Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to


Norah Jones is the darling of Jazz and Audiophile press for a few years.  I've heard her albums, maybe even bought one.  Look, being a musical artist is hard as hell and I can't do it, but I realize in listening to others talk about her that I'm missing something special while listening to her.

Please, without wanting to pile on her, if you love her tell me why.  What has you going about Miss Jones that makes her a standout? No wrong answers.

erik_squires

I would imagine her dad being Ravi Shankar has a lot to do with the overblown view of her.

Norah Jones.  Jazz singer?!  “Darling of the Jazz press”?!  Huh?  I don’t think so.
 

Don’t get me wrong I kind of like Norah Jones and some of her material may be a little “jazzy” at times, but a Jazz singer she is not.  Perhaps that is part of the problem for some listeners.  Unrealistic expectations?  

OP

 

why the angst?  There is so much music that we can choose from.  If a given Artist doesn’t appeal to your sensibilities, why force it?

  I listen primarily to Classical.  For years friends, many of them accomplished Musicians, would hector me that I “must” learn to appreciate Serialism.  After years of trying, I finally said “enough”.  My life is to short to listen to music that I don’t like because of peer pressure.

I like Cold Cold Heart, and the the high note she hits on the second chorus of Don't Know Why.