Corrine Bailey Rae Announces Covers EP
The Love EP will hit stores via Capitol Records on Jan. 25 and feature Corrine Bailey Rae covering five of her favorite songs.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Mavis Staples, More to Play Life is Good Fest, All Profits to Charity
The Life is Good Festival, held Sept. 11-12 at Prowse Farm in Canton, Mass. (a suburb of Boston), aims to raise $1 million for kids facing life-threatining challenges. The festival is an all-ages, family-friendly event that features big name bands like Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Guster, Mavis Staples, OK Go, Corinne Bailey Rae, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, and Toubab Krewe, as well as children’s artists like The Laurie Berkner Band, They Might Be Giants, and Dan Zanes and Friends.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Giving BackElvis Costello, Jack White, Many More Pay Tribute to Paul McCartney at White House
As if joining the ranks of Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder—the only other musicians to be awarded the prestigious Gershwin Prize for Popular Song—wasn’t enough, Paul McCartney will also be honored with tribute performances by Wonder, Dave Grohl, Emmylou Harris, Jack White, Faith Hill, Corinne Bailey Rae, the Jonas Brothers, Herbie Hancock and Elvis Costello when President Obama presents him with the award at the White House on June 2.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCorinne Bailey Rae Heads Out On North American Tour
Corinne Bailey Rae is kicking off her first North American tour in three years, and the Grammy winner is using many of the shows as an opportunity to give back. The first show of the tour is a benefit concert for KCRW, a public radio station based in Santa Monica, Calif. The April dates in Seattle and Portland will donate proceeds to RED, benefitting the Global Fund, an organization that finances the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Bailey Rae will also play some dates on the Lilith Fair tour. Check out the full list of dates below.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCorinne Bailey Rae: The Sea
Rae stays strong on long-awaited sophomore album The path to Corinne Bailey Rae’s sophomore record was surely a difficult one. In 2008—just two years after the British artist’s promising self-titled debut—her husband of seven years, saxophonist Jason Rae (Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Mark Ronson), died of an accidental drug overdose in a Leeds flat.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsCorinne Bailey Rae's New Album, The Sea, Coming Jan. 26
Four years and four million album sales after her award-winning, self-titled debut, Corinne Bailey Rae is back for round two with The Sea. The 30-year-old British singer plans to appear on five national TV shows to spread the word about her new album, beginning with TODAY on Jan. 26 (the very same day her record hits stores).... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLilith Fair 2010 Featuring Newcomers Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monae, Miranda Lambert
Next year’s Lilith Fair revival will feature Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monae and Miranda Lambert among festival veterans Tegan and Sara, Indigo Girls and Sheryl Crow.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCorinne Bailey Rae Plays Saturday Night Live
On October 7, 2006, British singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae will appear as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Also this month, Rae will appear on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and CD USA. Rae, whose self-titled debut album set records when it entered the U.K. album charts at #1 and went on to debut at #17 on the U.S. Billboard 200, went from virtual unknown to platinum-selling musician in just a few short months. Praised by artists from the Arctic Monkeys to Burt Bacharach, Rae’s music will also... read more
Found in: Music, News4 to Watch: Corinne Bailey Rae
It was a quirky path to fame for 26-year-old ex-English-lit major Corinne Bailey Rae. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesCorinne Bailey Rae On Leno June 28 To Launch New Album And Tour
British import Corinne Bailey Rae is set to appear on Late Night with Jay Leno on Wednesday, June 28 to promote her new album, a self-titled release that debuted at #17 on the Billboard 200. With her appearance on Leno, Bailey Rae continues a string of appearances on other national television shows which will lead into her first U.S. tour starting on July 24. With much critical acclaim already to her credit, Bailey Rae debuted at #1 on the U.K. album chart, the first British female to do so with an album of original songs. Bailey Rae's confirmed U.S. tour... read more
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