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May 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Amy Winehouse: Live At The BBC [3CD]
Amy Winehouse Live At The BBC [3CD] Republic It’s been ten years since Amy Winehouse’s addiction won – and we lost. We lost a great and very finite talent. The two studio albums completed in Winehouse’s lifetime were perfectly imperfect. She was jazz and she was hip-hop and she wasn’t quite either but was so […]Archive
August 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Charles Moriarty: Back To Amy
Back To Amy Charles Moriarty Cassell The death of Amy Winehouse made me feel very odd – I couldn’t process my feelings about it; I’ve realised now – in many ways that’s because I said a goodbye to her around the time of her “Rehab”-fame. The second album, Back To Black, is largely superb. And I can acknowledge that now. But even with that acknowledgment […]Archive
August 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Shannon Shaw: Shannon in Nashville
Shannon Shaw Shannon in Nashville Nonesuch The obvious aim here is to reference Dusty in Memphis and though this can’t quite hold a candle – its got lighter-in-the-air attitude and if just some of the fans of that sublime Dusty Springfield gave Shannon Shaw a chance it might be a better world. Shannon in Nashville has […]Archive
March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 744
Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (2006) I was never as sold on this album as Frank – because I’d discovered Frank first, on my own, felt like I’d found it, this album was the one that was given to everyone – and no, that doesn’t matter, not really. But it did to me at the […]Archive
January 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 757
Amy Winehouse, Frank (2003) I was such a huge Amy Winehouse fan when I first heard this album – I got it early, review copy, I felt like one of the first to hear it and it felt like brand new music – built from the parts of some old songs and singing styles and […]Archive
December 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman