Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse - Body and Soul

Music video by Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse performing Body And Soul. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

As promised, on what would have been her 28th birthday, Amy Winehouse's duet with Tony Bennett (off his upcoming Duets II) debuted on BBC Radio 2 this morning. The song, a cover of the jazz standard "Body and Soul," was recorded in March, and the accompanying music video uses footage from that session — it's mostly shots of Amy glancing shyly at Bennett while he reads from the lyric sheet, but in general, Amy seems present and focused on her performance.
(Certainly, her Duets II session went better than Gaga's.) The singing backs this up; "Body and Soul" isn't as energetic or emotional a song as we came to expect from Winehouse, but it does make room for Amy to show off her still-undeniable vocal chops. That "Body and Soul" was her last opportunity to do so is part of a larger tragedy, but it's at least heartening to see her back in form, as Winehouse the Musician rather than Winehouse the Tabloid Star. Her talent deserves as much. http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/amy_winehouse_body_and_soul.html

Amy Winehouse - Tenderly (Live on Jools Holland)

Amy Winehouse sings a short pickup version of the classic Sarah Vaughan song Tenderly live on Jools Holland

Posthumous album from Winehouse will have a reggae feel

By Paul Bignell

A posthumous album by Amy Winehouse is likely to move away from the jazz influence of her two albums and be reggae inspired. Music industry insiders have also hinted it may prove her most autobiographical work.

The singer, who died aged 27 last Saturday, could have as many as seven singles in the top 40 this weekend. Meanwhile, details have been emerging about scores of new tracks she had recorded that are likely to become an as-yet-untitled third album.

Her record company remained tight-lipped over the album's contents but, according to her biographer, many of the new songs have a reggae feel, inspired by the time she spent in St Lucia last year.

"In what we can tell from the third album, I think she had been quite influenced by reggae," said Chas Newkey-Burden, who wrote Amy Winehouse: The Biography in 2009. Speaking from his home near Windsor, Mr Newkey-Burden added: "I think Amy would have been quite keen for a slightly indulgent third album. It might have been her way of showing the world what she was really like."

Recording sessions on the album were fraught and Winehouse was said to be unsatisfied with the work. But it is unlikely her record company will try to prevent the songs from seeing the light of day.

"Personally, I think her third album shouldn't be released," said Mr Newkey-Burden. "Obviously, it's up to her family, but, as a fan and her biographer, I would be against it being released because it would muddle the legacy. The only way it would be fair would be to release it as a 'sessions'-type album. But I suspect they will try to whip it into an actual album."

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/posthumous-album-from-winehouse-will-have-a-reggae-feel-2329288.html

Winehouse among music talents gone too soon

 In this Feb. 16, 2007 file photo, British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs after being interviewed by The Associated Press at a studio in north London. Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Amy Winehouse released only two albums in her life, one of which sold more than a million copies, won five Grammys and sparked a retro soul movement that hasn't yet stopped.

The small output, in inverse relation to her outsized talent, made her death Saturday in London all the more tragic. Fans will only be able to imagine the unrecorded singles, the never-to-be concerts and the comeback album that didn't come.

It's a sadly familiar script in pop music, the history of which is checkered with greats and would-be greats snuffed out too early in life.

Almost as soon as news of Winehouse's death broke and spread across social media, fans were inducting her into the unfortunate pantheon of music talents gone too soon. Many noted that Winehouse, 27, shared the same age at death as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobainand Jim Morrison.

The British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, though, realized that a meaningful commonality was being mistaken for coincidence.

"It's not age that Hendrix, Jones, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain & Amy have in common," wrote Bragg on Twitter. "It's drug abuse, sadly."

Those names were touted on the Web as the 27 Club, a ghoulish glamourizing of rock star death that makes it sound as though even in death VIPs remain behind a seductive velvet rope.

It's a term, sometimes called the Forever 27 Club, that has spawned a Wikipedia entry, an independent 2008 movie ("The 27 Club"), numerous websites and at least one book ("The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll").

The causes of death vary. Jones, the Rolling Stones guitarist, was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool in 1969 and was ruled dead "by misadventure." Hendrix, having mixed sleeping pills and wine, died in 1970 in a London hotel room. Joplin, also in 1970, died in her Porsche in Los Angeles, with heroin suspected as the culprit. Morrison died of heart failure in 1971 in the bathtub of his Paris apartment. Cobain killed himself in 1994.

Amy's interpretation of what I most like to hear (Claudio)

Some have claimed Cobain was aware of the so-called 27 Club. After his death, his mother, Wendy O'Connor, was understandably fed up with the concept, saying: "I told him not to join that stupid club."

The cause of Winehouse's death is not yet known. She long struggled with drug and alcohol abuse. Last month, she canceled her European comeback tour after she swayed and slurred her way through barely recognizable songs in her first show in the Serbian capital, Belgrade. She flew home, and her management said she would take time off to recover.

What's particular about Winehouse's style of rock 'n' roll excess is that it was chronicled thoroughly by the tabloids and news media and was eagerly consumed by readers.

High-quality photographs captured her poor health, the scabs on her face and marks on her arms. Videos of her landed on the Internet, like one that showed her and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty playing with newborn mice. Another showed her singing a racist ditty to the tune of a children's song. One, published by a tabloid newspaper, appeared to show her smoking crack cocaine.

Her run-ins with the law — she was cautioned by the police in 2008 for assault and in 2010 pleaded guilty to assaulting a theater manager who asked her to leave a family Christmas show because she'd had too much to drink — found headlines. So did her romances, such as her brief marriage in 2007 to music industry hanger-on Blake Fielder-Civil.

Read more on: http://news.yahoo.com/winehouse-among-music-talents-gone-too-soon-090620473.html

Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own

Amy Winehouse - Teach Me Tonight (Live At Jools Holland 2005)

Shock! Winehouse back to her best

Infamous hellraiser Amy Winehouse has sensationally ... enjoyed a quiet meal, looking healthy and well-turned-out.
Just a day after being snapped looking shabby and sickly, amid suggestions of a return to drug use, the singer looked the picture of sobriety last night.
She enjoyed a meal at a branch of Italian restaurant Prezzo in Cockfosters, close to her home in the North London suburb of Barnet.

After giving one of her fellow diners a hearty hug, she left for home at the surprisingly-early time of 10.30pm.
Amy, 25, only recently returned from an eight-month stay on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.

http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?Shock!_Winehouse_back_to_her_best&in_article_id=724432&in_page_id=7

Winehouse to reconcile with Fielder-Civil?

Amy Winehouse has begged her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil to take her back following their divorce last month.
The pair, who wed in Miami, Florida in 2007 after a whirlwind romance, separated earlier this year with Fielder-Civil citing adultery as the reason for the split. Winehouse later admitted the infidelity in court papers. Just days after the divorce was finalized Fielder-Civil sold intimate details about their marriage to a British tabloid.
But the Back To Black hitmaker is willing to forgive his betrayal, reportedly begging Fielder-Civil for a reconciliation.

Fielder-Civil is keen to make a fresh start with his ex-wife, who recently spent eight months in the Caribbean to battle her drinking and drug habits - and the pair has even arranged a secret dinner date for when he leaves his rehabilitation treatment later this year.
He tells Britain's News Of The World, "We've been talking for the first time in months. I love her as much as ever. I know she still loves me, even though we're getting divorced. Maybe this time we can do everything properly and not mess it up.
"She is looking beautiful and healthy now and it reminds me of the old Amy. She has been wearing my engagement ring and it meant an awful lot."

Fielder-Civil is spending time in rehab to treat his own substance abuse problems after allegedly breaching his parole terms by failing a court-ordered drug test.
He was sentenced to a 27-month stint in jail last July after he was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and perverting the course of justice, in relation to a 2007 assault on a pub landlord. He was released in February.
http://www.cbs42.com/entertainment/story/Winehouse-to-reconcile-with-Fielder-Civil/3LgKqtTCTU6ga6uQLxSLxg.cspx

Winehouse turns to 13-year-old for help

British singer Amy Winehouse relies on the advice of her 13-year-old goddaughter to help her through her problems.
The troubled Rehab hitmaker has struggled with a divorce and a well-publicized battle with alcohol and drug addiction in recent years.
But the only person the 25-year-old feels she can trust is her teenage goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, who she classes as her best friend and has signed to her new record company.

The star says, "All the time I'll come to her and say, 'Dionne, I don't know what to do about this.' She'll say something that makes complete sense. Me and Dionne are best friends. We're not just godmother and daughter, we're best friends. All I do with Dionne is play guitar with her and sing with her. And kiss her and cuddle her."

And Winehouse admits that she and Dionne have so much fun together, they find it difficult to do any work: "I went into business about seven years ago when I first signed my publishing deal. But I'm not good with that side of things, I'm good at the creativeness. The record company director is me. But all me and Dionne do is creative (activities), we're not good at dealing with business. That's not us. That's bulls***."
http://www.cwarkansas.com/entertainment/story/Winehouse-turns-to-13-year-old-for-help/9RvoF8G3wU-M8_gXUfZinA.cspx

Amy Winehouse Acquitted of Assault....

Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: July 24, 2009
Doubly good news for the singer Amy Winehouse: The Associated Press reported that on Friday in a London court she was acquitted of charges that she assaulted a fan who wanted to be in a photograph with her. Sherene Flash, a dancer, has said that Ms. Winehouse hit her in the eye at a charity ball in Berkeley Square on Sept. 26 when she asked to take a picture of Ms. Winehouse. But Timothy Workman, a district judge, ruled in favor of Ms. Winehouse, who testified Thursday that she had been startled when Ms. Flash stood next to her to pose for a picture that was being taken by a friend. Reuters also reported that Ms. Winehouse is among the artists whose music appears on the iPod of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. His playlist also includes the Beatles, U2, Bach and Beethoven.

WINEHOUSE Admitted to Hospital

Troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE has been admitted to hospital after collapsing in the Caribbean.
The Back to Black hitmaker was taken to a medical facility on the island of St. Lucia on Friday (13Feb09) night after suddenly falling ill.
A representative for the star claims she collapsed after running out of medication she had been using in her ongoing battle against drugs.
Winehouse has been enjoying a sunshine break in the resort since December (08) following numerous health problems throughout 2008, which included a stint in rehab and several prolonged stays in hospital.
She flew out to the island in December (08) following a stint in a London medical facility after reportedly suffering an adverse reaction to prescription medication.
Winehouse's spokesperson confirmed she is recovering well and is expected to be released from hospital shortly.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/winehouse%20admitted%20to%20hospital_1094976

Winehouse's London home robbed....

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Burglars broke into the home of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse while she was on holiday in the Caribbean, police said.
According to Winehouse's spokesman, guitars and recording equipment were stolen from the address in Camden, north London.

He said Winehouse was "disappointed" by the loss but "relieved" that she had taken her favourite guitar with her on holiday in St Lucia.
Police called to the address following reports of two men forcing their way into the property in the early hours of Thursday (local time) found the front door had been kicked in and property taken.
A spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police said that "a number" of the stolen items had been recovered.

"The premises were secured and are now being forensically examined. The property was unoccupied," he said.
The home of the 25-year-old Back To Black singer is often surrounded by photographers hoping for pictures of her wild lifestyle.
Winehouse has allegedly struggled with a drug habit, but is said to be trying to clean up her act.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/02/2479609.htm?section=entertainment

Amy Winehouse's Husband to Divorce Her Over Adultery

By Simon Perry
The jailed husband of singer Amy Winehouse has started divorce proceedings against her, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Blake Fielder-Civil has instructed a lawyer to file papers. "I can confirm that I have been instructed to commence divorce proceedings on the grounds of Amy's adultery," Henri Brandman told PEOPLE, confirming a statement he made to a Sunday tabloid in the U.K.
And Fielder-Civil's mother Georgette adds that it was she who contacted Brandman on her son's behalf last week. She says, "I am just so relieved it's going to be all over."
The couple have been through many ups and downs and it is the second time in six weeks that Fielder-Civil or those close to him have spoken about a split.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20251691,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

Amy Winehouse....

Upcoming actor Josh Bowman has denied reports that he's romancing Amy Winehouse, despite the pair being photographed canoodling together on a beach in St Lucia yesterday (January 6). Bowman, whose family had allegedly been concerned about the reports, told a close friend that Winehouse was "sweet - but just not my kind of girl" (The Sun).
http://www.nme.com/news/daily-gossip/41917

Amy Winehouse - Love is a Losing Game

This is Amy Winehouse.
An AMAZING performance of 'love is a losing game', in October 2006.
To the times sensual, sensible, much talent, gorgeous voice to interpret intimistas songs