Corinne bailey rae husband funeral

Singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae has spoken about her first husband's death and the "one dumb decision" that led to it.

The "Put Your Records On" hitmaker's spouse Jason Rae died of an accidental methadone overdose in 2008, when she was 29 years old.

The performer, 45, has now addressed what happened in a new interview with The Independent, branding it both "annoying" and "frustrating."

Bailey Rae has since remarried, tying the knot to keyboardist Steve Brown in 2013.

The couple have since welcomed two daughters.

But 31-year-old jazz musician Rae's death 16 years ago came shortly after her 2006 self-titled debut album shot to success, remaining in the Billboard 200 for over a year.

Bailey Rae, whose late spouse played saxophone in her band, said of how he died: "It is really annoying that it wasn't a different story.

"There were so many of our friends who had done crazier things or taken more risks."

She continued: "It was frustrating to compare his relatively low-r