The Chalk Farm venue has scored an exclusive with the singer songwriter performing her Mercury Prize nominated 2023 album Black Rainbows in full with the Guildhall Session Orchestra.
The Put Your Records On star will see her fourth album given a unique orchestral interpretation by the ensemble of ex Guildhall School of Music students on April 27.
It’s part of a month-long festival running from April 1-30 that brings together comedy, spoken word, club nights and music.
Writer and comic Jack Rooke presents his club/cabaret night Show Hole, there’s the debut performance from film star Daniel Kaluuya’s youth theatre Centre 59, singer songwriter Tom Odell plays a song cycle, and musician composer Nitin Sawhney curates a showcase of ‘Past, Present and Future Talent’.
Plus there’s The Roundhouse’s legendary Poetry Slam final showcasing the best new spoken word talent.
Bailey Rae broke had her breakthrough in 2006 with the single Put Your Records On, before becoming the fourth female British artist to have her debut album enter the charts at number one.
Over the course of her career she has won two GRAMMY Awards, a MOBO Award, a BRIT Award and an Ivor Novello.
Black Rainbows marked a creative leap from her previous work. Inspired by a visit to the Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago, a one-of-a-kind “cathedral of Black art” that champions innovation in contemporary art, the 10-track record embraces a more experimental sound.
Tickets for Corinne Bailey Rae presents Black Rainbows with Guildhall Session Orchestra go on general sale on Friday January 24 at 10am via the Roundhouse website.
