Title: John Mellencamp - Plain Spoken: From The Chicago Theatre
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Pop, Jazz, Folk
Artist: Norah Jnes
You might want to consider Norah Jones: Live at Ronnie Scott's as something of a musical palate cleanser, especially if you're prone to go for larger, arena rock like concert videos. This particular performance is absolutely minimalist from both a staging standpoint (as can probably be gleaned from the almost unavoidably repetitive screenshots accompanying this review), but also due to the fact that Jones is part of a trio. There's a refreshing intimacy to this concert, one that harkens back to smoky jazz clubs of yore, with earnest chanteuses crooning songs of love and loss, but what sets this performance apart is the fact that Jones of course accompanies herself on piano, sings her own material, and has a really winningly winsome quality that doesn't completely mask a kind of steely, if still sweet, foundation.