What's In Sean's Mailbox: Norah Jones Is Hot

Just got the new Nadine Johnson disc in the mail. Sounds like a character Ashley Judd would play in some lousy domestic-abuse thriller, right? It's actually the nom de watermark Norah Jones is using on review copies of her new album, Not Too Late, out on Jan. 30. (Paul McCartney used the name Pete Mitchell on promos of his last disc. I almost tossed Macca in the trash, until I saw an accompanying snap of him and his nutter ex-wife.) Internet piracy, top-secrecy, ego: These are reasons why a big-name artist would use a pseudonym. It's all about digital paranoia these days: The promos don't play on computers, making it harder to rip. I'm gonna review Not Too Late next week, but I listened this morning, and it's lush, lilting and damn sexy. In other words, a typical Nadine Johnson album.

Here's my recent CD take...

Norah Jones -- Not Too Late
John Mellencamp -- Freedom's Road
Echo and the Bunnymen -- The Very Best Of
Kristin Hersh -- Learn to Sing Like a Star
Sonny Rollins -- Sonny, Please
Jordan Pruitt -- No Ordinary Girl
Paolo Nutini -- These Streets
Mew -- Frengers
Keak Da Sneak, E-40 -- Hyphy Hitz

Comments

[Darius]

You have my permission to throw Macca in the trash. Norah Jones, too, for that matter.

[GlennS.]

Unfortuantely, some store-bought CDs also cannot be played on computers, and that stinks.