Norah Jones revealed the title of her upcoming ninth studio album, Visions, on Thursday (Jan. 18), in addition to the 12-song assortment’s effervescent first single, “Working.” The Blue Be aware album from the 9-time Grammy winner is due out on March 8 and was recorded with producer/multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels (El Michels Affair, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings), who additionally co-wrote the one, on which he performs drums and baritone sax.
“From the primary time I felt the clicking in my coronary heart/ I hold operating, oh I hold operating away/ Attempt to sleep however the aching tears me aside/ I hold operating, oh I hold operating away,” Jones sings breathily on the slow-rolling, meditative pop tune spiked together with her signature piano enjoying.
“The explanation I referred to as the album Visions is as a result of lots of the concepts got here in the midst of the evening or in that second proper earlier than sleep, and ‘Working’ was one in all them the place you’re half asleep and form of jolted awake,” Jones stated in an announcement that describes the album as “vibrant and joyous,” whereas tapping into “feeling free, wanting to bounce, making it proper, and acceptance of what life brings.”
In her assertion, Jones added, “We did a lot of the songs in the identical means the place I used to be on the piano or on guitar and Leon was enjoying drums and we have been simply jamming on stuff. I just like the rawness between me and Leon, the best way it sounds form of garage-y but additionally form of soulful, as a result of that’s the place he’s coming from, but additionally not overly perfected.”
Visions is the follow-up to Choose Me Up Off the Flooring, Jones’ final album of latest songs, which was launched early within the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Along with the album, Jones additionally introduced the dates for her 9-show 2024 spring East Coast U.S. tour, which is slated to kick off with a Might 6 present at MGM Music Corridor at Fenway in Boston and wind down on June 30 on the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Pageant in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Watch the “Working” video and see Jone’s tour dates and the Visions monitor listing beneath.
Visions monitor listing:
“All This Time”
“Staring on the Wall”
“Paradise”
“Visions”
“Working”
“I Simply Wanna Dance”
“I’m Awake”
“Swept Up within the Evening”
“On My Approach”
“Alone With My Ideas”
“That’s Life”
Spring 2024 U.S. tour dates:
Might 6 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Corridor at Fenway
Might 7 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ Bardavon 1869 Opera Home
Might 10 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
Might 13 – Washington, DC @ Kennedy Middle Live performance Corridor
Might 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
Might 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
Might 19 – New York, NY @ Apollo Theater
Might 24 – Napa, CA @ BottleRock Napa Valley
June 30 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Pageant
