Norah Jones husband Pete Remm is an American pianist and guitarist. Jones and Pete Remm are parents to two wonderful children born in 2014 and 2016.

Norah is an American singer and songwriter best known for her debut album Come Away with Me. Her debut album sold 27 million copies and was certified diamond. It blended jazz music with country, folk, pop, and blues.

Since making her debut in her solo career in 2002, Jones has released 8 full-length studio albums and four collaborative albums. Norah has also headlined eight tours and appeared in numerous films and television series.

She comes from a musical family with her parents being legendary Indian classical singer Ravi Sankhar and American producer Sue Jones. She also found a perfect match with Pete Remm who is also an established personality in the American musical scene.

Pete Remm Is A Multi Instrumentalist

Norah Jones husband Pete Remm plays guitar, piano, and keyboard. Remm has worked with his wife Nora and many other big names.

Remm also worked as a producer for Nora’s 2019 single I’ll Be Gone, according to Pete’s profile at Discogs. He also has credits for writing and arrangements, all of his six credits are with his wife Nora.

He is found on Landr where he offers keyboard and piano services. According to his Landr profile, Pete will write, record, and perform a piano or keyboard part for a track in 3 days for just $500. 

Despite being a famed musician from the United States of America, Pete has kept himself off social media. He does not share much about his personal life with the public and according to Amo Mama, he wanted to remain mysterious after getting married to Jones as well.

The Pair Shares Two Beautiful Children

Norah Jones kids include a son born in 2014 and a daughter in 2016. Jones and her son often go to her tours and concerts together.

Norah and Pete are proud parents to two beautiful children. According to Daily Mail, the singer is notoriously private and does not share anything about her family.

Norah Jones kids are yet to decide for sure if they want to follow the musical path laid by their parents and grandparents. However, her son wants to become a techno singer in the future for now at least, revealed the Don’t Know Why singer while speaking on 9Now’s Today show. 

Jones shared an image of her son on her social media when she was en route to Wilkes-Barre for a performance. In the image taken inside her tour bus, her son was seen trying to reach for a piece of audio tech while sitting with Lukas Nelson. 

The singer captioned her Facebook post revealing her son was learning the technology with the godfather. When it comes to sharing information about her kids, that is about it. 

She has not shared their names or their actual date of birth but Norah’s son is around 9 years old and her daughter is around 7 years old as of 2023. She has never shared images with her kids revealing their faces. 

She Was Born Into A Musical Family

Norah Jones family has very deep roots in the music industry. Norah father Ravi Shankar was a sitarist and her mother Sue Jones was a concert producer.

According to Rediff, Norah was born from Ravi and Sue’s affair. Ravi was a married man when the affair started and also had another partner as well. Despite being married, Ravi was estranged from his wife and divided his affection between Sue and Norah and his other partner.

Norah Jones father Shankar is an Indian composer and sitarist, he was also the recipient of the highest Indian civilian honor, Bharat Ratna. Ravi started off as a dancer in his elder brother’s dance troupe and initially performed in India and later in Europe as well.

He quit dancing to study sitar in 1938 and started composing music in 1944. He also served as a musical director for All India Radio between 1949 to 1956. He is partly responsible for introducing and making Indian classical music and instruments in the western world.

Ravi also worked with famed western musicians and bands including violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Beatles guitarist  George Harrison. The list of his accolades goes on and on, but some major highlights include five Grammy Awards and one Polar Music Award.

While his musical career was very successful and followed a linear upward curve, his love life was more chaotic. According to Rediff, Shankhar had many partners throughout his lifetime and he could not resist “free love.”

Ravi had a total of 4 serious relationships which resulted in at least one childbirth or marriage. However, in his autobiography, the musician revealed he could fall in love with different women in different places and was like keeping a girl in every port, via Rediff. 

Among his numerous romantic partners was Sue Jones, an American concert producer, and Norah Jones mother. The pair started their relationship in the late 1970s and ended in 1986 and never made comments about each other publicly. 

According to Telegraph, Sue attended Shankhar’s memorial service held in California and was seated in the front row designated for his family members. she did not read out a condolence message at the service.

Her Half Siblings Are Acclaimed Musicians

Norah Jones siblings Anoushka and Shubhendra Shankar are also acclaimed singers. Anoushka and Shubhendra are from her father’s other relationship. 

Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British-American musical artist and sitar player. 

She also has Indian roots from her parents but she was born in London and raised in California.

Anoushka started training in sitar with her father starting at age of 8 years old and she performed solo on stage at the age of 13 years old. She recorded her piece the following year at 14 and was accompanying her father around the world by the time she was 15 years old.

According to Economic Times, She is also the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and present at the Grammy Award Ceremony in February 2016. She also has 9 Grammy Award nominations under her belt.

Anoushka was born on June 9, 1981, in London in her father Ravi Shankar’s relationship with Sukanya Shankar. Ravi and Sukanya married eight years later in 1989 in Hyderabad, India. 

Shubhendra Shankar

Shubhendra Shankar is the eldest of the Ravi Shankar children.

He was born on March 30, 1942, to his parents Ravi Shankar and Annapurna Devi. His parents were married at the time of his birth and he was also the only son of a sitarist.

Shubhendra was also famously known as Shubho Shankar. He also learned sitar, initially with his father Ravi but later with his mother Annapurna. He had also performed with his father in New York in a concert titled “Fathers and Sons.” Another duo to perform at the concert was Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain.

Although Shubho could play sitar and perform onstage, he decided not to pursue music. Instead, he started working as a clerk in a liquor store and painted to support his family. He had a wife named Linda and a son Somnath and a daughter Kaveri. 

According to Los Angeles Times, Shubho passed away at the age of 50 years old on September 15, 1992, at Los Alamitos Medical Center due to pneumonia. 

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