Norah Jones - Visions

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2024
Time: 45:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 104,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:15) 1. All This Time
(4:31) 2. Staring at the Wall
(3:25) 3. Paradise
(4:46) 4. Queen of the Sea
(2:42) 5. Visions
(3:28) 6. Running
(3:07) 7. I Just Wanna Dance
(4:18) 8. I’m Awake
(3:34) 9. Swept Up in the Night
(3:52) 10. On My Way
(4:14) 11. Alone With My Thoughts
(4:22) 12. That’s Life

Norah Jones named her eighth proper studio set Visions because many of the musical ideas occurred to her in the middle of the night, right when her consciousness was hazy: they weren't fully realized so much as an apparition. That sense of dreaminess carries through to the finished product but not in ways that are commonly associated with such a description.

Far from being an album constructed for twilight hours a dimly lit excursion into mood music Visions is clear and light, its textures vividly articulated and its rhythms mellow and fluid. It's music that feels alive, inhaling and exhaling with a gentle insistence; it's never rushed, never clipped. Despite the record's inherent relaxation, Visions never quite proceeds in a linear path. Chalk this up to Jones' choice of collaborator.

Working again with Leon Michels, a veteran of the seminal retro-soul outfit Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings who previously produced Norah's 2021 seasonal set I Dream of Christmas, Jones embraces the possibilities of psychedelic-tinged soul without succumbing to its trappings. Visions pulsates softly and sweetly, like a lava lamp slowly shifting colors in the background.

The hues aren't hyper-saturated; they're pleasing pastels radiating warmth. The emphasis on atmosphere isn't unusual for a Norah Jones album after all, she has worked with hip-hop collage artist Danger Mouse but Visions feels bright and open. It glides between modulated soul jams, languid ballads, and hopeful pop tunes, each enlivened by flair that's felt more than heard: horns start to sigh in the background, Jones' voice gets an off-kilter filter, guitars take an elliptical journey to a resolving chord.

The results aren't startling so much as they're fresh, avoiding musical and lyrical clichés. Witness "That's Life," a closing number that offers its inspirational advice not only with a knowing shrug but a song that rushes into a chorus and backs away on its bridge; the sentiment is familiar, but the execution isn't. It's a fitting farewell on a record that offers boundless imagination underneath its cool surface.by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Visions - Norah Jones | Album | AllMusic

Visions

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Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (Deluxe Edition)

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 123:16
Size: 283,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:17) 1. Good Morning
(3:27) 2. Say Goodbye
(3:12) 3. Little Broken Hearts
(3:10) 4. She's 22
(4:06) 5. Take It Back
(3:42) 6. After The Fall
(2:59) 7. 4 Broken Hearts
(3:06) 8. Travelin' On
(3:28) 9. Out On The Road
(3:34) 10. Happy Pills
(4:25) 11. Miriam
(6:29) 12. All A Dream
(3:41) 13. Killing Time (Bonus Track)
(3:34) 14. I Don't Wanna Hear Another Sound (Bonus Track)
(3:22) 15. Out On The Road (Mondo Version / Bonus Track)
(4:15) 16. Miriam (Peter, Bjorn And John Remix)
(6:38) 17. Good Morning (David Andrew Sitek Remix)
(3:47) 18. She's 22 (David Andrew Sitek Remix)
(4:40) 19. Take It Back (David Andrew Sitek Remix)
(4:11) 20. After The Fall (David Andrew Sitek Remix)
(3:20) 21. Good Morning (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(3:32) 22. Say Goodbye (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(3:36) 23. Little Broken Hearts (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(3:26) 24. She's 22 (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(4:27) 25. Take It Back (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(3:55) 26. After The Fall (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(3:44) 27. Out On The Road (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(3:41) 28. Happy Pills (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(4:35) 29. Miriam (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(6:09) 30. All A Dream (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)
(3:32) 31. Black (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)

A decade ago Norah Jones defied expectations with her 5th studio album Little Broken Hearts, a striking collaboration with the producer Danger Mouse featuring the standout singles “Happy Pills” & “Say Goodbye” that arrived 10 years after her debut Come Away With Me prompting SPIN to call it “the second essential record of Norah Jones’ career.”

The newly expanded 31-track Deluxe Edition curated by Jones & Eli Wolf includes the original album plus rare bonus tracks, alternate versions, and remixes, as well as a previously unreleased live version of the album that was recorded for Austin City Limits in 2012.
https://store.bluenote.com/products/norah-jones-little-broken-hearts

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Sasha Dobson - Girl talk

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:15
Size: 107,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:27) 1. Better days
(5:27) 2. Sweet and lovely
(4:22) 3. Girl talk
(3:35) 4. Perhaps perhaps perhaps
(4:19) 5. You're the death of me
(4:08) 6. The great city
(5:04) 7. Softly as in a morning sunrise
(6:18) 8. Time on my hands
(4:48) 9. Autumn nocturne
(4:41) 10. The boots are made for walking

Sasha Dobson is an American jazz singer from Santa Cruz, California, now based in New York City. Dobson comes from a musical family. Her father, Smith Dobson was a pianist who recorded with Mark Murphy and played with Bobby Hutcherson and her mother Gail is also a singer, and her brother Smith is a tenor saxophonist, drummer, and vibraphonist. The family performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1991 when Dobson was twelve. Her debut album, Modern Romance, was released in August 2006 by Jesse Harris's Secret Sun Recordings label. Dobson participated in the Norah Jones The Fall tour, providing guitar, percussion, and vocal harmonies and she was the opening act on the tour. Her album Aquarius was released in 2013 and another Into The Trees was released in 2014. In 2020, she released an EP https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/sasha-dobson

Personnel: Sasha Dobson (vocals); Peter Bernstein (guitar); Ian Hendrickson-Smith (alto sax); Steven Bernstein (trumpet, flugelhorn, slide trumpet); Smith Dobson (vibes); Mauro Refosco (perc.); Neal Miner (bass); Dred Scott (drums) + Kenny Wollesen (drums - 2 tks); Norah Jones (backing vocal on Girl Talk).

Girl talk

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Norah Jones - ‘Til We Meet Again

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:51
Size: 175,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:24) 1. Cold, Cold Heart - Live
(5:37) 2. It Was You - Live
(4:16) 3. Begin Again - Live
(3:50) 4. Those Sweet Words - Live
(7:33) 5. I've Got To See You Again - Live
(5:33) 6. After The Fall - Live
(4:48) 7. I'll Be Gone - Live
(5:29) 8. Just A Little Bit - Live
(4:35) 9. Falling - Live
(5:04) 10. Tragedy - Live
(4:32) 11. Sunrise - Live
(6:48) 12. Flipside - Live
(5:06) 13. Don't Know Why - Live
(7:11) 14. Black Hole Sun - Live

Norah Jones has released her first-ever full-length live album with ‘Til We Meet Again, a 14-track compilation of performances that took place around the globe between 2017-2019.

The album released via Blue Note Records on Friday (4/16) hears the acclaimed pianist, singer, and songwriter perform a mix of songs spanning her career during world tour stops in the United States, France, Italy, Brazil, and Argentina. The album’s tracklisting includes performances of “Cold Cold Heart”, “Don’t Know Why”, “Those Sweet Words”, “Sunrise”, her Grammy-nominated collaboration with Mavis Staples in “I’ll Be Gone“, new originals from 2020’s Pick Me Up Off The Floor in “Begin Again” and “Just A Little Bit”, and her cover of Soundgarden‘s “Black Hole Sun”.

Hear Jones discuss the new album with Blue Note president and Wolf Bros bassist Don Was on a new episode of the label’s First Look YouTube series below. https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/norah-jones-releases-til-we-meet-again-live-compilation/

‘Til We Meet Again

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Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:09
Size: 103,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:06) 1. Don't Know Why
(2:25) 2. Seven Years
(3:38) 3. Cold, Cold Heart
(2:57) 4. Feelin' the Same Way
(3:18) 5. Come Away With Me
(3:56) 6. Shoot the Moon
(2:34) 7. Turn Me On
(3:06) 8. Lonestar
(4:13) 9. I've Got to See You Again
(2:42) 10. Painter Song
(3:05) 11. One Flight Down
(4:12) 12. Nightingale
(2:44) 13. The Long Day Is Over
(3:07) 14. The Nearness of You

Come Away with Me is the debut studio album by American recording artist Norah Jones, released on February 26, 2002 by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York City and Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York. Come Away with Me peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, and received Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. It was later certified Diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 for shipments of over ten million copies in the United States, and has sold over 27 million copies worldwide as of 2016 making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Come Away with Me is an acoustic pop album that features Jones supported by jazz musicians: Kevin Breit, Bill Frisell, Adam Levy, Adam Rogers, and Tony Scherr on guitar; Sam Yahel on organ; Jenny Scheinman on violin; Rob Burger on accordion; and Brian Blade, Dan Rieser, and Kenny Wollesen on drums. Jones wrote the title song. Guitarist Jesse Harris wrote the hit "Don't Know Why". The album includes cover versions of "The Nearness of You" by Hoagy Carmichael and "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams. Come Away with Me incorporates blues, jazz, and folk music. Bobby Dodd of All About Jazz writes that although the album features jazz standards, jazz purists and academics "may deny [Jones] jazz credibility for her folk infusion"....More ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Away_with_Me

Personnel: Accordion – Rob Burger (tracks: 10); Acoustic Guitar – Adam Levy (tracks: 8, 10), Jesse Harris (tracks: 1, 6, 9, 11 to 13), Kevin Breit (tracks: 2, 4); Bass – Lee Alexander (tracks: 1 to 13); Drums – Brian Blade (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8 to 13), Dan Rieser (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11); Electric Guitar – Adam Levy (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12), Jesse Harris (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 9, 11 to 13), Kevin Breit (tracks: 4, 13); Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Norah Jones; Harmonium [Pump Organ] – Rob Burger (tracks: 8); Organ – Sam Yahel (tracks: 6, 11); Percussion – Brian Blade (tracks: 2, 9); Piano – Norah Jones (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 14); Resonator Guitar [National Guitar] – Kevin Breit (tracks: 2, 4); Violin – Jenny Scheinman (tracks: 9, 11); Vocals – Norah Jones

Come Away With Me

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Norah Jones - Pick Me Up Off The Floor

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:30
Size: 105,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:42)  1. How I Weep
(3:21)  2. Flame Twin
(3:26)  3. Hurts To Be Alone
(4:12)  4. Heartbroken, Day After
(4:58)  5. Say No More
(2:38)  6. This Life
(4:28)  7. To Live
(4:16)  8. I'm Alive
(5:16)  9. Were You Watching?
(3:53) 10. Stumble On My Way
(4:16) 11. Heaven Above

Once she came to the end of the promotional cycle for 2016's Day Breaks, Norah Jones decided to challenge herself by recording a series of swift sessions with a rotating cast of collaborators. The intention was to release the results quickly, issuing them as a digital single at a time, and Jones followed through on this plan, releasing a new song every few months throughout 2018. These tunes were rounded up on 2019's Begin Again, but that wasn't the end of the project. Jones cut a number of songs during these sessions that were unreleased but not forgotten by the singer/songwriter. She kept listening to the rough mixes, eventually coming to the conclusion that these tracks would make a strong album of their own accord. Pick Me Up Off the Floor proves her instincts were correct. Lacking the purposeful digressions of Begin Again an album where the digressions were the entire point Pick Me Up Off the Floor is a tighter affair than its companion record, firmly rooted in the after-hours jazz-folk-pop hybrid that's Jones' calling card. Some of the cohesion may be due to how a good chunk of the album is anchored by her standby drummer Brian Blade, but it's also true that this record's collaboration with Jeff Tweedy is the amiably rambling "I'm Alive," a number that is firmly stationed within Jones' wheelhouse. The same could be said about Pick Me Up Off the Floor in general. There are accents and flourishes that distinguish the tunes "Flame Twin" is charged by curlicues of guitars and smears of organ, "To Live" is graced by muted horns straight out of the Big Easy but as a collection of songs, Pick Me Up Off the Floor winds up emphasizing how Jones slyly and elegantly synthesizes a pop sensibility with a jazz execution, a fusion that is comforting yet relies on her idiosyncratic twists. This blend of warmth and invention is what's so appealing about Pick Me Up Off the Floor: the shape may seem familiar, but the construction of the songs and the inventiveness of the performance keeps it fresh and surprising even after the first listen.~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://www.allmusic.com/album/pick-me-up-off-the-floor-mw0003360325

Pick Me Up Off The Floor

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Norah Jones - Begin Again

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:00
Size: 66,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:06)  1. My Heart Is Full
(3:49)  2. Begin Again
(5:30)  3. It Was You
(4:03)  4. A Song With No Name
(3:37)  5. Uh Oh
(3:48)  6. Wintertime
(5:02)  7. Just A Little Bit

On April 12, nine-time GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones is releasing Begin Again, a collection of singles that gathers seven eclectic songs that Jones has recorded over the past year with collaborators including Jeff Tweedy and Thomas Bartlett. 

Begin Again will be released on 12" vinyl, CD, and as a digital album and features the new song "Just a Little Bit," which was produced by Jones and features her on vocals, piano, and organ along with Brian Blade on drums. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Begin-Again-Norah-Jones/dp/B07NN68JLL

Begin Again

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Norah Jones - Live At Ronnie Scotts

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 90:11
Size: 207,4 MB
Art: Front

(1:08)  1. Intro
(3:34)  2. Sleeping Wild
(6:08)  3. Don't Be Denied
(5:29)  4. After the Fall
(6:46)  5. Sinkin' Soon
(5:16)  6. Out on the Road
(4:26)  7. And There Was You
(4:31)  8. It's a Wonderful Time for Love
(7:35)  9. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)
(7:17) 10. Flipside
(5:15) 11. Day Breaks
(6:40) 12. Nightingale
(4:29) 13. Tragedy
(6:13) 14. Little Broken Hearts
(3:46) 15. Carry On
(4:42) 16. Don't Know Why
(6:49) 17. I've Got to See You Again

Multiple Grammy Award winner, Norah Jones, plays an exclusive sold-out show at the world-famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London. This wonderfully intimate live performance film sees Jones return to the piano, accompanied on stage by drummer Brian Blade and bassist Chris Thomas to form a classic jazz trio. The group play tracks from Jones’ sixth solo album Day Breaks and a selection of hits from her extensive catalogue including the hit singles, 'Carry On', ‘Flipside' and 'Don’t Know Why'. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Live-Ronnie-Scotts-Norah-Jones/dp/B07B5Y6PNP

Live At Ronnie Scotts

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Willie Nelson & Friends - Live And Kickin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:59
Size: 132.7 MB
Styles: Country, Assorted styles
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:12] 1. I Didn't Come Here (And I Ain't Leavin')
[4:32] 2. Night Life (With Eric Clapton)
[2:56] 3. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (With Shania Twain)
[3:58] 4. Homeward Bound (With Paul Simon)
[3:34] 5. Beer For My Horses (With Toby Keith)
[4:35] 6. Crazy (With Diana Krall, Elvis Costello)
[4:26] 7. To All The Girls I've Loved Before (With Wyclef Jean)
[2:31] 8. Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) (With Norah Jones)
[2:41] 9. She Loves My Automobile (With Zz Top)
[4:38] 10. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground ( With Shelby Lynne)
[5:22] 11. A Song For You (With Leon Russell, Ray Charles)
[2:54] 12. I Couldn't Believe It Was True (With John Mellencamp)
[4:33] 13. Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning (With Kenny Chesney)
[2:34] 14. Run That By Me One More Time (With Ray Price)
[5:26] 15. One Time Too Many (With Steven Tyler)

For his 70th birthday gala, Willie Nelson decided to celebrate by inviting a cast of musical stars to join him in duets on a televised concert. In keeping with Nelson's eclecticism, only a few of the famous participants are country artists (Shania Twain, Toby Keith, and old pal Ray Price). How much is added to his classic "Crazy" by guests Diana Krall and Elvis Costello (then-hot celebrity couple of the moment) is an open question; what's really important is the well-deserved recognition Nelson receives from the musical world's biggest names. If you're a hardcore Willie fan, you've probably already got a couple of earlier live versions of, for example, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," but part of Live and Kickin's purpose is to expose fans of Nelson's duet partners to the magic they've been missing out on for many decades. In that, it's a success. ~John Bush

Live And Kickin'

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Anoushka Shankar - Traces Of You

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:58
Size: 128.1 MB
Styles: Indian music, World
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:34] 1. The Sun Won't Set (Feat. Norah Jones)
[3:39] 2. Flight
[4:51] 3. Indian Summer
[5:03] 4. Maya
[4:38] 5. Lasya
[2:29] 6. Fathers
[4:56] 7. Metamorphosis
[3:31] 8. In Jyoti's Name
[3:40] 9. Monsoon
[3:44] 10. Traces Of You
[3:04] 11. River Pulse
[8:17] 12. Chasing Shadows
[4:26] 13. Unsaid (Feat. Norah Jones)

It’s hard to think of any other music-making device which has such an air of both the archaic and the transcendent as the sitar, the traditional stringed instrument central to the Hindustani classical music of the Indian subcontinent. Probably invented in the 13th century, but with roots shared with the far more ancient veena, the sitar is a visual work of art in itself. For years its sound was unknown in the West, until Ravi Shankar opened up a whole new world of possibilities. Through his pioneering tours, ground-breaking compositions for orchestras and artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, and role as teacher and mentor to George Harrison, John Coltrane and Philip Glass, he brought his music and culture to audiences of disparate ages and genres across the globe. More than just one of the great artistic figures of the 20th century, he was a musical philosopher whose sitar brought people together and whose spirituality transcended cultural and political differences. That the sitar has since become a fixture in the musical worldview of open-minded listeners is solely due to Ravi Shankar.

Anoushka Shankar is now both conserving her father’s musical philosophy and extending it into new sound spaces and contexts. The 32-year old artist not only served her apprenticeship in Indian classical music under Ravi Shankar and performed on stage with him for nearly twenty years, but also benefited from a curious and open-minded upbringing across three continents, and has always pushed the cultural dialogue her father began even further in her own music. She released her first album, Anoushka, in 1998, when she was just 17, and since then has worked with musicians as varied as Sting, Herbie Hancock, Jethro Tull, Concha Buika, Mstislav Rostropovich and Thievery Corporation. For the past decade and a half, this spirited, visionary and clear-sighted musician has subtly and successfully incorporated traditional Indian sounds into a musical panorama dominated by contemporary styles, bringing the spiritual roots of her music to younger generations.

Shankar’s seventh CD, Traces of You, marks a significant step along her pathway as a musician and woman. With the aim of bringing together a variety of cultural experiences and attitudes as organically as possible, she worked with London-based British-Indian producer Nitin Sawhney, particularly noted for fusing Eastern influences with electronica and, more generally, a non-didactic interweaving of Western and Eastern soundscapes for which London, Anoushka’s home and place of birth, provides the optimal environs.

Traces Of You

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VA - New Jazz Divas: The Greatest Modern Female Jazz Singers

Size: 181,7+181,6 MB
Time: 78:07+78:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01 Diana Krall - This Can’t Be Love (4:27)
02 Youn Sun Nah - Jockey Full Of Bourbon (3:39)
03 Terez Montcalm - Docteur (4:04)
04 Fay Claassen - Conception - Deception (4:12)
05 Mina Agossi - Ghost Of Yesterday (4:00)
06 Lisa Simone - Autumn Leaves (5:14)
07 Dee Alexander - Letter From Home (5:57)
08 Manuel Rocheman - Nature Boy (3:42)
09 Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project - What A Little Moonlight Can Do (3:31)
10 Remi Sciuto - Black Bird (2:18)
11 Olivier Hutman - What Did They Say Today (4:53)
12 Muriel Zoe - Have A Good Time (3:26)
13 Michel Benita - Oh Love (3:35)
14 Veronique Hermann Sambin - Pwomes (3:26)
15 Monica Shaka - Moon And Sand (5:32)
16 Maria Laura Baccarini - I've Got You Under My Skin (5:17)
17 Stephy Haik - It's Over (5:08)
18 Solveig Slettahjell - What Is This Thing Called Love (5:38)

CD 2:
01 Stacey Kent - Too Darn Hot (3:25)
02 Robin McKelle - Something's Gotta Give (3:08)
03 Norah Jones - Tennessee Waltz (4:18)
04 Jacky Terrasson Trio - Walk On By (2:39)
05 Rene Marie - Them There Eyes (5:15)
06 Ida Sand - Ain’t No Sunshine (3:40)
07 Laika Fatien - Just Say Goodbye (4:19)
08 Catia Werneck - Chegando No Rio (4:31)
09 Anne Ducros - God Bless The Child (Feat. Jacky Terrasson) (4:42)
10 Charlotte Wassy - Your Goal (5:20)
11 Cæcilie Norby - Diamonds & Gold (3:47)
12 Melanie Dahan - Star Eyes (Feat. Manuel Rocheman) (4:56)
13 Clotilde Rullaud - Fragile (6:48)
14 Louisa Bey - Everything Is Broken (4:45)
15 Viviane Ginape - You Must Believe In Spring (3:07)
16 Sinne Eeg - What A Little Moonlight Can Do (5:16)
17 Bugge Wesseltoft - Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover (4:59)
18 Seth Kallen - My Sweet Darling (2:58)

New Jazz Divas CD 1
New Jazz Divas CD 2

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Willie Nelson - American Classic

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:16
Size: 103.6 MB
Styles: Pop/Country
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:42] 1. The Nearness Of You
[2:49] 2. Fly Me To The Moon
[3:56] 3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
[4:21] 4. If I Had You (Feat. Diana Krall)
[2:55] 5. Ain't Misbehavin'
[4:31] 6. I Miss You So
[3:23] 7. Because Of You
[3:58] 8. Baby It's Cold Outside (Feat. Norah Jones)
[4:33] 9. Angel Eyes
[2:55] 10. On The Street Where You Live
[3:40] 11. Since I Fell For You
[3:28] 12. Always On My Mind

Vocals – Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson; Bass – Christian McBride, Robert Hurst; Drums – Jeff Hamilton, Lewis Nash; Guitar – Anthony Wilson, Willie Nelson; Harmonica – Mickey Raphael; Piano – Diana Krall, Joe Sample, Norah Jones.

When Willie Nelson took the unexpected step of releasing Stardust in 1978, many predicted that the album of popular standards would severely derail the outlaw country singer's career. Confounding the critics, the disc became Nelson's best-selling effort, and spawned a whole subgenre of modern singers covering the classics. Nelson revisited the format with 1994's orchestral Healing Hands of Time and to varying degrees on several other records, but it wasn't until 2009's American Classic that the red-headed stranger delivered an album billed as the true follow-up to Stardust. Released on the venerable Blue Note label, the disc features guest appearances by superstar jazz singers Norah Jones and Diana Krall, but the focus is always placed squarely on Nelson's famously idiosyncratic vocals. American Classic does not feature Nelson's veteran band, but rather a core group of first-call studio jazz cats including Christian McBride on bass, Joe Sample on piano, and Lewis Nash on drums. The resultant sound is smooth, classy, and subtle -- a sonic horse of a different color from the exquisitely ramshackle earthiness that made Stardust so appealing and unusual. On tunes such as the jaunty, gently swinging "On the Street Where You Live" and "Since I Fell for You," which features longtime Nelson cohort Mickey Raphael on bluesy harmonica, Nelson sounds comfortable and in command, gliding effortlessly and soulfully over a great set of tunes played by top-notch pros. ~Pemberton Roach

American Classic

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Norah Jones - Day Breaks

Size: 114,2 MB
Time: 48:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

01. Burn (4:39)
02. Tragedy (4:14)
03. Flipside (3:41)
04. It's A Wonderful Time For Love (3:54)
05. And Then There Was You (3:05)
06. Don't Be Denied (5:36)
07. Day Breaks (3:57)
08. Peace (5:15)
09. Once I Had A Laugh (3:12)
10. Sleeping Wild (3:07)
11. Carry On (2:48)
12. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) (5:22)

Day Breaks is Norah's sixth solo album and a kindred spirit to her breakout debut Come Away With Me. It finds her returning to the piano and her roots.The album features Blue Note luminaries including saxophonist Wayne Shorter, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, and drummer Brian Blade on a 12-song set that presents 9 new originals alongside covers of songs by Horace Silver, Duke Ellington and Neil Young.

Day Breaks

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Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (10th Anniversary Edition)

Styles: Vocal, R&B, Soul
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:01
Size: 141,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:59)  1. Ray Charles & Norah Jones - Here We Go Again
(3:47)  2. Ray Charles & James Taylor - Sweet Potato Pie
(3:56)  3. Ray Charles & Diana Krall - You Don't Know Me
(4:00)  4. Ray Charles & Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
(3:32)  5. Ray Charles & Natalie Cole - Fever
(4:35)  6. Ray Charles & Bonnie Raitt - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
(5:01)  7. Ray Charles & Willie Nelson - It Was A Very Good Year
(5:16)  8. Ray Charles & Michael McDonald - Hey Girl
(4:26)  9. Ray Charles & B.B. King - Sinner's Prayer
(4:33) 10. Ray Charles & Gladys Knight - Heaven Help Us All
(4:55) 11. Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis - Over The Rainbow
(3:44) 12. Ray Charles & Van Morrison - Crazy Love (Live)
(5:04) 13. Ray Charles & Poncho Sanchez - Mary Ann
(4:06) 14. Take 6 - Unchain My Heart

"The way these days just rip along, too fast to last, too vast, too strong..." ~ Jackson Browne

The final recording of Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company, enjoys its tenth anniversary. It is striking to consider that it has been over ten years since the death of Ray Charles, one of the most imposing figures in American music. The music made in the second half of the twentieth century has had a remarkable staying power owing partially to its revolutionary quality and the near frantic dedication of the Post-World War II Baby Boom generation. Charles' contributions to this music are without measure. It is useful to consider the role, or roles, played by Charles in American music. He deftly fused the blues with gospel music forming that offshoot of rhythm and blues: soul music. He then took this new eutectoid and mashed it up with jazz, creating an earthy humus. Once he had done this, he took on country and western music, infusing that mostly-white genre with the same soul music he previously created, resulting in the groundbreaking Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music (ABC, 1962). Charles' reach was long and deep. 

Genius Loves Company is Charles' valedictory. It was recorded between June 2003 and March 2004, with Charles passing away from liver disease on June 10, 2004. While Charles' health was certainly questionable during recording, there is no indication of diminished capacity. His singing is robust and vibrant, overt and assertive. Charles had to have his eye on the end but he was never going to let on. If anything can be said of Charles' singing voice, it is that he "became more himself" as he aged. If Johnny Cash's late voice and appearance were those of an Old Testament prophet, then Ray Charles in autumn was a dying Mozart composing his sunny Clarinet Concerto less in defiance than acceptance.

Duet recordings, pitting old masters with contemporary musicians, are nothing new. Tony Bennett has made a cottage industry of them (and not to any bad effect at that). Time was of the essence for Charles and what better a love letter to his mastery than for him to share the stage with so many like-minded musicians who admired him so. It was because of this programming, the chosen artists and some shrewd marketing that Genius Loves Company was Charles' first top ten recording in 40 years. One of the biggest criticisms of the Charles biopic Ray was that the story ended 40 years early. My argument would be, "what was there left for Ray Charles to do?" This is an album of artists' collaborative praise for a fellow artist. Programming for the original recording was superb as was duet partner and song choice. Norah Jones, a closet country queen masquerading as a jazz artist, is a perfect foil to Charles on "Here We Go Again." Broad country block chords and Jones' creamy voice properly accent Charles' sacred sandpaper tone. 

Charles is most simpatico with his near contemporaries. "Fever" with Natalie Cole and "Heaven Help Us All" with Gladys Knight are love fests. Charles digs deep with BB King (and Lucille) on "Sinner's Prayer" and Bonnie Raitt on "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind." Raitt's signature slide guitar, ever influenced by Lowell George, is captured beautifully sonically. Ray Charles possessed a stylistic depth and breadth with few peers. When considering who could step in and accept the mantle from Charles after his death, I posited two names, both gratefully represented here. Willie Nelson has had as varied a career as Charles, sampling and then mastering every genre attempted. The two duet on a song closely associated with another such kindred spirit, Frank Sinatra. "It was a Very Good Year" is an unexpected luxury of artistic irony and grace). Van Morrison shares and ultimately offers his "Crazy Love" as a gift to Charles, the two crossing traditions with all we have in common.  The present Deluxe Edition sports a piquant "Mary Ann" with percussionist Poncho Sanchez and an awesome "Unchain My Heart" with Take 6. An hour-long DVD detailing the making of Genius Loves Company is a bit of gravy for this Fall class. Happy Birthday, Genius Loves Company... it has been a very good year. ~ C.Michael Bailey  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ray-charles-genius-love-company--10th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-by-c-michael-bailey.php
 

Personnel: Ray Charles: vocals, keyboards; Ray Charles-vocals, piano; Norah Jones, James Taylor, Diana Krall, Elton John, Natalie Cole, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Gladys Knight, Johnny Mathis, Van Morrison-vocal; B.B. King, guitar, vocal; Billy Preston-organ; Poncho Sanchez: percussion; Take 6; 63-piece orchestra; others.

Genius Loves Company (10th Anniversary Edition)

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VA - Ladies In Blue: The Best Blue Note Female Vocals

Size: 175,6+164,6 MB
Time: 75:40+70:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Label: Blue Note Records
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Stacey Kent - What A Wonderful World (4:24)
02. Norah Jones - Those Sweet Words (3:24)
03. The Bird & The Bee - How Deep Is Your Love (3:22)
04. Sabrina Starke - Yellow Brick Road (4:07)
05. Cassandra Wilson - Time After Time (4:05)
06. Traincha - What The World Needs Now (3:56)
07. Abbey Lincoln - Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me (2:14)
08. China Moses - What A Difference A Day Makes (7:17)
09. Alice Ricciardi - Comes Love (4:27)
10. Billie Holiday - Detour Ahead (3:01)
11. Blossom Dearie - May I Come In (20 Bit Mastering 1998 Remastered Version) (2:12)
12. Julie London - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (2:48)
13. Jacinta - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (5:45)
14. Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims - Violets For Your Furs (6:07)
15. Holly Cole & Javon Jackson - Hum Drum Blues (5:36)
16. Molly Johnson - Melody (3:44)
17. Grant Greens - Down Here On The Ground (Ummah Remix Feat. Dianne Reeves) (4:36)
18. Cecilie Norby - Set Them Free (4:27)

CD 2:
01. Priscilla Ahn - Dream (3:29)
02. Marlena Shaw - Feel Like Making Love (4:58)
03. Shirley Eikhard - There But For Love Go I (5:12)
04. Eliane Elias - They Can't Take That Away From Me (3:43)
05. Carmen Mcrae - The Man I Love (4:15)
06. Denise Jannah - You Must Believe In Spring (7:13)
07. Betty Carter - There Is No Greater Love (3:49)
08. Dodo Greene - Jazz In My Soul (2:35)
09. Jackie Allen - Lazy Afternoon (3:49)
10. Helen Eriksen - Arms Around You (4:45)
11. Lena Horne - Something To Live For (Live) (4:43)
12. Sarah Vaughan - Stormy Weather (With Jimmie Jones And Orchestra) (3:26)
13. Nancy Wilson - Call Me Irresponsible (2000 Remastered Version) (2:25)
14. Nina Simone - The House Of The Rising Sun (Live At The Village Gate 2004 Remastered Version) (4:37)
15. Sheila Jordan - Baltimore Oriole (2:34)
16. Sue Raney - Maybe You'll Be There (2006 Remastered Version) (2:23)
17. Annie Ross - I'm Just A Lucky So And So (4:46)
18. George Shearing - In The Night (2003 Remastered Version) (2:00)

Ladies In Blue CD 1
Ladies In Blue CD 2

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Harold Mabern - Afro Blue

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:42
Size: 160,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:07)  1. The Chief
(5:25)  2. Afro Blue (feat. Gregory Porter)
(5:51)  3. The Man from Hyde Park (feat. Gregory Porter)
(4:35)  4. Fool Rush In (feat. Norah Jones)
(4:23)  5. Don't Misunderstand (feat. Norah Jones)
(3:50)  6. I'll Take Romance (feat. Jane Monheit)
(5:38)  7. My One and Only Love  (feat. Jane Monheit)
(4:24)  8. Billie's Bounce (feat. Kurt Elling)
(5:39)  9. Portrait of Jennie (feat. Kurt Elling)
(4:01) 10. You Needed Me (feat. Kurt Elling)
(5:07) 11. Such Is Life (feat. Alexis Cole)
(5:18) 12. Do It Again (feat. Peter Bernstein)
(5:51) 13. Mozzin'
(4:28) 14. Bobby, Benny, Jymie, Lee, Bu

With Afro Blue, his second album for Smoke Sessions Records, Harold Mabern has taken a compelling new angle on his exceptionally creative musical vision. But for those who are truly familiar with this extraordinary pianist's talents, it is a project that is long overdue. While he may be best known for his powerful playing while soloing or driving so many of jazz' finest hornmen to spectacular heights of fire and thunder, Mabern has enjoyed a reputation among vocalists as one of the music's most sensitive and stimulating accompanists for more than 50 years ever since his early days playing with the unparalleled Betty Carter.

On this album, Mabern has selected five of his favorite vocalists who also just happen to be some of the most popular and respected singers on today's scene and is featuring them as special guests in the company of his own outstanding ensemble. Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling and Alexis Cole perform individually alongside Mabern's regular ensemble of Eric Alexander on tenor sax and the bass/drums tandem of John Webber and Joe Farnsworth; plus additional guests, trombonist Steve Turre and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt on four and six tracks respectively. Eminent guitarist Peter Bernstein is featured on one track as well.

"I love to play for singers," explains the pianist. "I feel honored and flattered that these wonderful vocalists would want to be part of my little project. I feel good when singers say they love the way you play. That's a very special compliment."

Despite the wide variety of personnel, the album is fully cohesive and artfully conceived, with Mabern's soulful, blues-rooted style of piano expression as its radiant nucleus. The repertoire of 14 pieces is a fascinating assemblage of standards, jazz classics, Mabern originals and a couple of unexpected contemporary hit songs all performed in captivating fashion and constructed upon marvelous arrangements. Of the four Mabern originals, three are dedications to jazz immortals. The album opens and closes with two of the homages - both instrumentals. "The Chief" (for John Coltrane) is for quintet, appropriately modal and fiery; and the trio piece "Bobby, Benny, Jymie, Lee, Bu" closes with a tribute to that edition of Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the funky hard bop flavor those five giants brought to their classic version of Bobby Timmons' "Moanin'". The trio is also featured on a sizzling rendition of John 'Moz' Farnsworth's "Mozzin'" fired up by his brother's drumming. The other instrumental, Steely Dan's biggest hit "Do It Again," is a feature for Bernstein's guitar wizardry. A third Mabern original, "Such Is Life," features Alexis Cole deftly handling Mabern's lyrics and infectious melody, with the three horns providing a backdrop somewhere between calypso and highlife.

Gregory Porter is featured on two pieces, a vividly smoking take on the Mongo Santamaria/Oscar Brown Jr. title cut, with Mabern stoking in classic Afro-Cuban piano mode; and in a delightful easy groove on the fourth Mabern original "The Man from Hyde Park" - a dedication to Herbie Hancock. Norah Jones brings her highly personal style to Bloom & Mercer's "Fools Rush In," smoothly swinging over Blakey-ish horns; and in an enchanting, intimate duet with Mabern on Gordon Parks' lovely "Don't Misunderstand." Jane Monheit is buoyantly spirited on Oakland & Hammerstein's "I'll Take Romance," and mesmerizing on Wood & Mellin's gorgeous "My One and Only Love." Bird's bop icon "Billie's Bounce" is a rip-roaring sojourn in scat by the remarkable Kurt Elling, while the acclaimed vocalist aptly demonstrates his ballad mastery with a most poignant take on Robinson & Burdge's exquisite "Portrait of Jennie." A fortunate serendipity on the Anne Murray mega-hit, Randy Goodrum's "You Needed Me" which was slated to be an instrumental feature for Alexander's robust tenor - caused Mabern to call an audible when he heard Elling sing the first few words as he was about to depart the studio. The deeply moving results show how magic can be born by chance.

Mabern is unequivocally enthusiastic about this new album: "Wow! I can't believe we pulled all of it off. Everybody involved did a ten-star job. Simply beautiful!" Dazzling vocal artistry, impeccable musicianship, imaginative soloing, and that elusive substance of true synergy focused by the singular vision of a brilliant artist make Afro Blue a truly special experience. For Harold Mabern, whose enormous accomplishments as a leader are sometimes eclipsed by his reputation for helping so many Jazz heavyweights realize their own musical visions, Afro Blue is further testimony to his own legend. http://www.criticaljazz.com/2015/01/mark-your-calendar-for-new-harold-mabern.html

Afro Blue

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Arif Mardin - All My Friends Are Here

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:16
Size: 142.6 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:39] 1. The Greatest Ears In Town (Feat. Bette Midler And Barry Gibb)
[4:57] 2. So Blue (Feat. Chaka Khan And David Sanborn)
[5:31] 3. No Way Out (Feat. Nicki Parrott)
[4:14] 4. Goodbye To Rio
[3:17] 5. No One (Feat. Dianne Reeves)
[4:11] 6. So Many Nights (Feat. Danny O'keefe)
[5:39] 7. Calls A Soft Voice (Feat. Carly Simon)
[6:47] 8. Longing For You (Feat. Norah Jones With Joe Lovano And John Faddis)
[5:29] 9. Dual Blues (Feat. Amy Kohn)
[5:39] 10. Chez Twang's (Feat. Dr. John)
[5:54] 11. Willie's After Hours (Lonestar Blues)
[4:29] 12. All My Friends Are Here
[1:24] 13. Wistful

Unintentionally of course, Arif Mardin crafted his own eulogy. Naturally, given Mardin’s stature as arguably the most accomplished arranger/producer of the past half-century — the genius responsible for everything from Dusty Springfield’s landmark Dusty In Memphis to Barry Gibb’s career-altering falsetto, the stratospheric launch of the Average White Band and the equally meteoritic blast-off of Norah Jones — it is shaped of music. Mardin aptly referred to what would ultimately become All My Friends Are Here (NuNoise Records) as his “life’s work.” Begun in 2005 and completed by his son and co-producer Joe after Mardin’s death, in June 2006 at age 74 of pancreatic cancer, it is an incomparably rich, atmospheric celebration of all aspects of the 12-time Grammy winner’s vibrant life and career.

Mardin wrote or co-wrote all but one of the album’s 13 tracks. Some, like the exquisitely romantic “Longing for You” (written when Mardin was 23 as a ode to his then fiancée Latife) date back decades. Others are brand new. To perform this heady potpourri of songs, father and son assembled more than a dozen of the artists whose careers Mardin launched and molded, including Bette Midler, Norah Jones, Raul Midón, Barry Gibb, Chaka Khan, Danny O’Keefe, the Average White Band, Daryl Hall and Felix Cavaliere. ~Christopher Loudon

All My Friends Are Here

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Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones - Foreverly

Styles:  Folk Pop

Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:41
Size: 104,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:10)  1. Roving Gambler
(3:30)  2. Long Time Gone
(5:01)  3. Lightning Express
(3:15)  4. Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
(4:33)  5. Down in the Willow Garden
(2:57)  6. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?
(3:05)  7. Oh So Many Years
(4:48)  8. Barbara Allen
(3:01)  9. Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)
(4:21) 10. I'm Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail
(3:26) 11. Kentucky
(3:28) 12. Put My Little Shoes Away

Last week, I wrote about “Under the Covers, Vol. 3,” a duet album by Susannah Hoffs and Matthew Sweet that extended the pair’s tradition of covering their favorite pop songs of the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Now, there’s another duo act out there paying tribute to artists from an earlier era, but it’s radically different from “Under the Covers.” It’s “Foreverly,” a joint project of the Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong and the chanteuse Norah Jones.

As the not-bad pun of the title suggests, “Foreverly” is an homage to Don and Phil Everly, who, as the Everly Brothers, racked up more than a dozen Top Ten hits between 1957 and 1962, and influenced a generation of rock-and-rollers in the process. While the “Under the Covers” series is a natural extension of the solo work Hoffs and Sweet are known for, “Foreverly” seems like a surprising departure. Jones, though she came to fame as a pop-jazz vocalist, has always maintained an interest in country music, principally through her side band the Little Willies. But “Foreverly” started with Armstrong, who is known almost exclusively for Green Day’s snotty punk-pop. (The band’s only substantial departure, a side album recorded under the name Foxboro Hot Tubs, leaned a little more heavily on garage rock, but otherwise didn’t fall especially far from the tree.) Armstrong first met Jones when they both made guest appearances with Stevie Wonder’s band; when Armstrong conceived of the Everly Brothers tribute, he brought her aboard.

Everly tributes aren’t an especially rare thing. The Chapin Sisters released a full album’s worth, “A Date With the Everly Brothers,” earlier this year, and artists from the Beatles on have tried to match the duo’s preternaturally close harmonies. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were early graduates of the Everly academy (they would later cover “Bye Bye Love” on “Bridge Over Troubled Water”), and Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds tacked an EP of Everly covers onto the end of the 1980 Rockpile album “Seconds Of Pleasure.” But Armstrong, a fan of the Everlys since childhood, didn’t choose to dive into the covers pool by re-recording any of the duo’s huge pop-country hits, most of which were written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. There’s no “Wake Up, Little Susie” here, no “Cathy’s Clown,” no “Bird Dog,” no “All I Have To Do Is Dream.” Rather, “Foreverly” is based on the duo’s 1958 album “Songs Our Daddy Taught Us,” which in turn consisted of covers of traditional and country songs originally performed by the likes of Charlie Monroe (“Down in the Willow Garden”), Tex Ritter (“Long Time Gone”), and Gene Autry (“That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine”). Released in the wake of the brothers’ breakout debut album, “Songs Our Daddy Taught Us” was an early departure that established their country bona fides. And while “Foreverly” shifts around the track order a bit, it’s otherwise a faithful re-creation of the earlier record.

This choice of a commercially marginal (if artistically superb) record from the Everly canon works to the project’s advantage. Rather than go head to head with the brothers on their most recognizable material, Armstrong and Jones can instead focus attention on their own vocals. With the Everly Brothers, Don (the older of the two) sang the baritone parts in harmonies, as well as most of the solos, while Phil provided a tenor counterpoint. On “Foreverly,” Armstrong plays the role of Don, while Jones steps into Phil’s shoes.

From the first track, the traditional “Roving Gambler” (also recorded by Simon and Garfunkel), the remakes work in compelling ways. Armstrong does an excellent job with straightforward country singing he’s especially good at conveying loneliness and Jones provides skilled harmonies. Still, the dynamic here is considerably different from the source material. Armstrong and Jones just aren’t as close in blood, in age, in upbringing, in harmony as Don and Phil were. In addition, they’re both lead vocalists by training. And then there’s the fact that Jones, as female singers go, has a rich, sensual tone that’s quite different from Phil’s high keening. The result is a sound that leans a little more toward traditional country duets, and a little away from the unearthly harmonic choreography of the Everly originals.

On the other hand, the male-female dynamic adds a layer of romantic intrigue and sexual tension to mysterious, dark, traditional ballads like “Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?” and “Barbara Allen” (which is augmented with a fiddle part by Charlie Burnham). Armstrong and Jones are also a bit more leisurely in approach while the Everlys put their twelve songs across in forty minutes, “Foreverly” takes fifty-three minutes. In the end, though, these are points of distinction that do not detract from the pleasures of the new record, and which in fact help it in its central mission, which is to recast Armstrong and Jones as conservators of the past and send listeners back to “Songs Our Daddy Taught Us.”~ Ben Greenman  http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/11/norah-jones-and-billie-joe-armstrong-cover-the-everly-brothers.html

Foreverly

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Anoushka Shankar - Traces of You

Styles: Vocal, World

Year: 2013

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 56:09

Size: 129,0 MB

Art : Front

(3:35)  1. The Sun Won't Set

(3:37)  2. Flight

(4:54)  3. Indian Summer

(5:05)  4. Maya

(4:38)  5. Lasya

(2:30)  6. Fathers

(4:57)  7. Metamorphosis

(3:33)  8. In Jyoti's Name

(3:40)  9. Monsoon

(3:45) 10. Traces of You

(3:04) 11. River Pulse

(8:17) 12. Chasing Shadows

(4:28) 13. Unsaid

Traces of You, featuring three new songs with Norah Jones! After the great success of her DG debut Traveller which spent 6 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboards World Music chart and received a Grammy nomination, Anoushka Shankar returns with another outstanding recording: Traces of You, featuring three new songs with her half-sister, Norah Jones. Named Best Artist (Songlines Awards 2012) for Traveller its hybridism feels as natural as conversation (The New York Times) sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar has created a strikingly original new album. Produced by British composer and multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney, Traces of You features contributions by Anoushkas longtime associates: tabla genius Tanmoy Bose, flutist Ravichandra Kulur, and percussion wizard Pirashanna Thevarajah. 

Other highlights are a musical exploration of the unique sound of the Hang drum, played by its foremost exponent, Manu Delago. Traces of You draws on Indian classical ragas, Western classical string arrangements, mid-20th century-style lyrics of extended poetry and modern soundscapes. Filmmaker Joe Wright (Atonement, Anna Karenina, Pride & Prejudice) has filmed a music video for the title track, Traces of You, featuring Anoushka and Norah. ~Editorial Review  http://www.amazon.com/Traces-You-Anoushka-Shankar/dp/B00DEFW998

Traces of You

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