Norah Jones

Ted: Seth McFarlane's Debut Stuffed With More of the Same

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

Cold War Kids @ Marquee Theatre

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi's Rome

​Danger Mouse has done a lot of things over the course of his career, but Rome, his new album released yesterday with composer Daniele Luppi, may be one of his best projects. As a producer, Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton), has received accolades for his work with artists like the Gorillaz and B ... More >>

Jack White and Norah Jones Join Danger Mouse for New Project

​Jack White and Norah Jones will be featured on Danger Mouse's long-running project with Daniele Luppi, according to Consequence of Sound.While Norah Jones has only been rumored to be on the album in some capacity, Jack White has been in the loop for a while. After having showed off his work to Ja ... More >>

Steve Martin and the Other Best and Worst Comedians Turned Musicians

John Mayer Leaves Twitter For Good

​John Mayer is the type of guy who has better things to do than tweet, so maybe it's no surprise that social media has gotten him into some trouble in the past.Despite his busy schedule, I've always imagined Mayer to be this solo artist who has all day to think about whatever kind of nonsensical r ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 4/29 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a box in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. How was the Norah Jones show at Dodge Theatre? Why does Joni Mitchell think Bob Dylan is "fake?" What does lo ... More >>

Norah Jones at Dodge Theatre: Hmmm... Just So-So

​"This place is BIG," said Norah Jones in a self-effacing way to the nearly packed house at Dodge Theatre. The way she delivered the statement made it sound like she wasn't worthy of playing such a fancy concert hall. Turns out it was half-true. Wearing an electric-green dress and yellow pumps, ... More >>

Norah Jones, U Fest, Spring Into Summer Fashion Show, and My Nana's Salsa Challenge Over the Weekend

​Spring Into Summer at the Valley Ho: White-Hot Fashion, Cool Audience This past Friday night, fashionistas (and fashionistos?) from across the Valley packed into the pool area at Scottsdale's retro-chic Hotel Valley Ho for the 4th Annual Spring into Summer fashion show featuring Beach Bunny S ... More >>

Zooey Deschanel and Three Other Jazz Singers Who Just Can't Sing

Going to Norah Jones Sunday? Get There Early For Sasha Dobson

Are you planning to see Norah Jones' show at the Dodge Theatre Sunday, April 25, 2010. If you're into jazz you should, since, as Steve Jensen argues in this week's print issue, she's the rare bird who sings as good as she looks. If so, get there early to see the opener, New York-based singer-songwr ... More >>

April 22 In Blogs: CNN, Norah Jones, El Chorro Lodge, and Rick Romley

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Raul Grijalva Urges Boycott of Arizona, and Scott Rasmussen Proves That a Majority of Ar ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Weezer, Stevie Wonder and More

​Tennessee's Bonnaroo music festival has announced a full line-up for this June. No real surprises here: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Weezer, and the Flaming Lips are the top of the pile.The Dead Weather, Phoenix, John Fogerty, Jimmy Cliff, Tenacious D, Zac Brown Band, ... More >>

Pop Music Video Round-Up

I just spent all morning catching up on the latest music videos by watching VH1 (since MTV doesn't show music videos unless its viewers are sound asleep.) Here are my impressions of some of the stuff I saw:Adam Lambert- "What Do you Want from Me"- Wow, I was a Kris Allen fan last season, but Adam La ... More >>

What's Selling: Hoodlums Music and Movies

​ School is almost back in session, but Hoodlums has kept busy even while the students are out of town. Tom Waits is at the top of their sales, local acoustic sereneders Dry River Yacht Club came in second, and Bobby Dylan's Christmas album is still going strong even though Christmas is, well ... More >>

Nice Young Lady Norah Jones Announces Tour, Includes Phoenix

Hello, my name is Norah Jones and I am not skipping Phoenix on my 2010 tour.​ Much has been made about why certain big name musicians skip Phoenix on their large-scale North American tours. Phoenix once was the jumping off point for the Fame Kills Tour, featuring both Kanye West and Lady Gaga. Wes ... More >>

December 1 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, Norah Jones, Pei Wei, and Half-Frozen Cats

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio's Meet the Press Moment Interrupted to the Tune of Bohemian Rhapsody Joe Arpa ... More >>

New Bob Dylan Video, The Swell Season Live, Slayer/Megadeth Tour

Electric Mustache: Video: Black Carl @ ModifestIdolator: Katharine McPhee Covers A Christmas ClassicNME: The Cribs announce first North American tour with Johnny MarrPitchfork: Video: Bob Dylan: "Must Be Santa"Rolling Stone: Live at Rolling Stone: The Swell Season Play "Strict Joy" TunesSpin: Slaye ... More >>

Top Ten Musicians Spawned From Other Musicians

Bob Dylan's canceled show in Glendale tonight got us thinking about his son, Jakob Dylan, who is still young and fit enough to perform in just over 100 degree weather. He's less at risk for heatstroke, sure, but, of course, the number of folks who will shell out cash to see Jake is definitely not in ... More >>

Great Wall Hong Kong Cuisine: Phoenix’s Chinatown in One Dim Sum Joint

The Lonely Island: Something You Need Now

Eh, the album cover could have been better, but the songs are superbIt all started on Saturday Night Live in December 2005. Midway through a so-so episode of the New York institution, we were treated to a digital short featuring Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg. The premise was simple enough: two whi ... More >>

Permanent Records

Jazz stars revisit tunes from the best jazz label ever

Future Shock: Alicia Keys, Buckethead, The Hives, and more

Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights doesn't measure up

What's happening in Phoenix for Record Store Day on April 19

Tony Scherr

Twist in the Wind
(Smells Like Records)

Soul Food

Local mainstays serve up hot chow and cool sounds

Wyclef Jean

Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
(Sony)

Jody Gnant

Herbie Hancock

Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale

Breathing Under Water
(Manhattan Records/EMI)

Offbeat, But Right On

Completely adorkable

Norah Jones, and M. Ward

Two full courses

The Price of Payola

Someone's listening after all

Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums, in the ASU Memorial Union building in Tempe

Chart-busters for the week

Norah Jones

Not Too Late
(Blue Note)

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom
(Ipecac)

Streaming Consciousness

Your guide to the Valley's Internet radio stations

Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright
(Zoë Records)

Jolie Holland

Channeling the backwoods warbler

Norah Jones

Jazz-pop pianist smolders at Cricket Pavilion

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Funeral for a Friend (Ropeadope)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena)

Live (Evidence)

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't

Various Artists

Ultra Chilled 03 (Ultra)

Arizona Squeeze

The Grammys blow off the state's most promising entries

This Year's Model

Norah Jones is a retro-chic ride on a pop highway crowded with look-alikes. And so far, she's got the lane all to herself.

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Standards and Practices

A guided tour of the best releases across the musical spectrum