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August 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Amy Winehouse in The 27 Club: Ten Years On

Ten years ago, Amy Winehouse lost her fight. Addiction won. She joined The 27 Club. If she was shown more love, taken better care of, if the pressures weren’t the same, you could even say if she was stronger – that might, after all, be someone’s read on it – she could still be with […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]