Hey everyone, it's Chris Malanfi. Today we want to share a podcast we think hit parade listeners

will love. It's called Broken Record, a show from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Each week

hosts Justin Richmond and Leah Rose sit down with the musicians you love for creative

conversations about their life, inspiration, and craft.

You'll hear revealing interviews with some legendary musicians, as well as news stars and up-and-comers,

too. Today, we're sharing one of our favorite broken record episodes, a conversation with singer-songwriter Nora Jones,

co-hosted by Blue Note Records president Don Was.

Nora released her juggernaut debut album Come Away With Me on Blue Note Records way back in 2002,

and in this episode, she talks about her musical upbringing and what it was

like striking big on her very first album, and Nora even shares a special performance.

We've talked about Nora Jones on several prior episodes of Hit Parade, including our Outcast, Grammys, and ACDC Rule episodes.

My fellow pop fans and chart nerds will enjoy Nora's revelations about listening to American Top 40 as a kid and learning from pop music.

When you're done listening to this episode, be sure to check out Broken Record and follow the show.

Now, over to Justin.

Blue Note is one of the first and longest standing institutions of jazz music.

And it's always been one of my favorite record labels.

It started when my guitar teacher passed along Herbie Hancock's Made in Voyage

and the self-titled album from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the one featuring Monon.

It was the music, of course, that made the most lasting impression,

but there was the artwork also.

No label had cooler branding than Blue Note.

Later, I'd find out that was thanks to people like Reed Miles, who was the label's art director,

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