Corinna Jane is an England-based Franco-British singer-songwriter, born in Minden in 1990 and raised partly in Northamptonshire, England. She speaks English, French and German and works in acoustic, indie and pop settings.

Early life and musical training

Corinna Jane begins playing tunes by ear on the piano as a child and starts piano lessons at the age of five. She composes her first piece, Rainy Afternoon, at six. After moving to the UK at eight, she continues developing her music and starts learning guitar in her early teens. She grows up with a strong interest in music, shaped in part by 1990s MTV.

Early recognition and performances

In 2005, her song Resistance is voted hot track of the week on Pulse Rated, a UK digital radio station for unsigned music, and the track gains 20,000 plays on Myspace. In 2007 she travels to New York to record three songs with songwriter Teddy Christman and Grammy Award-winning producer Fred Guarino. While there, she also performs at a party held at one of Long Island’s large estates used for commercial and television filming.

She studies French and German at the University of Bristol and wins a local singer-songwriter competition called The Axe Factor, chosen from 100 entrants. That result leads to a deal with the independent label Viper Music, which she later leaves. She also tours North-Rhine Westphalia with singer-songwriter Benjamin Sazewa, attracting local press attention.

Recordings and broadcasts

In 2010 she records her EP at Rooksmere Studios in Northamptonshire, including Shouting At The Ghost. The song is playlisted by Amazing Radio and broadcast on BBC Introducing Bristol and Northampton. That summer she also performs at The Bitter End in New York, a venue on Bleeker Street associated with many major artists before they become famous.

Work in Berlin and Paris

During her year abroad in 2011, she spends time in Berlin and Paris while interning at Berlin’s 104.6 RTL and a Parisian TV production company. In Berlin, she is invited onto RBB Radio Eins for a peak-time show, where she is interviewed in German and performs the acoustic song Overcast Day. In Paris, she makes a music video for Shouting At The Ghost with Thibault Ciesielski and Yann Guyot, working with no budget.

Later collaborations

After returning to the UK, Corinna Jane works with producers Jono Buchanan of West 4 Music, Stuart Anning of Mission Limited Publishing, and Becky Jerams of Northstar Publishing and DWB Songs. She also continues recording demos of new songs in her home studio.