Norah Jones shouldn’t really be a star. Gifted and beautiful, she’s a shy Manhattan boho who’d rather order takeout than strut a red carpet. Norah was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar in New York City, New York, but later changed her name officially to Norah Jones at age 16. She is the daughter of the Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones, and is the half-sister of musician Anoushka Shankar, Ravi Shankar’s daughter from his second marriage. She spent her childhood with her mother, who moved to Dallas, Texas, when Norah was four.

That she’s so refreshingly normal for a chanteuse is, of course, what makes her appealing. Still, Norah Jones now seems determined to spice things up. On last year’s « Sucker », a duet with former Faith No More singer Mike Patton for his Peeping Tom project, she delivered the word « motherf***er » and she regularly performs with a glammy New York rock band.

Norah doesn’t really show up in gossip magazines and she made a concerted effort to stay low-key in a way that not a lot of other people with her success do.

The little slidehow is by Danny Clinch. He really got her looking gorge! don’t you think she has an angelic smile ?

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