@frankmc195 - I can't stand Norah Jones, Diana Krall, etc, either. Not saying they're bad; they are not, but for my tastes, 'vocal with accompaniment', male or female, is not what I listen to music for, and I'd sure never judge hi-fi gear on how well it reproduces this.
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.
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@baylinor - I could be mistaken, but I'd guess that Norah Jones is so popular that many, if not most of her fans, don't know or care who her father was and many likely have never heard of him. |
@jerryg123 - what did I say that's not true? I didn't say that I never heard of Ravi Shankar, I said that most of Norah Jones fans likely have not and wouldn't care if they did. |
@erik_squires - again, I can't know for sure, but my guess would be that yes, of those many millions of Norah Jones fans, a large number, if not most, would be fans without having any idea of Ravi. They don't like Norah because of her ragas, after all, and I'd also guess that most of them do not have records by Ravi or other classical Indian music at their homes, though many probably do have Diana Krall records. |
@erik_squires - I'd agree with that for when she first appeared on the scene, for sure. |