A comeback for Anita Baker

After 10 years in musical seclusion due to family turmoil, Anita Baker is returning to the spotlight.

The Grammy-winning R&B; songstress has signed a deal with Blue Note Records to produce at least two albums and expects to release her first project before the end of the year.

With a deep, sensuous voice, Baker became one of R&B;’s premier artists in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s with hits like “Sweet Love” and “Rapture.” But she dropped off the music scene after releasing the album “Rhythm of Love” in 1994. At the time, Baker, who is married, had two young sons (now 10 and 11 years old), a mother suffering from Alzheimer’s and a father dying of bone cancer.

From Associated Press