Corinne Bailey Rae is one of the most outstanding composers and performers of recent years and, at the same time, she seems to be one of the great 'unknowns'. the last few years and, at the same time, she seems to be one of the great 'unknowns', at least to the general public, at least to the general public.
This is the greeting he has sent us to invite us to his concert at Noches del Botánico on July 6...
But I'm sure you're familiar with it. If you had a radio between 2006 and 2007, you've had to listen to the Put your records on on to her at some point. Her warm voice and the mix of pop, soul and good vibes turned this song into the soundtrack of the summer that year. the soundtrack of the summer of that year: it reached number 1 in the UK charts UK charts and reached number four in the US charts. US charts.
The track was part of her debut solo album 'Corinne Bailey Rae', released in February 2006, which sold nearly 4 million copies worldwide. worldwide. With this eponymous full-length, Bailey Rae received several awards and even three Grammy nominations. Grammy nominations.
This is the song, press play, you'll see how it sounds...
After a long and intense tour, with the highlight of their performance at the Glastonbury Glastonbury Festival, in the summer of 2007 he took a break to write new songs and shape his second album. a break to compose new creations and shape his second album. Without However, this break was longer and more tragic than she expected. Her husband, to whom she had been married since the age of 22, died of an accidental overdose of methadone and alcohol and of methadone and alcohol and this event keeps her in mourning, away from music, for years. from music for years.
We have to wait until 2010 to enjoy Corinne Bailey Rae's next work by Corinne Bailey Rae, 'The Sea'. A mature album, which includes pieces of extreme sensitivity and where there are inevitable references to the loss suffered. references to the loss suffered. With this work, she revisited the top the top of the sales charts and gained critical acclaim, to the point of being nominated for the prestigious to the point of being nominated for the prestigious British Mercury Prize.
Listen to I'll do it all again, one of the gems of this album:
After this return to an active life in music, if there is one thing the composer, multi-instrumentalist and performer has retained the composer, multi-instrumentalist and performer has kept her calm when it comes to releasing new new material. It won't be until May 2016 that she releases another album by Corinne Bailey Rae: 'The Heart Speaks In Whispers'.
Although in 2012, with the aim of to keep the flame alive, she released an EP of covers that won her a Grammy for best R&B Grammy for best R&B performance for his adaptation of Bob Marley's Is This Love.
With 'The Heart Speaks In Whispers' comes catharsis. Bailey Rae enriches his personal R&B with extra groove and an open door to luminosity, as well as surrounding herself with luxury collaborators such as Esperanza Spalding, Moses Sumney or the group KING. Sumney and the group KING. Here, the reminiscences of Erykah Badu, Salsa and Erykah Badu, Sade, Macy Gray or Lauryn Hill, artists to whom she has been linked to a greater or lesser extent throughout her career.
Songs from 'The Heart Speaks In Whispers' live:
The talent and class that Corinne Bailey Rae puts into each of her creations is exquisite. each of her creations is exquisite. We invite you to dive into her repertoire. repertoire. And you'll definitely want to see her in concert at Noches del Botánico next Friday, July 6...
