Her voice rings out like the wonderment of slow-melting glaciers on a starry night. The Fall tumbles to guitars instead of her trademark black & white keys; Norah Jones charters fresh waters again with her fourth album.It’s a copious fall from her roots as a jazz-soul artist and the epic debut of Come Away With Me back in 2002. In between, there has been a modest experimentation with country, and an appetite on the rise for songwriting. Still only a youthful thirty-year-old, continually celebrated as one of the top artists in the adult contemporary music scene, Jones now larks to a rock-pop blend roasted to a smooth soulful tone. It could be a move pell-mell abandoning where she comfortably thrives best, at the piano with her jazzy flare renditions. Although, you can see the influence in her simple slow song in December, a back and forth rock, calling out, “December come to me, I hope I can see you not just in my dreams, I will let you be, Why can’t you believe how much you really mean? I will take you home.” With collaborators Ryan Adams, Will Sheff, and a new band, the album smiles with catchy cute phrases at a slow lingering pace in Man of the Hour. To wrap it up, you can Tell Yer Mama and your poppa that this album is also for them.
Key Tracks: December, Man of the Hour, Chasing Pirates
Moods: Reflective, Yearning, Gentle, Soft, Intimate, Smooth
Buy: The Fall
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