Norah Jones Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar, and is the half-sister of fellow musician Anoushka Shankar. Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York, to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian musician Ravi Shankar. After her parents separated in 1986, Norah lived with her mother, growing up in Grapevine, Texas. She attended Colleyville Middle School and Grapevine High School before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. While in high school, she sang in the school choir, participated in
Brandon Jones (singer) Brandon Jones (singer) Brandon Jones (born June 17, 1989) is a Canadian singer/songwriter from Quispamsis, New Brunswick. He was a competitor on season 4 of "Canadian Idol" and was eliminated on August 1, 2006, placing him 8th. Brandon auditioned for "Canadian Idol" in the city of his birth, St. John's, Newfoundland. However he was never in the bottom three until his elimination on August 1, 2006. With the release of his first CD in June 2007, the singer/songwriter plans to continue performing. Brandon was signed to the independent record label, Sound Of Pop, becoming the third contestant from "Canadian Idol"