3 posts tagged “norah jones”

Norah Jones new album “The Fall” is one of the most played records on KCRW and is garnering critical acclaim for its rockin’ departure from her previous work. Now, we get something special that KCRW is partially responsible for – a remix of her hit single “Chasing Pirates” by Droog, a remix collective that includes Beck, who she first met backstage at KCRW’s A Sounds Eclectic Evening show in 2002! They both performed that night, alongside Beth Orton, Thievery Cooperation, Aimee Mann, Zero 7 and others, with proceeds benefiting the station. The drowsily melodic broken-beat collage-blues of "Chasing Pirates (Droog Remix") was released today on ArtistDirect.

Norah got a big liftoff for her career thanks to heavy airplay from Nic Harcourt on Morning Becomes Eclectic. She first graced our studios as a guest vocalist during a live performance by Charlie Hunter and, around that same time, MBE producer Ariana Morgenstern acquired a copy of her 4-song EP from the head of Blue Note records. You can hear her first live performance on KCRW here.  Millions of records sold, and many Grammy Awards later, the rest is, well, history!

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I was lucky enough to preview this album myself over the weekend and it is not only an edgier departure from Norah’s previous work, but some of the best songs she’s ever written. On this collection, the Grammy award-winning artist embraced the guitar as her main instrument and collaborated with a great mix of musicians, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff.

Hear a full album preview TONIGHT on Eclectic24 at 8pm. If you miss it live, you can hear it streaming over the next two weeks on the Eclectic24 page.

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KCRW’s online-only music channel Eclectic24 will stream the soundtrack to the latest film in the “Twilight” series tonight at 8pm PST on Monday, Nov 9. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” OST will also be available streaming ON DEMAND for one week only! You can check it all out here.

The soundtrack includes fantastic new songs from Death Cab for Cutie, Band of Skulls and Bon Iver, among others. Enjoy!

Next week, we preview Norah Jones’ latest “The Fall.”

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