Leona Naess

On her third album, this norwegian-born, London-raised, NYU-educated singer connects in
Los Angeles with producer Ethan Johns, singing an album of new organic purity. Naess
basically has written a torch collection: The songs have titles such as "He's Gone"; on "Star
Signs," she reads her ex-boyfriend's astrology charts. Naess has a seamless voice, which
can mask transitions between phrases with an eerie Ella Fitzgerald-like quality. T... More >