Corine Bailey Rae
I think I resisted her on some level when I first heard about her. She was the free download of the week on iTunes. I saw commercials about her. It just seemed like she was being marketed too heavily as the next genuine thing. And, I have to admit, were it not for Starbucks I probably would have missed out on her. One afternoon I was working at Starbucks and about halfway through her album, I realized how much I was enjoying it even though I didn't realize until then that I was listening or who I was listening to. And all of a sudden I just knew it was her and that I had to get this album
I'm not going to go on about how genuine her sound is, or how soulful she is, or how refreshing it is to hear good songwriting again. It all sounds cliche at this point. All I know is that this album makes me feel at peace. At that's a good thing in my life right now.