Corinne Bailey Rae will release her stirringly soulful self-titled debut album on June 20th, 2006.

It becomes self-evident the moment you hear her sing the very first note - it's a slice of sublime blues delivered with a voice that pins you, in the softest but most persuasive of ways, to the wall; a voice that floats up effortlessly, full of caress, subtlety and the very purest quality. It is wonderful, this voice, and surely a discovery to treasure, but it belongs to a young woman not from somewhere musically exotic - say, Mississippi or even Manhattan - but just east of the M1: Leeds.

Her name is Corinne Bailey Rae, and she was born to do this.

Inspired as much by Björk and Massive Attack as, say, Jill Scott, she went into the studio and came up with her debut album. It is in Corinne's own words, "a little bit of everything: it's chilled out, acoustic, kooky, atmospheric and soulful. I'd also be tempted to say it comes from a very organic place, but that would sound pretentious, so I won't."

If you would like to win a copy of this new CD, just answer this easy question: What connection does Corinne Bailey Rae have with both Michael Bolton and Johnny Cash?!

Send us your answers and if you're correct you'll be in the running to win one of these new CDs! Just send us an e:mail here before June 15th with your answer and the subject title 'CBR CDs to: exclusivemagazine@flash.net

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