Corrine Bailey Rae

Music really sucks right now. I usually rant about the decline of Hip-Hop, but across the board there is really nothing that gets me excited right now except for Corrine Bailey Rae. She is a breath of fresh musical air from the U.K. that popped up on VH-1 Soul a couple of months ago. I thought she might be another act that the headwrap and backpack crowd might be overhyped about because she is already big overseas, but I got an advance of several tracks from her Capitol records debut and she is the real deal. She is like a more soulful Norah Jones who plays acoustic guitar instead of the piano, and honestly she is probably less likely to put you to sleep. She is big overseas, but considering in America female artists are defined by either Mary J. Blige or Mariah Carey it will be interesting to see how she is recieved. Her album will be in stores June 20th. If she winds becoming the next big thing, remember who told you about her first.