NORAH JONES - Not Too Late Review

Norah Jones has only really been around for five years, but a more lauded singer-songwriter you would struggle to find. Two exquisite solo releases in Come Away With Me and Feels Like Home, plus The Little Willies project, have built the 27-year-old a considerable fan base to which she would have to do something very drastic for them to turn against her....full text "I don't really make jazz anymore," Norah Jones told the New York Times recently. And not a moment too soon.

Truth is, the New York singer-pianist has never really been a bona fide jazz artist. Even her record label described her Grammy-magnet 2002 debut Come Away With Me as "jazz-informed." It was a diplomatic way of pointing out her songcraft owed as much to pop, soul, blues folk and country as it did to jazz....full text Music critics, like newborns, love falling asleep to the safe hum of the clothes dryer or washing machine. Jones' warm, lulling voice and lint-free arrangements have the same sweet effect. And for that reason alone, her third album of songs tinged with pop, soul, folk and country elements is a useful addition to any crib, workplace or five-buck-a-latté café....full text