After the Untimely Death of Her Husband, Corinne Bailey Rae Delivers "The Sea"

Still putting the pieces back together after the death of her husband the musician Jason Rae in 2008, Corinne Bailey Rae's fans were worried about their singer, wondering if she was taking care of herself because she had appeared looking thinner than usual and stressed. Onstage at the Hiro Ballroom in New York in December, dressed in a slinky Alexander McQueen jumpsuit, this English singer-songwriter was so thin, her baby-blue guitar weighed heavily on her petite frame. Standing 5 feet 2 inches with a wild halo of curly hair, she looked a decade younger than her 30 years. By the time she began to play “The Sea,” a powerful meditation on grief, it was enough to make the crowd feel protective.  More...