Sinkin' Soon

Norah Jones has one of those voices I just never grow tired of. She's won 9 grammies and sold 37 million albums and you can hear why. She sites Bill Evans and Billie Holiday as two of her favorite artists and inspirations, which is probably why I like her so much, being a massive Billie Holiday fan myself.

Sinkin' soon is from her 2007 album 'Too late'. Apparently they couldn't get the song right whilst trying to record it so they went out for a few drinks, 'I guess we needed a little bit of that drunken sailor vibe' said Jones, 'because we came back and recorded this on the first take'.

Drunk or not, they produced a song with such a chilled out vibe that I can't resist listening to it whilst reading snuggled up in a warm blanket on a cold january evening. Enjoy.

Caro Emerald

I love this lady! Caro Emerald's album 'Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor' is definitely going on my christmas list. The album features ballroom jazz, cinematic tangos, groovin' jazz tracks and infectious mambos that sound like they were recorded in the golden age in Hollywood's most celebrated recording studios. But the smoking beats, catchy songs and inventive production mark Caro out as a present-day phenomenon. She's fun, light hearted and so easy to listen to. I can't help but dance whilst doing my housework when she is on the radio.

Here's a track from the album 'That Man'.



And if you liked that, here is a little bonus (it's nearly christmas after all!) her acoustic 'You're All I Want for Christmas' with Brook Benton was just recorded in the last two weeks, and here it is: