Feels Like Home - Norah Jones

There is a familiar concept banded around in musical circles known as… "The difficult second album”. It is a phenomenon that rightly haunts many artists and there is good reason for it. Imagine you are a band or artist struggling round the circuit for years writing your material as your own whim and desire takes you, testing those songs in front of live audiences for years and then one day it happens, the contract is signed, the studio is booked and a successful album ensues. What could be better? Well very little, the problem arises a year later when the men in the suits call a meeting with you to say they want a follow up album that pushes you even further into ...

Norah Jones is someone who I really didn’t think would be my cup of tea, but when my wife raved on so much about her debut album, I relented and gave it a listen, and was immediately transfixed by her voice and the songs that she sang. From that day, her album became a firm favourite in my CD player, alongside Alkaline Trio and The Foo Fighters! At least I can profess to have a varied musical taste! Her debut album won countless awards, and for me as a music lover, I think it is always so hard to follow up an album like that, and many have fallen at the wayside trying, so the question on many people’s lips was “Could Norah Jones buck the trend of one album ...

This is not really a review of the full album. Originally, I simply wanted to direct people to the live session which she recorded for aol (www.aol.com.. then search for 'sessions' in their music section) which was definitely worth viewing - but has since been taken down. How annoying is that? Anyway, 'Feels Like Home' is the latest album so if you were lucky enough to see the session and liked it, maybe you might like to go look at the more detailed reviews on ciao giving you the full gen on the whole album. OK, Norah Jones. She's kinda cool, isn't she? She exudes integrity. Her beautiful, breathy voice could take you ...