Subject: Norah Jones

• From Britney to U2: The 2007 NFL Preview

  September 4, 2007

• Mp3: The Tontons, “Sea and Stars”

  April 11, 2008

• Remembering Elvis

  August 16, 2008

• Norah Jones

  Wednesday, March 27

  March 21, 2002

• Cool Out on Your Commute

  2009 is only a few days old, and Houston's radio climate is already improving. Not on the FM dial, which remains a wasteland north of 91.7 (same as it ever was), but starting at 4 p.m. today, commuters can immerse themselves in the swinging sounds of Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, B.B. King, Nat King Cole and many more thanks to "Classic Cool," the new format now residing at 650 AM. Overseen by longtime Houston radio personalities Ronnie Renfrow (ex-KBME) and Tom Richards (ex-KRTS), Cl

  January 5, 2009

• Texas Monthly, Bound for the Recycle Bin?

  There's an interesting supplement in the new issue of Texas Monthly, the one with all-but-declared gubernatorial candidate Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on the cover. It's a 32-page mini-mag called Texas Bound for Music, and appears to be TM's attempt at... well, it's not really clear exactly what the magazine is trying to accomplish here. It's always irked Rocks Off that for a publication that professes to love Texas so much, and how central music is to the state's cultural identity, the

  January 28, 2009

• Chart Check: Texans on Amazon.com

  [Rocks Off scrolled through the various Top Sellers lists on Amazon.com this afternoon to see which albums by Texas artists are moving, and where.] Top Sellers Overall 2. Steve Martin, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo 7. Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel, Willie and the Wheel 14. Buddy Holly, Memorial Collection Top 40 2. Beyonce, I Am... Sasha Fierce 8. Jamie Foxx, Intuition MP3 Downloads 5. Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" 30. Beyonce, "If I Were a Boy"

  February 4, 2009

• Tonight: Jesse Harris at Warehouse Live

  Joel FitzpatrickBest known for his work as a songwriter and guitarist with Norah Jones - he penned several songs for her first two albums, including the Grammy-winning "Don't Know Why" - New York-born Jesse Harris has had a long career in his own right, and as a producer and touring sideman for the likes of Sasha Dobson, Jonathan Harris and many others. If that weren't enough to keep him out of mischief, he also wrote the score for Ethan Hawke vehicle The Hottest State. Harris is current

  February 10, 2009

• Aftermath: Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones at Jazz at Lincoln Center

  Photos by Frank Stewart/ Jazz at Lincoln Center When Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis first shared the stage at New York's Allen Room for Jazz at Lincoln Center almost exactly two years ago, the concert was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues." There was no hint that music history was about to be made, but the pairing resulted in one of the best releases of 2008, the CD/DVD Two Men with the Blues. For their second concert together Tuesday night, Marsalis and Nelson chose not

  February 11, 2009

• Mickey Raphael on Willie Nelson, Naked and Clothed

  www.mickeyraphael.comFor a disarmingly large number of his worldwide fans, Willie Nelson burst onto the country music scene in the mid-'70s, fully hirsute, sporting an earring and proclaiming the joys of being on the road again. Real aficionados know that his "overnight success" came only after decades of struggling as a songwriter (hitting big with "Crazy" and "Night Life") and climbing even greater obstacles as a performer. For much of the 1960s, Nelson recorded for RCA at a time when t

  March 18, 2009

• SXSW: South Congress Circuit

  As usual, Saturday afternoon for me was all about South Congress. Bands like Houston's own Allen Oldies Band - fronted by the High Priest of the Oldies and the State of Texas's official unofficial Minister of Fun - are traditions, as are people like Jon Dee Graham and James McMurtry at Mojo Nixon's party at the Continental Club. Photo by Mark C. Austin There are always a few revelations each year. For me, on South Congress anyway, that person was Amy Lavere. A somewhat rare female upright bass

  March 23, 2009

• Aaron Loesch Vies to Become the Guitar Center King of the Blues

  A dying Houston scene suddenly might have new life

  May 31, 2007

• Rhapsody at Bohemeo's on Telephone Road

  March 27, 2008

• Adam Levy

  March 13, 2008

• Wendy Colonna

  September 6, 2007

• Houston Music Map

  Queen Norah reigns, Josh Groban pains, and lots of Natalie Maines

  June 5, 2003

• Norah Jones

  Norah Jones becomes her own person

  June 7, 2007

• America Cannes

  Art imitates life as U.S. directors command this year's fest, with only China rivaling for celluloid domination.

  May 24, 2007

• Protest Songs for George W.

  That's my Bush!

  May 17, 2007

• Patty Griffin

  Children Running Through Ato Records

  February 15, 2007

• Don't Fear the Reaper

  The annual return of the Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter

  December 21, 2006

• Bonnie Raitt

  Bonnie Raitt appears Saturday, October 7, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Dr., The Woodlands. Call 281-363-3300 for more info.

  October 5, 2006

• Mr. Renfrow Risin'

  A fresh coffeehouse and some familiar radio voices shine new light on the Houston scene

  July 27, 2006

• James Hunter

  ames Hunter appears Friday, May 26, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899

  May 25, 2006

• Sitar Star

  Anoushka Shankar may soon be as famous as her dad -- but don't tell her that

  September 15, 2005

• Raul Mid�n

  State of Mind

  August 4, 2005

• Karachi Rock

  Haven't heard of Junoon? They've sold 20 million albums, and they're at the Meridian this week.

  April 14, 2005

• Last Night at the Alamo

  A Grammy party at a local theater turns into quiz night down at the local pub

  February 24, 2005

• Rotation

  February 10, 2005

• Feelings, Nothing But Feelings

  The New York Times misses the point in its attack on "rockism"

  November 11, 2004

• Blackbird Fly

  Jolie Holland returns to her old hometown with the Tom Waits seal of approval

  August 19, 2004

• Cruel Summer

  Are we hearing the death rattle of the sheds?

  July 8, 2004

• Joss Stone

  Sunday, April 25

  April 22, 2004

• An Avril Afternoon at the Mall

  Lavigne's top-secret tour comes to Katy

  April 22, 2004

• Surgical Strike

  Mike Patton's Fantômas exits the OR with a visceral disc

  March 25, 2004

• Norah Jones

  Feels Like Home (Blue Note)

  February 12, 2004

• Drat!

  Racket proposes a rock radio revolution. Clear Channel beats him to the punch.

  February 12, 2004

• The Unplugged Menace

  New Model Army's show will have all of punk's power -- at a reasonable volume

  November 13, 2003

• Everything Old Is New Again

  What do punks the Dropkick Murphys have in common with soulful Norah Jones? More than you think.

  July 31, 2003

• Norah Jones

  Sunday, July 20

  July 17, 2003

• Made With Love

  Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't

  April 10, 2003

• Mentally Disturbed

  Dan Donegan wonders what's nü-metal about his band

  April 3, 2003

• Change of Beat

  Just like the rest of Houston, the local music scene saw plenty of ups and downs

  December 26, 2002

• Sitars in Her Eyes

  Anoushka Shankar is her father's little raga-muffin

  May 16, 2002

• Cultural Clash

  SXSW turns a cold shoulder to the Houston music scene

  March 28, 2002

• Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp

  July 30, 2009

• A Musical Guide to Post-Secession Texas, Part 2: "Trinity"

  [Note: This week Rocks Off is looking at the musical heritage, highs and lows, for each of the five possible states that might result should Texas secede from the U.S. like Gov. Rick Perry wants it to. Yesterday we began with the Panhandle/West Texas "Palo Duro" territory; today it's northeastern quadrant "Trinity."] View Five States of Texas in a larger map Trinity Capital: Dallas Patron Saint: Blind Lemon Jefferson ​Lesser Icons: T-Bone Walker, Alex Moore, Old 97's, Pantera, The D.O.C., Ray

  August 12, 2009

• Dancing With the Stars: Damn That Michael Irvin!

  ​It's the halfway point of the season! Tom Bergeron said so! I wish he'd said that the night before, when I was glumly pondering how many more episodes this season would foist upon an innocent populace. But there you go: only a few left. Here's hoping someone gets really hurt. The opening credits, by the way, still feature all the dancers, even those who've been kicked off. It's like that point toward the end of the season on Real World/Road Rules Challenge, when CT's still in the openin

  October 21, 2009

• "My Son Is the Lizard King, and I'm an Admiral": Successful Rock-Star Parents

  ​Late Thursday, word came across the ticker that legendary comedian and TV star Soupy Sales had passed away at age 83. After a stint in the military and on radio, Sales went on to be one of the major pioneers of televised sketch and children's comedy. In 1965, he pulled a stunt where he asked his young viewers to go into their parents' wallets and purses and send him those "funny green pieces of paper with pictures of U.S. Presidents" in exchange for a postcard from Puerto Rico. The stunt didn

  October 23, 2009

• Does Anyone Care About Super Tuesdays Anymore? Besides Us?

  ​Time was that Tuesdays used to be the best day of the week for your average recorded-music consumer. Since Rocks Off was just a wee music nerd, Tuesdays were his favorite days of the week because it was always the universal day for all new releases to hit the stores. It started with begging our parents drive us to Best Buy or Wal-Mart, and soon morphed into illicit school-ditching trips to Soundwaves on Montrose or the old Cactus Music off Shepherd. In these days of album downloads and illega

  November 17, 2009