New York, June 05: As dreamlike as Norah Jones' past
year has been, the 'folky' jazz singer is ready to snap out of
it.
"I'm kind of anxious to do (another album) because I
wanted to move on so badly," says the Grammy winner, who
starts a summer tour in the United States tomorrow. "Even if
it's a big flop, I just want to go to the next stage, because
some of the record was recorded so long ago, I just got so
sick of it."
Jones seems to be in the minority with those sentiments.
"Come away with me," which became a surprise
double-platinum sensation last year, has refused to die. The
disc has hovered at or near the top of the album charts for
months since her Grammy wins in February. It's now sold more
than 6 million copies. And tomorrow, she kicks off a summer
tour in fort Myers, Florida, playing in front of thousands of
fans each night.
But she acknowledges she's more comfortable singing to a
few dozen in a nightclub; that's how she's been spending her
time recently, warbling country tunes with a couple of friends
in a tiny New York city bar.
"This year has been so pressurized, and every show,
somebody's coming that's important, or somebody's going to
write an article - `Oh no, we've got to be good.' and I need
to stop thinking about that. But this summer, we're playing
for like 5,000 people, and it's like, `Oh no, that's going to
be scary too!'"
Bureau Report
