Corinne Bailey Rae

Corrine Bailey Rae album covers.
Corrine Bailey Rae originated from a funk band called 'The New Mastersounds' then went solo to pursue a more 'soulful' path. Bailey Rae's music genre is soul jazz and is one of the artists Loose-knit funk aspire to and was also recommended for me to look into. Her earlier album covers used hand rendered type which gave me the impression that her music is quite chilled and relaxed, reminded me of acoustic album covers or in general a raw feel, real music. they use the combination of photography and illustration mixed together using earthy warm colours keeping it calm and 'free' the stye of the cover relates to her music style well. whereas her more recent album covers use Avant Garde as the typeface creating a different vibe on her covers. it's more contemporary and dynamic whereas before it was soft following and calming whereas now it's more of a statement but with the use of the photography still manages to portray her music genre. This style is very different from the ideas Loose-Knit Funk have given me but I can see the retro style in the Avant Garde and maybe this is what drew them in. I would like to reference some retro type styles however I don't want the overall design to look retro more re-vamped like Corinne Bailey Rae has managed to create in her covers. The designer has edited the Avant Garde typeface by adding a slight slab serif style on the 'N'and overlapping the 'COR' to adjust it slightly.