As much as I dig Corrine, and have played her album to death...I have to suggest Alice Smith to the list. her album is one of the best things I've heard this year. Check her out.
http://www.myspace.com/alicesmith <Moderator: Even better you have to check out my home girl Sumeet at www.myspace.com/sumeetmusic :-D -Derek> On Jul 20, 2006, at 9:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We went to see Corinne Bailey Rae at The Bowery Ballroom a few weeks back...I definitely dig her voice...VERY Norah Jones if you like that style of singer. She just needs to have chairs for her performances...anyone remember Norah Jones at The 2002 Celebration? Good stuff just laid back and mellow. Also, her last choice of soundtrack for life...Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun...that is in my top 10 and has definitely been a part of my life soundtrack. Anyone who hasn't heard it...go! now!! Get it!! And don't sleep on Green Eyes. -Portia In a message dated 7/20/2006 8:57:22 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not counting out Tamar just yet until I hear the album, (I'm sure if it wont be released a bootleg or two will float around somewhere lol), I liked Red Head Stepchild. However for those looking for some good music check out Corrine Bailey Rae, her voice is smooth and velvety and her songs deserve attention. Here is a Q&A session from Netscape Entertainment News. Q&A With Corinne Bailey Rae With her self-titled debut album already a Number 1 hit in her native England, Corinne Bailey Rae is set for similar success in North America. Her single 'Put Your Records On' is quickly becoming one of the songs of the summer and the buzz surrounding 26-year old Bailey Rae is earning the singer-songwriter comparisons to Norah Jones and even the legendary Billie Holiday. She took some time out from her hectic schedule to speak with AOL and answer a few questions about her music. You are a new artist to many people, but the reality is you've been doing this a while haven't you? I feel like I'm a new artist to everybody really because I've been making music for a really long time but in the most underground level possible. I've been doing about a gig every month for the last ten years. I've never played like every night for two weeks like what I'm doing at the moment. It's a different experience totally. I was in a band since I was 15 and I did that until a couple of years ago and also during that time I sang in these soul and jazz clubs and bars at university and a little bit part-time when I finished my degree. I feel like I've done a lot of gigs and I've written a lot of music. I feel like I'm just coming into my own now. I was really lucky that someone picked up on what I was doing. It's just new, it's really new, it's kind of hard to believe it's all happening. It's only been about 5 or six months. You say you've been lucky. Were you always looking for a deal? I was always looking for a deal even when I was 16 I was in a band, we just wanted to get signed. If we could have got signed and not gone to university we would have done it. I think it was the culture at the time, that grunge thing, that indie thing. You know you don't have to be a really talented virtuoso guitarist. It's just about simple songs, rawness and emotion. It was all about being able to hold the attention of a crowd. Everybody wanted to be in the band and everybody wanted to make it in the industry tour and have albums out In your music there's a particularly strong visual element. Can you expand on why that is? I feel that like 'I'd Like To' [from my album] is a song I can always sing with a smile on my face because I can remember all those summers. I remember what the blanket looked like, I remember what our old barbeque used to look like and what our old garage used to look like. It puts me back in that place. I do like to make my songs visual and evocative. I try to use all the senses in all the songs 'cos I just think it helps to stay in your mind more. I just like describing things. You have an indie rock background and you've also played in many jazz clubs. How have you managed to avoid being put in a specific genre box? I think nowadays there's less of a thing about genre 'cos of the iPod thing and also because of hip-hop sampling. You can get a sound from the dawn of time up until yesterday in all different styles of music. You're not defined by what you like. I personally love seeing all connections between different types of music. I like hearing the funk in Carole King and the rock in what Jimi Hendrix does or Led Zeppelin. When you think of the drummer you think it could be Sly and the Family Stone. Everything's crossed over. All musical styles and all musical cultures have always communicated and have always talked to each other. Nothing develops in a vacuum. That's what I love about music. I'd feel like my arm was being twisted to have to choose between one or the other. Some people appreciate that and other people don't really get it and think sometimes it waters it down for people. People would rather you make an obvious guitar album or a very obvious R&B album with slick beats. For some people they might see this music as soft because they don't see it maybe the same way that I do. Your latest single is 'Put Your Records On.' What five records would you put on as a soundtrack to your life so far? Veruca Salt - American Thighs I used to love this record and I'd still love it if I heard it now. I haven't heard it for ages. But that was a template for me of how you write songs being a woman and how to write with an electric guitar. So many songs [my band] made sounded like they wanted to be on that record. That was my fault. Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 A beautiful record. Roberta Flack- First Take I think that's really heavy, really spiritual, really soulful but also very dark as well. Bjork - Debut I'd never heard a voice like that. I remember seeing her on a television program and it felt connected to me. I'd never heard that kind of voice that was just so unusual. I thought my voice isn't that weird then by comparison. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun Beautiful. I love the soundscapes of it all. The mood the Rhodes, the Wurlitzer, the bass, electric guitar and the acoustic guitar, those are the sounds that I like. I like detail, I love it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
