Post by fogcitygal on Jan 30, 2007 3:18:58 GMT -5
from Tom Lane's Music Blog, an interesting comparison of the two musically brilliant women :
"Sunday, January 28, 2007
Norah Jones Should Meet Alison Krauss
Norah Jones has a new album out and it sounds just like her previous two, with a twist. She co-wrote all the songs and there's a few political references. But otherwise it's the same old Norah. But Jones' other side is revealed on side projects. She seems to scared to reveal her dance or rock sounds on her own proper albums. In a way Jones' career is similar to Alison Krauss. Krauss has managed to squeeze in to the Country Top 40 with a duet of "Missing You", John Waite's 80's icon song. Like Jones, Krauss' voice is often better than her material, and even more like Jones she shares a love for music she'll never record: AC/DC and the power rock of the mid-80's. Both seem content to satisfy their Record Companies when it comes time to market their own albums, but catch them on the side and their real devotion begins to shine.
posted by Tom Lane at 1:22 PM"
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I personally agree with Tom Lane about how Alison (and Norah) shine's when she leaves her safety zone and sings/plays music that she loves. Whether it is Alison's soulful rendition of Stevie Winwood's "Can't Find My Way Back Home", her solid back-up vocals to Shania Twain's "All Night Long", or her personal take on Motown's "You Can't Hurry Love", I think Alison is at her best. There are countless other examples floating out there that support this argument.
I am now starting this thread of non-AKUS songs that Alison has recorded (alone or with other people) that we have discovered and can't get out of our heads. In addition to the three listed above and the current and soon to be #1 hit "Missing You", I would like to add the fabulous "Loves Me Like a Rock" which Alison recorded with the Cox Family.
Please add your Alison Krauss guilty pleasures. Whether she is singing lead, doing a duet or back-up, or playing her fiddle, let us know what you love to hear when Alison "steps outside of her box". Songs she has recorded with AKUS band members that are not on their CD's (i.e. "Carolina In My Mind" with Jerry Douglas for the James Taylor Tribute) are acceptable.
Considering the number of songs Alison has recorded seperate from AKUS CD's, this may become the longest thread in board history! ;D ;D ;D
"Sunday, January 28, 2007
Norah Jones Should Meet Alison Krauss
Norah Jones has a new album out and it sounds just like her previous two, with a twist. She co-wrote all the songs and there's a few political references. But otherwise it's the same old Norah. But Jones' other side is revealed on side projects. She seems to scared to reveal her dance or rock sounds on her own proper albums. In a way Jones' career is similar to Alison Krauss. Krauss has managed to squeeze in to the Country Top 40 with a duet of "Missing You", John Waite's 80's icon song. Like Jones, Krauss' voice is often better than her material, and even more like Jones she shares a love for music she'll never record: AC/DC and the power rock of the mid-80's. Both seem content to satisfy their Record Companies when it comes time to market their own albums, but catch them on the side and their real devotion begins to shine.
posted by Tom Lane at 1:22 PM"
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I personally agree with Tom Lane about how Alison (and Norah) shine's when she leaves her safety zone and sings/plays music that she loves. Whether it is Alison's soulful rendition of Stevie Winwood's "Can't Find My Way Back Home", her solid back-up vocals to Shania Twain's "All Night Long", or her personal take on Motown's "You Can't Hurry Love", I think Alison is at her best. There are countless other examples floating out there that support this argument.
I am now starting this thread of non-AKUS songs that Alison has recorded (alone or with other people) that we have discovered and can't get out of our heads. In addition to the three listed above and the current and soon to be #1 hit "Missing You", I would like to add the fabulous "Loves Me Like a Rock" which Alison recorded with the Cox Family.
Please add your Alison Krauss guilty pleasures. Whether she is singing lead, doing a duet or back-up, or playing her fiddle, let us know what you love to hear when Alison "steps outside of her box". Songs she has recorded with AKUS band members that are not on their CD's (i.e. "Carolina In My Mind" with Jerry Douglas for the James Taylor Tribute) are acceptable.
Considering the number of songs Alison has recorded seperate from AKUS CD's, this may become the longest thread in board history! ;D ;D ;D