Why can't other children be more like Norah?
The LA Times has an opinion about why 24-year-old Norah Jones' new album is so popular: it's one generation's wishful thinking about another.

"Jones' success can be seen as an expression of this musical generation gap. While Jones' contemporaries are busy downloading Jay-Z songs to their iPods, their parents are buying tens of thousands of 'Feels Like Home' CDs every day, comforted by the sound of a young performer — a certifiable member of the hip-hop generation — so skillfully embracing rock-era musical values. Indeed, more than a few commentators have hailed Jones for bringing back the 'real music' that has been missing in action since rappers and DJs crashed the party."

I haven't heard her new one yet, and am not a big fan, but don't believe you can just reduce her to "merely recapitulating the work of torch singers of the past." I do agree with Jody that "...the kids have usually been right. When it comes to identifying the day's vital music, don't trust anyone over 30."

So my 30-something opinion's no good anyway