It's a rainy day in Grahamstown, the kind of weather you like curling up into a ball with coffee and duvets, and now music from Corinne Bailey Rae. I urge you to head to her website, listen to her music and think about how relaxing it is. Well it works for me. So to carry on with the UK Music Must for the week, Ms Bailey Rae says she's had many influences along the way. But the biggest one that she openly speaks about is none other than Led Zeppelin . In fact she became obsessed with the band, "I loved that band during my teens, (and) I wanted, somehow, to follow in their footsteps, and to create music of my own."

When she was 15 Corinne formed an all female indie group called Helen. Helen played many a gid in and around the UK. In addition to these gigs the group became the first indie act to be signed to heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records, which housed artist like Slipknot. But all good things come to an end, the bassist became pregnant and the group disbanded. Corinne was "Gutted" and she had no idea what lay ahead.. the story continues tomorrow. But if you're looking to go to a live act, and Corinne Bailey Rae grabs your attention, Here's a few dates for the next month:

Aug 12- Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom Dallas, TX
Aug 13- Warehouse Live Houston, TX
Aug 14- Antone's Nightclub Austin, TX
Aug 16- The Loft Atlanta, GA
Aug 18- Ramshead Tavern Annapolis, MD
Aug 20- Birchmere Alexandria, PA
Aug 21- World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
Aug 23- Webster Hall New York, NY
Aug 25- Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
Aug 27- The Mod Club Theatre Toronto
Aug 29- Park West Chicago, IL
Aug 30- Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN

Posted by jvonblog on August 02, 2006 at Wednesday, August 02, 2006 | Permalink