
I hope you guys will like it and be into it, she says. The singer, 30, whose husband Jason was found dead in March 2008, has spoken of how she has channeled her grief into some of the new songs. 29 – North Charleston, South Carolina North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Centerįeb. Corinne Bailey Rae is set to sail on a new journey in her career with the release of her new album The Sea on Feb. New things grow.’ Corinne was given a new lease of life after she went on to start a family with producer Steve Brown, who. 28 – Savannah, Georgia Johnny Mercer Theatre At first, all you can see is the destruction, but then your life grows. Fast Facts Played classical violin and sang in church choir as a child At 15, started her own indie band named Helen Sat in with bands at a local jazz club. 26 – Clearwater, Florida Ruth Eckerd Hall LEEDS, England, March 24 (UPI) - Jason Rae, the 31-year-old husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae, has been found dead in an apartment in Leeds, England. 25 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida Parker Playhouse She became one of the best-selling soul artists of the 2000s and has earned several awards including two Brit Awards and one Grammy and is currently working with Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart on a new album that will be released soon on Bay Street Records.Ĭorinne Bailey Rae and Joss Stone Tour Dates: Stone rose to fame with her multi-platinum debut album The Soul Sessions and her follow-up Mind Body & Soul, which topped the UK charts. The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae was found dead in an apartment in Leeds, England, the BBC reports. Shge has received multiple BRIT and BET Award nominations over the course of her career. 1 on the UK charts in 2006 and featured global hits “Put Your Records On” and “Like A Star” while her second album The Sea was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. Dare to stray, and she will guide you politely but firmly right back on topic.Lollapalooza's Daily Schedule Is Here: See When Dua Lipa, Metallica, Green Day & More Are Playingīailey Rae’s self-titled debut album hit No. She makes for charming company, but her conversational comfort zone, among strangers at least, is music, and only that. The interviews I had to do… they were hard.”īailey Rae was then, and remains now, an intensely private individual.

“It was great, and the shows themselves really helped focus my mind. She travelled throughout America, and also in Brazil, Indonesia, and South Korea. Photog: Cohen/Wireimage In sad news, Corinne Bailey Raes husband, saxophonist Jason Rae, was found dead this weekend in his Leeds, England apartment. Corinne Bailey Rae has opened up to Red about losing her first husband, Jason Rae, at the age of 29 and why theres always hope in an exclusive interview for our September issue (out now). Playing live with my band – my most trusted friends – seemed like the only thing to do.” And she enjoyed being on tour, she says. It hadn’t been that long since Jason died, and it was still my biggest preoccupation in life, a very real and present thing. When it did, she immediately went out on the road because, she says: “What else was I going to do? I was still very much in that phase.

Corinnes new album is out on 2 February 2010.

She spent the most wretched year adjusting to widowhood before The Sea came out. Corinne Bailey Rae will be performing live for 1Xtra on 30 October as part of the BBCs celebration of 75 Years at the Maida Vale studios. For Bailey Rae, halfway through completing her second album, everything fell apart. She was in the middle of working on it when her husband, Jason, died of an apparent methadone. Born in Leeds to an English mother and a father from Saint Kitts, Bailey Rae. A medical report detailed traces of alcohol and methadone in his system, and the coroner delivered a verdict of death by misadventure. The sadness that permeates Corinne Bailey Raes sophomore album, 'The Sea' (Capitol), is expected. Initially coming to fame after a poll of critics had voted her 'the sound of 2006', Corinne Bailey Rae justified the high expectations of her when her debut album topped the UK album chart and quickly established her as an international star. In 2008, her husband, saxophonist Jason Rae, died of a suspected drugs overdose.
