Corinne Bailey Rae on her new direction and her gig at Cork Jazz Fest
Corinne Bailey Rae: breaking away from convention on her newest LP.
Corinne Bailey Rae was bored. Beginning with her 2006 hit single 'Put Your Records On' and across the three acclaimed albums that followed, the chart-topping soul-singer had delved deep into a wellspring of personal triumph and tragedy (the latter including the death in 2008 of her first husband).
But having spent so long inside her head, she felt it was time to turn to the wider world — a place beyond the four walls of her immediate lived experience.
