Love, love, love that so many talented artists are alive and well in this roots music world we call Americana. You know that Norah Jones has a soft place in her heart for it, as was first evidenced with the emergence of her stellar band The Little Willies in 2006 with their self-titled CD. Luminaries all, Lee Alexander (bass), Jim Campilongo (guitar), Norah Jones (piano, vocals), Richard Julian (guitar, vocals) and Dan Rieser (drums) have put out a brand new CD as of Tuesday called For The Good Times. On it, they honor songwriting titans, among them, Dolly Parton with their cover of the song “Jolene.” There are so many wonderful versions of this song, that I wish I could aggregate them back to back on the radio. It still gives me chills after all these years. Honorable mentions are versions from Mindy Smith, The Stone Coyotes, and Rhonda Vincent.

So many times when the big machine is behind a release, we wind up with commercials at the front of the video. You are welcome to seek these videos out. Here's the song, audio only.

And here is a short film about the making of the new album.

-Jessie Scott