Episode 53 - Corinne Bailey Rae
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2017
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
This week Sam sits down with singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae. Many will remember Corinne from her 2006 break-out hit "Put Your Records On" which earned her three Grammy nominations. Both in her lyrics and conversation, the way in which Corinne expresses herself is deeply powerful. Shortly after being thrust into fame, Corinne experienced the unimaginable tragedy of losing her husband, Jason Rae. Life stood still for awhile. In time, though, she persevered. In recent years she's made two new excellent records: "The Sea" and "The Heart Speaks in Whispers". Corinne and Sam discuss both in this week's episode, along with her her love of music (8:07), the experience of losing her late husband(31:00),and falling in love, again (52:49). ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla and @jinsangbeats. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at www.talkeasypod.com
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| 0:36.6 | wherever you get your podcast. Oh, Welcome to the show, this is Talk Easy. I'm Sam Prok Francisco and thank you for being here. This week on the program is singer-songwriter Corin Bailey Ray. |
| 1:18.0 | Born in Leeds, the British songstress came into public consciousness in early 2006 when she dropped her debut record. |
| 1:26.8 | The self-titled sensation was an intoxicating mix of R&B, soul, and jazz, as if Marvin Gay, Amy Winehouse, and Erica Badu all stepped into the |
| 1:37.0 | sound booth and merged voices. |
| 1:40.2 | Songs like, Till It happens to you and call me when you get this, |
| 1:43.7 | revealed Corinne to not only be a dynamic vocalist, |
| 1:47.0 | but a skilled songwriter. |
| 1:49.0 | The public immediately paid attention. |
| 1:52.0 | The record premiered at number one, making her only the fourth female |
| 1:55.8 | British act to do so. The smashing hit you probably heard on your radio a thousand times, |
| 2:01.2 | put your record on. |
| 2:03.0 | Maybe sometimes |
| 2:07.0 | we got it wrong but it's all right |
| 2:12.0 | the more things seem to change |
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