On the Playlist 3JAN2019…

Been reorganizing my music library and stumbling onto some music that caught my attention. Not trivial moving a music library of over 2tb and making sure everything is all there and correctly referenced etc. So what caught my eye - Norah Jones and her album "Come Away With Me". The debut album for Norah Jones that made it to number one on the Billboard 200 in January 2003. The album is a mix of jazz, blues, pop and folk styles with an acoustic sound to it. I have a hi-res version of it that sounds sublime. 

How I came into this album is a good story as well as it came with my limited edition Pono player. The Pono player was a kickstarter campaign by Neil Young for a digital audio player. It is a bit of a unique player in that it is triangular shaped looking somewhat like a Toblerone bar. It never really caught on as the support for the audio store and Neil's crazy ideas fell apart. I was a huge fan of the idea and got one of the first players. If you look up Pono Player on YouTube there are two videos I did that have a lot of views on them both an unboxing and first impressions. I was also one of the top posters on the forum at one point trying to develop a community around the player and good quality music. At one point I met with the hardware manager for the company who was a key designer for the Apple Newton and original iPod back in the day. I still have the player as it sounds great and is portable. It has some design quirks to it that never got fixed. 

Back to Norah Jones - I love her voice and her relaxed style and have been a fan for some time. Thanks to a reorganization of the music collection for being reminded of this album and enjoying it. I think my favorite track is the title track "Come Away With Me" but there are a lot of gems on this album. 

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Unfortunately my Norah Jones Pono player got stolen in San Francisco from a rental car while on a business trip along with my briefcase and all my travel gear. Ho hum!