Norah Jones Covers The Arcade Fire

For as much as I dislike the Come Away With Me chanteuse, I must say that she did a halfway decent job with this live version of 'Ocean Of Noise', from last month's Sopot International Song Competition in Poland.

Gentle, passionate and actually quite endearing.

Download the track below.

Kindly share your thoughts.

MP3: Norah Jones - Ocean Of Noise

M. Ward Covers Willie Nelson With Norah Friggin' Jones

See below for a clip of M. Ward & Norah (Friggin') Jones duetting on a cover of Willie Nelson's classic tune, 'Permanently Lonely', back in June at Berkeley's The Greek Theater. Nice job! In other M. Ward collaborative news, Matt has teamed up with actress, Zooey Deschanel, for the upcoming Go-Getter soundtrack. Learn more about that pairing here. Download their highly enjoyable track, 'When I Get To The Border', at bottom.


MP3: M. Ward featuring Zooey Deschanel - When I Get To The Border

What Happens When...

one of your least favorite artists (of all time) teams up with one of your favorite artists? My beloved M. Ward has just announced a joint tour with all things mundane, Norah Jones. Yikes!

I know some of you had this dilemna when Bloc Party announced their joint tour with Panic! At The Disco. And some fools (hopefully not any of you) left before The National when they toured with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, two years back.

Any advice? Leave before Norah? Skip it? Get over it?

M. Ward and Bright Eyes are obviously good friends; summer joint tour? My fingers are crossed.

Tour stops:
Wallingford, CT Chevy Theatre (April 13)
Boston, MA Orpheum (14)
Portland, ME Merrill Auditorium (15)
Providence, RI Performing Arts Center (17)
New York, NY Madison Square Garden (18)
Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre (20)
Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Casino (21)
Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall (23)
Greensboro, NC War Memorial Auditorium (24)
Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium (26)
Nashville, TN Tabernacle (27)
New Orleans, LA Jazz and Heritage Festival (28)
Birmingham, AL BJCC (30)
Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre (May 1)
St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre (2)
Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theatre (4)
Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre (5)
Minneapolis. MN Orpheum Theatre (6)
Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre (8)
Cleveland, OH The State Theatre at Playhouse Square (9)
Toronto, Ontario Massey Hall (11)
Montreal, Quebec St. Denis Theatre (12)

*Read our review of M. Ward's Town Hall show last week, here!*