What is the artist’s genre?
Corinne Bailey Rae is more famously known for her contemporary jazz music, however she progressed from Indie music in her past and went on to adopt a more soulful and calm atmosphere of music in her twenties. The impression we get from image on the left conveys a homely and relaxed era rather than your typical 'dressed-to-impress' idea of a pop star. The focus is her music and her love for music not her appearance. It is a hobby not a business.
How do we know what her genre of music is?
We know that her music genre is contemporary jazz and soul through most of her promotional images. The image on the left, in particular, conveys a gentle and calm atmosphere through the use of colours like cream, magnolia and other earthy tones that are the focal colours of this promotional image. Also her dress and belt fall into the flowing and gentle atmosphere of the overall picture; her dress is loose and free-falling and the colours of both the dress and the belt are both natural and earthy colours. This definitely is reflective of soul music and her song 'Like a Star' as it is an extremely calm and soothing atmosphere that is created through both the image and the song. Certain music genre conveys certain connotations. Rap music makes you think of money, half-dressed dancing women, drugs, sex and violence. However when we think of jazz and soul music the connotations are more like sunsets, guitars, singing for fun and being part of a music loving band with talented musicians who make up melodies for enjoyment and relaxation purposes. The guitar in the corner of the image below suggests that the artist herself plays the guitar, which is an instrument that is commonly associated with jazz and soul music as it is a gentle and mellow instrument which are factors that contribute the the portrayal of both jazz and soul music overall. Furthermore the fact that she is not ‘dressed to impress’ in both images, shows that her music is what is important and in jazz music the variety of instruments and the skill that a musician possesses is their talent and is the key to their success whether they are dressed in pyjamas or their Sunday Best, which further reinforces the genre of her music.
Other similar artists:
Other well-known artists that may be considered or associated with Corinne Bailey Rae’s genre of music, could be musicians like Nora Jones, Jill Scott, John Legend, Musiq Soulchild, Sade, Duffy, Sara Bareilles, Anthony Hamilton, Eliza Dolittle, Jason Mraz and so on.
Values and beliefs of the artist:
Specifically from observing and analysing these photographs in particular I would make the assumption that Corinne Bailey Rae is not too fussed about looking like she is the coolest and newest walking wardrobe as some artists like Lady Gaga are. Also she seems as though she has high morals as a woman as her clothing and photographs are not drastic and revealing so she cannot be seen as sexualised in any way at all. Furthermore we can assume that she possesses a good value for her home and the comfort of a home and family as she is sitting in, what looks like, a very comfortable armchair in what appears to be her home or symbolic of her home.
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