Norah Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar in 1979. Her parents are American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian composer and sitar musician Ravi Shankar. When they separated in 1986, Jones went to live with her mother in Grapevine, Texas. This was where she attended school before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. Her music career launched in 2002 with the release of “Come Away with Me,” and she’s since sold millions of copies of her seven studio albums as singer, songwriter, and pianist, ranging in genres from jazz to blues, folk to country. Her style and essence as an artist have captivated her listeners beyond that of what many of today’s mainstream music has done. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, that talent came shining through in the video release below.
Covering Hank Williams Sr.’s song “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” Norah Jones draws a feeling from her listeners in her recent YouTube upload. That feeling is one of empathy, sadness, and perhaps a bit of hope. Not to mention the fact that the song itself, which was penned and recorded by Williams in 1949, has been considered “one of the most classic American songs ever written” by fellow artists, musicians, and listeners the world over.
