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Article: Norah Jones brews up her own kind of 'quiet storm'
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- June 26, 2007
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NORAH JONES is the queen of serene.
She earned the crown with her debut album, 2002's "Come Away With
Me," a work that ushered in a new kind of "quiet storm" to the music
business. She combined soft rock, blue-eyed soul, smooth jazz,
classic country and singer-songwriter folk into a soft and
comforting sound that proved immensely popular with the Starbucks
nation.
Two albums later, Jones now ranks as the best-selling female
artist of the 21st century.
On Saturday night, the 28-year-old New Yorker took things down
yet another notch during her show at the UC Greek Theatre in
Berkeley.
Jones cradled her songs -- favoring sparse arrangements,
understated accompaniment and slow tempos -- and ...