WITH SPECIAL GUEST SASHA DOBSON
Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones has announced U.S. tour dates in support of her critically-acclaimed new album The Fall, which was released by EMI’s Blue Note Records on November 17.
The Fall finds Jones experimenting with a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse among others. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partner Jesse Harris. King also helped Jones put together a new group of musicians to perform on the album, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer).
CHECK OUT WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE FALL:
“Jones is standing tall on The Fall … A terrific batch of songs that smartly address her recent romantic travails.” – USA Today
“Jones sounds more confident and stretches her songwriting muscle…Her continued growth as a writer, not just as singer, brings another exciting dimension to The Fall.” – Associated Press
“Some of her most unguarded songs…Ms. Jones is making a new start.” – NY Times
“The Fall has been billed as Norah Jones’ rock album. In fact, it’s something even more surprising: a hot-blooded soul record.”- SPIN
“…avant-roots music that rocks.” – Rolling Stone
“A voice made to jump genres: Supple, mellifluous, effortlessly sexy.” – Entertainment Weekly
“Her voice, always sultry, finds new layers of sexiness.”- People Magazine
“Norah Jones has moved on. Her imagination’s flying, whether it’s through those instinctive fingers or the silken sensuality of her voice.” – MOJO
“Out goes ‘Snorah’, in comes gothic blueswoman…The last vestiges of smoky jazz have been blown away. Instead, King has conjured a deliciously gothic blues…The Fall contains more than a few copper-bottomed classics: “Chasing Pirates,” a near-perfect two-and-half minute study of racing thoughts that get in the way of sleep, quivering with soft-rock sensuality.” -Q
“The Fall…represents an evolution toward a new sound altogether…Jones maintains her jazzy, sultry sound while pushing into more contemporary pop territory…A warm, organic-sounding record, The Fall showcases Jones’ musical depth in exciting and unexpected ways, suitable for old fans and newcomers alike.” – NPR Music
“Norah Jones could have kept recording iterations of Come Away With Me for decades. Clearly that’s not what she’s doing. The gradual shifts away from that oversize debut have worked so far, and The Fall is an even bigger step away, and a step up in what is still the beginning of a big career…what Jones has done with the new record is indeed another departure. Only this time she’s heading down a louder, dusted-up rock path.” -Newsweek
Special Guest Sasha Dobson was born into a musical family. She first hit the stage at the age of six. By 17 she hit the road, and made New York City her musical home-base. For Dobson, jazz improv and phrasing is practically a birthright, having been exposed to jazz, and absorbing it through example since her earliest days. No stranger to the stage, Dobson took New York’s jazz scene by storm, and in no time was performing extensively, from famed jazz club Small’s in New York, to the Blue Note in Japan, Moscow and more.
Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years. And now, the industrious duo will play side-by-side once again, as Dobson takes the stage next to Norah, providing percussion, guitar and vocal harmonies on Jones’ upcoming tour of her new release “The Fall.”
Sasha Dobson is also the supporting opening act on the tour, performing songs from her latest release “Burn.” A unique blend of blues, country and rock, “Burn” embraces Dobson’s musical influences that span genres, from Lucinda Williams to Elliot Smith. Self-produced, with all-original compositions, “Burn” delivers a heart-felt performance rich with primordial layers of vocals, guitar and percussion — and a brand of blues that makes her songs of love and loss feel pretty damn good.
Time Magazine says Sasha’s songs “go down as easily as a frozen margarita,” and NPR predicted “amazing success ahead of her,” while Jazz.com praised the “warm, intimate performance” of this “rising star.”