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
Matthew Perryman Jones Matthew Perryman Jones Matthew Perryman Jones (born 1973) is an American singer and songwriter who currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones began his career as a singer-songwriter in 1997, playing his first public performances at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia. In 2000, Jones issued his first solo release, "Nowhere Else but Here", after moving to Nashville to pursue music full-time. In 2006, he released the album "Throwing Punches in the Dark". Produced by Neilson Hubbard, the album was a departure from his folk/Americana sound to something more pop rock. In 2007, Jones performed at the historic Alabama Theatre in Birmingham,