Norah Jones announced her ninth solo album, Visions, due out March 8 via Blue Note Records. It’s a collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels (El Michels Affair), and the first single is the soulful “Running.” Watch the video, directed by Joelle Grace Taylor, below.
“The reason I called the album Visions is because a lot of the ideas came in the middle of the night or in that moment right before sleep, and ‘Running’ was one of them where you’re half asleep and kind of jolted awake,” Norah says. “We did most of the songs in the same way where I was at the piano or on guitar and Leon was playing drums and we were just jamming on stuff. I like the rawness between me and Leon, the way it sounds kind of garage-y but also kind of soulful, because that’s where he’s coming from, but also not overly perfected.”
Norah also announced a spring tour, starting in Boston on May 6 and running through the month, wrapping up with festival sets at BottleRock Napa Valley and Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival. See all dates below.
The tour includes NYC shows at the not-yet-open Brooklyn Paramount on May 16 and Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater on May 19, as well as nearby shows at Poughkeepsie’s Bardavon 1869 Opera House on May 7 and Port Chester’s show at The Capitol Theatre on May 10. Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, January 26 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Tuesday, January 23 at 10 AM local.
NORAH JONES – VISIONS TRACKLIST
Side A
1. All This Time (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
2. Staring at the Wall (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
3. Paradise (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
4. Queen of the Sea (Norah Jones)
5. Visions (Norah Jones)
6. Running (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
Side B
1. I Just Wanna Dance (Norah Jones/Leon Michels/Homer Steinweiss)
2. I’m Awake (Norah Jones)
3. Swept Up in the Night (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
4. On My Way (Norah Jones/Pete Remm)
5. Alone With My Thoughts (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
6. That’s Life (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
NORAH JONES: 2024 TOUR DATES
May 6 – MGM Music Hall at Fenway – Boston, MA
May 7 – Bardavon 1869 Opera House – Poughkeepsie, NY
May 10 – The Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY
May 13 – Kennedy Center Concert Hall – Washington, DC
May 15 – The Met Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA
May 16 – Brooklyn Paramount – Brooklyn, NY
May 19 – Apollo Theater – New York, NY
May 24 – BottleRock Napa Valley – Napa, CA
June 30 – Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival – Saratoga Springs, NY