Exclusive Audio: Norah Jones

Angel-voiced enchantress Norah Jones recently Q&Aed with our Austin Scaggs and discussed her support of Barack Obama, being Blue Note's highest-selling artist and how sudden success overwhelmed her. We were so captivated by her voice, we figured we'd share some audio excerpts for your listening pleasure:

On her favorite Nirvana song and performing with Dave Grohl.

On why her lyrics are decidedly anti-Bush.

On her "unpunk" punk band side-project.

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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