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Award-winning recording artist Norah Jones has set a May 1 release date for Little Broken Hearts<\/em>, her new album produced by Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton). <\/p>\n She has also revealed the album cover and tracklisting of the 12-song collection, which features original tracks co-written by Jones and Burton. <\/p>\n The singer drew the inspiration for the album cover from the vintage movie posters that adorn Burton\u2019s Los Angeles studio. <\/p>\n \u201cBrian has this great collection of Russ Meyer posters in his studio,\u201d explains Jones, \u201cand this particular one, called Mudhoney<\/em>, was right over the couch where I sat every day. <\/p>\n \u201cI always was looking at it and thinking \u2018that\u2019s so cool I want to look like her\u2019. I remember staring at the poster the whole time we made the record. It\u2019s a great visual.\u201d <\/p>\n Little Broken Hearts <\/em>is the next step in the artistic evolution of one of the world\u2019s most consistently intriguing singer-songwriters. <\/p>\n Jones first emerged on the world stage 10 years ago with the February 2002 release of Come Away With Me<\/em>, her self-described \u201cmoody little record\u201d. <\/p>\n It introduced a singular new voice and grew into a global phenomenon, sweeping the 2003 Grammy Awards and signalling a paradigm shift away from the prevailing synthetic pop music of the time. <\/p>\n Come Away With Me<\/em> has just become the No 10 best-selling album of the Soundscan era. The album has sold 25 million copies worldwide. <\/p>\n Since then, Jones has released three more critically acclaimed and commercially successful solo albums \u2013 Feels Like Home<\/em> (2004), Not Too Late<\/em> (2007) and The Fall <\/em>(2009) \u2013 as well as two albums with her country collective The Little Willies. <\/p>\n Versatile <\/p>\n The 2010 compilation, \u2026 Featuring Norah Jones, <\/em>showed her to possess a versatile voice by collecting her collaborations with artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Outkast, Herbie Hancock and Foo Fighters. <\/p>\n Jones previously collaborated with Danger Mouse on his acclaimed 2011 album Rome<\/em>, a valentine to classic Italian film score music that also featured Jack White. <\/p>\n Jones will tour extensively this year, performing at a mixture of festivals, amphitheatres and theatres in the US and abroad. <\/p>\n Select summer European dates, including a pair of sold-out London shows at the Royal Festival Hall, are already posted at www.norahjones.com, with more to be announced in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n US tour dates will be revealed shortly, but in the immediate future Jones will be performing at SXSW in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n The track listing for Little Broken Hearts<\/em> is as follows: Good Morning, Say Goodbye, Little Broken Hearts, She\u2019s 22. Take It Back, After the Fall, 4 Broken Hearts, Travellin\u2019 On, Out On The Road, Happy Pills, Miriam<\/em> and All a Dream<\/em>. <\/p>\n Jones has released Happy Pills <\/em>as the lead single. It is a buoyant parade of sunny hooks that has met with an enthusiastic response from both fans and critics alike. <\/p>\n In other news on the recording front, last year\u2019s winner of M-Net\u2019s Idols<\/em>, Dave van Vuuren, has embarked on a countrywide tour to promote his debut album. <\/p>\n The collection is titled Free the Animals <\/em>and, from the thundering opener, You Will Leave a Mark<\/em>, with its powerhouse drumming, driving bass line and slashing guitars, it is clear the Idols<\/em> season seven winner is no simple pop idol. <\/p>\n If anything he is an edgy, intensely passionate and unique singer who is equally at home with muscular alternative rock songs and gentle introspective folk tunes. <\/p>\n His debut album has been released by Universal Music, and is the result of a five-week, non stop stint in Good Noise Studios, working with the Sama Award-winning pair of producer Brian O\u2019Shea and engineer-programmer Crighton Goodwill, as well as executive producer Benjy Mudie (the team behind the success of Elvis Blue and The Soap Girls). <\/p>\n In addition to his hit single Hall of<\/em> Mirrors<\/em>, the album includes standouts such as the quirky, strings-driven Utopia (Find Me)<\/em>, the infectiously swinging Lovers Fight Til the End<\/em>, the atmospheric Killing the Innocence<\/em> and the anthemic Amazing<\/em>. <\/p>\n The album is boosted by the inclusion of a brace of original songs including Troublesome Mind, If We Don\u2019t Fear<\/em> and an impressive updated rendition of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Streets of Philadelphia<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" . 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