Eight years after she last toured Australia in 2005, nine-time Grammy winner Norah Jones will bring her soulful blend of country and folk-tinged jazz pop back here this February.
Defying everyone who ascribed her success to genetics (she's not only gorgeous but the daughter of recently deceased sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who she collected a posthumous Grammy for just last Sunday), Jones achieved massive critical success with 2002's Come Away With Me and followed it up with 2004's Feels Like Home. Both albums were an addictive blend of jazz and pop that marked a fresh direction for Blue Note Records, the New York jazz label she released them on.
Last year Jones clawed her way back to media darling status with the Danger Mouse-produced Little Broken Hearts, the first album since 2009's The Fall. This new offering mixes her smoky vocals with a comparatively uptempo beat and darker themes, "Miriam" even painting her as a murderous lover, but it's still family-friendly. By that we simply mean it defies generations, which in turn means competition for tickets will be that much tougher.
