Born and raised in Leeds, England, Corinne Bailey Rae got her beginnings in music singing in church, where the choir alternated between traditional hymns and wilder worship songs. The experience broadened Corinne’s tastes and when her youth leader offered to buy her an electric guitar she grabbed the opportunity, quite literally, with both hands. So began her love affair with making music and she soon developed a healthy appetite for one of the most innovative bands that rock and roll had to offer: Led Zeppelin. Later working as a hat-check girl at a nearby jazz club, her love for noisy indie fare evolved to more soulful, solo terrain, turning her into an artist that Q Magazine said ”for once, won’t be hemmed in by the genre’s limitations...by year end, she will be everybody’s soul siren of choice, and rightly so.”

Inspired as much by Björk and Massive Attack as Jill Scott, enchanting singer-songwriter, Corinne Bailey Rae, delivers a self-titled debut that, in her own words, has "a little bit of everything: it's chilled out, acoustic, kooky, atmospheric and soulful.” From the dreamy, wistful drama of “Enchantment,” the languid piano-led “Choux Pastry Heart,” or the sublime blues delivered “Like A Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae’s voice effortlessly pins you, in the softest but most persuasive of ways, to the wall. Full of tiptoeing delicacy and wraparound warmth, Corinne Bailey Rae’s debut will have even the most causal listener, realizing that this is something special.

Tour Dates
USA:
June 21 Bowery Ballroom, New York
June 23 Schubas Tavern, Chicago
June 26 Troubadour, West Hollywood
June 29 Café Du Nord, San Francisco
August 21 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia

INTERNATIONAL:
July 4 The Mod Club Theater, Toronto CA
July 8 T In the Park, Scotland
July 9 Oxygen Festival, Ireland
July 11 Liverpool Summer Pops, Liverpool UK
July 12 Somerset House, London UK
October 1 Newcastle Academy, Newcastle UK
October 2 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
October 4 Manchester Apollo, Manchester UK
October 7 Southampton Guildhall, Southampton UK
October 8 Leeds University, Leeds UK
October 11 Brixton Academy, London UK
October 14 Birmingham Academy, Birmingham UK
October 15 Cardiff University, Cardiff
October 17 Amsterdam Paradiso, Amsterdam
October 18 Paris Le Grand Rex, Paris
October 19 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
October 22 Stuggart Theatrehaus, Stuggart
October 23 Munich Elserhalle, Munich
October 25 Zurich Volkshaus, Zurich
October 26 Milan Alcatraz, Italy
October 29 Cologne Theatre Am Tanzbrunnen, Cologne
October 30 Hamburg Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg