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Norah Jones Is Playing Along

James Bay

Norah Jones Is Playing Along

iHeartPodcasts

Music Interviews, Music

4.9599 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

James Bay reflects on his process in the studio, his influences, and the art of crafting a setlist as he marks the 10-year anniversary of his breakout debut, Chaos and the Calm.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode is also available as video on YouTube.

0:03.0

You can visit Nora Jones channel and be sure to subscribe while you're there.

0:07.0

Hey, I'm Nora Jones and today I'm playing along with James Bay.

0:12.0

I'm just playing along with you.

0:16.0

I'm just playing along with you. Hey, I'm not playing alone with you.

0:24.2

Hey, I'm Nora Jones, and welcome to the podcast with me today and always is Sarah Oda.

0:29.9

Hi.

0:30.5

Hi.

0:31.4

Our guest today is the Grammy-nominated Brit Award-winning singer-songwriter James Bay.

0:37.5

Yay.

0:38.3

He broke through with his debut album, Chaos and the Calm,

0:41.6

and he is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of that debut album this year.

0:45.6

That's so exciting.

0:46.8

We have not met until this podcast was filmed,

0:50.0

and he's just a delight and an incredible singer.

0:54.0

Yes. You're going to hear about his process in the studio and how he's involved when he's working on music. You're going to hear about his surprising country vibes, even though he's from outside of London. Yeah. Kind of unexpected. He's got a little bit of country there. Yeah. He's a little country. Yeah. And as always, you're going to hear some great music, new and old from across his catalog.

1:14.6

This was really fun, and I hope you enjoy this episode with James Bay.

1:20.9

I broke the speed limit to get to you.

1:29.0

I took a road where there was no road

1:31.0

lost my keys

1:35.5

ain't common sense

1:36.7

jump the gun to jump the fence

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