Sometimes the Hype is Right

All's I gots to say is I'm glad SNL is still worth something.

Throughout the summer whenever I turned on MTV or VH-1, they were hyping this new British artist, Corinne Bailey Rae. Her first single, "Put Your Records On," was somewhat catchy. The video was this cute li'l Brit thing (see left) running through the summery summer fields and biking through bright, shiny countryside. I thought both song and video were mediocre at best.

Then, li'l cuz Kendra and I caught her on SNL on, well, Saturday night. (I fell right into that one.) We were blown away with her angelic, light, lilting voice. It was so soothing and comforting: just her and a gee-tar. It was stunningly beautiful in my opinion; much better than the first single. We ran out and bought the CD the next day. It's absolutley lovely.

On one song she comes dangerously close to sounding like fellow Brit songtress Sade, but I can forgive her that. I still love the opening track, "Like a Star" (the cut we heard on SNL), the best. (I hate it when I fall for the opening song, cause that's what they want you to do.) I think you should give her a shot, but that's just me.

Click here to order her self-titled debut from Amazon.