Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae's cool, laid back vocals veer from siren to school girl, sounding confident and powerful one minute and vulnerable the next. With a sultry mix of neo-soul grooves and jazzy back beats, songs such as "Choux Pastry Heart" and "Til it Happens to You" sound like well-worn favorites, deftly toeing the line between contemporary and classic, while "Put Your Records On" and "Trouble Sleeping" show off the diva's pop side.

Corinne Bailey Rae's debut was a number One hit in her native England, a fact that has U.S.
bizzers buzzing about its potential with the adult-alternative crowd over here. The
twenty-seven-year-old's voice suggests a warmer, less weird Macy Gray, and she uses it
without a hint of diva showiness on breezy, sometimes sleepy songs that evoke girls sassing
back and forth in the sweet summertime. The music-will-soothe-your-soul single... More >