7425@reddit

My 8 year old loves her. It’s his calm down go to bed music. Not her fault it usually doesn’t work that well.

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Alaska_Pipeliner@reddit

I just bought an album of hers yesterday. Listening to it right now. Is this the algorithm????!!!

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Sit_Ubu_Sit-Good_Dog@reddit

I just asked my girlfriend this question at dinner! Her song came on and I hadn’t heard it in years. Such a weird coincidence that you posted this.

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Bradtothebone79@reddit

I don’t why she didn’t come [around lately]

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5hallowbutdeep@reddit

Cashing on those come away with me checks lol

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daylight1943@reddit

she kept making music, but pop culture moves on. she wasnt some kind of major pop girlie so it was more or less inevitable youd stop hearing about her in basic music discussion unless you follow her work.

my favorite unexpected norah jones thing is her contributing vocals to a track on mike patton's "peeping tom" album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-QtkjytoJA

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geekgirlwww@reddit

She’s the theme song on the Ted show (the Seth McFarlane talking teddy bear)

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Abacab4@reddit

She put out a pretty solid album as recently as 2024.

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three-sense@reddit

What ever happened to Robot Jones?

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ialsohaveadobro@reddit

Her fans died.

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locusofself@reddit

I’ve been seeing her all over Instagram/YouTube with her podcast collaborations. Seems like she’s having a renaissance.

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thecityofthefuture@reddit

Come Away With Me was our first dance song at our wedding back in 2003.

I listen to that album from time to time.

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CokBlockinWinger@reddit

I was taking my son a few weeks ago to piano lessons and sat in the one studio. On the wall was a large, framed picture of her. I remember thinking, “There’s a name I never hear anymore.”

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

Still has new albums!

Also had a side girl trio Puss n Boots i got to see some years back. She also has some songs w her sister.

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TheDukeKC@reddit

Started hooking up with a teddy bear.

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eatsleepdive@reddit

So you're saying there's a chance

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coci222@reddit

Funny you mention her. I was a huge fan and haven't heard much lately, but she popped up in my Facebook feed just a few days ago because I follow Harry Mack and he was recently on her podcast. They did a little impromptu jam and it was really cool

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CAvWy2oAa/

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jgrubb@reddit

Her Christmas album is excellent

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solomons-marbles@reddit

Dude, get out from under your rock. She’s very active with several projects.

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jessek@reddit

She released an album 2 years ago and glancing at her page on Apple Music, she puts out new albums every 2-3 years.

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hyzerKite@reddit

Her series where she plays with different great musicians and just talks is one of my favorite things going right now. I have had a musical crush on her since the beginning and have followed her career. Her growth as a songwriter and piano player inspires me to create music. I highly suggest watching her “musicast”.

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