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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Cheri Amour

“I’d always seen the guitar as a thing for really accomplished people like Jimi Hendrix – watching Nirvana on MTV Unplugged exploded my brain”: Studio nerd Corinne Bailey Rae broke through after moving on from her punk roots. Then she went back

Corinne Bailey Rae.

For someone who’s performed at the White House alongside jazz great Herbie Hancock and welcomed Esperanza Spalding and Bill Withers to previous studio albums, it’s surprising to hear Corinne Bailey Rae admit she’s still looking to get better at collaborating.

Her latest team-up, though – working with the students of the Guildhall Session Orchestra to craft fresh arrangements for her Mercury Prize-nominated record Black Rainbows – pushes her to new heights.

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