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Amos Lee on Friends, Femininity and Folk Roots
Throughout his music career, singer-songwriter Amos Lee has cultivated a large female fanbase and also owes a lot of his early commence to Norah Jones (a female!). He&#;s about to hit the road co-headlining with folk music and queer icons the Indigo Girls. In our conversation, he talks about the atmosphere he&#;s going for in concert, and it&#;s not a very bro-centered vibe. His latest album Transmissions further proves his case with a gorgeous sonic palette that includes country music, indie folk, folk rock and acoustic music sounds. Recorded with his longtime band in a studio in rural Marlboro, New York, the songs came out as warm as the reclaimed church wood it was built out of.
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Amos dives into topics like how he feels about kids, to his work with cancer patients, to the benefits of caring for your mental health and music. He touches on anxiety and overstimulation (a topic mostly prompted by my anxiety!) and overcoming adversity. He also talks about being a mentor for the Black Opry residenc
Norah Jones Gets Candid About Married Animation &#; Making Her New Album: &#;The Goal Was to Do Everything Live&#;
&#;I&#;ve had a lot of late nights with me and my husband just dancing and cooking,” says Norah Jones. It’s the end of August, and the year-old singer is tucked into a banquette in the back room of Brooklyn’s Bar Tabac when she drops this bit of domestic intel. Specifically, she’s describing the inspiration for the “Carry On” video — her first for new album Day Breaks (Blue Note, Oct. 7) — which features an older couple dancing around a kitchen table as Jones plays the piano off to the side. “I write songs on my kitchen piano,” she says, adding that her 2-and-a-half-year-old son’s favorite hobby is running laps around the room’s island counter before bedtime.
It’s a uncommon glimpse into the life of one of music’s most private stars, which — by any account besides her own — has completely transformed since her last studio album, ’s pop-flavored (and Danger Mouse-produ
The Religion and Political Views of
Norah Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up there, in Grapevine, Texas and in Dallas, Texas.
Jones went to (we can assume some sort of Christian) church as a child, and even began honing her chops as a singer in the choir as early as five-years-old.[1] She still attends church, but she doesn't really consider herself the religious type.
I'm spiritual, but I go to church. I'm not deeply religious, but I like the ritual of church.[2]
It's hard to place that kind of spirituality in a box with a label, but it's not too surprising considering you could say the same about Jones' music career. Aside from that little nugget about spirituality, Jones has been pretty tight-lipped on the subject of religion.
Activism in Song
Jones is not vague, however, about her political beliefs. She contributed $2, to John Kerry's bid for the presidency in ,[3] which obviously didn't work out in her favor. The song, "My Dear Country" from her album following the election made obvious her bitter disappointment.
Cause we believed in our candidate
Norah Jones
The Exclaim! Questionnaire
BY Andrea WarnerPublished Apr 30,
Norah Jones has never quite shaken off the wide-eyed ingénue persona of her debut, 's Grammy-winning Come Away With Me. But her new record Little Broken Hearts ― chock full of grown-up problems like messy break-ups, murder fantasies, and infidelity ― should shatter any preconceived notions about the year-old singer/songwriter.
"I wrote a few songs that were a little mean, but it's not like I'm such a bad girl," Jones laughs. "I'm an adult. I'm not a little kid. I don't really mind when people have a misconstrued awareness of me. It's not like I'm pulling one over on people. I am a nice person." But she and collaborator Brian Burton, aka Menace Mouse, have a lot of fun playing with that "nice girl" image. The two met years back and talked about recording together, but it kept getting pushed advocate . Finally when they were ready to sit down, Jones arrived at his studio, freshly wounded from a defunct relationship, armed with only a couple beginnings of songs. She and Burton started to talk and th