Archive for March, 2007

MUSIC: English singer seamlessly fuses wildly divergent genres, Call her a soul revivalist, but Amy Winehouse also dabbles in gospel, hip-hop and jazz.

Slender actresses nibbling on red meat are a tired trope of celebrity profiles, but an artist’s gustatory cravings rarely reveal anything about her character. But what Amy Winehouse ordered before a recent sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York did inadvertently make a point.Looking for a quiet place to conduct an interview, she’d […]

Amy Winehouse blends retro, risque

LONDON - Everything about Amy Winehouse seems larger than life. First off, there’s the diminutive singer’s look - a black beehive of hair, mascara-drenched eyes, old-style sailor tattoos. It’s part Dusty Springfield, part Morticia Addams.Then, there’s the 23-year-old’s extraordinary voice, like Billie Holiday channeling the Shangri-Las.The combination helped push Winehouse’s second album, the soaring, Phil…Press: […]

Check out the pipes on Winehouse

I’m going to need a 12-step program if my obsession with the new Amy Winehouse CD continues. I picked up “Back to Black” after previewing some of the songs on iTunes. The Internet has been abuzz with Winehouse news, about her booming, old-school voice and feisty attitude, for months, and I admit, I was drawn […]

IMPULSE! Winehouse pours a fine ’60s vintage

British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse brings more of her soul-injected, jazzy goodness to her second album, “Back to Black.” Last month, the vixenish songstress won a Brit award for best British female solo artist. We asked the Review Crew to give the album a listen. AMY WINEHOUSE “Back to Black”Genre: Soul/Jazz/R&B Web: amywinehouse.co.uk SPOTLIGHT Each day […]

Amy Winehouse: soon a powerhouse

COLUMN: RECORDINGS Amy Winehouse “Back to Black” (Universal Republic) * * * Evoking the seasoned, sultry voice and wisdom of a ’60s soul singer while being very much in the here and now, Amy Winehouse has the potential of becoming a powerhouse any day now.If we are to believe that Winehouse’s lyrics are autobiographical (which […]

’60s soul in a new package music$@REVIEW

With the arrival of Amy Winehouse, America now has its choice of two saucy British female singers who get their kicks updating classic 1960s pop styles. Unlike fellow breakthrough Lily Allen, who sneaks biting lyrics into smiley ska tunes, Winehouse goes for the grit of vintage soul and R&B.Sporting fully tattooed arms, beehive hair and […]

Amy Winehouse Makes U.S. Chart History Amy Winehouse is breaking all charts. (PHOTO: Business Wire)

Universal Republic Newcomer’s New Album ‘Back in Black’ Highest Debuting UK Female Artist in History of U.S. Album Chart Tracey Miller & Associates, Inc. Tracey Miller, 609-383-2323, ext.11 tracey@tmapublicity.com or Universal Republic Serena Gallagher, 212-841-8201 Senior Vice President Serena.gallagher@umusic.com Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black has been wholeheartedly embraced by U.S. music fans, entering The Billboard […]

Edgy stuff, dab of R&B, from gritty Brit

* R&B AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black Universal Republic ***½ Britain’s first music invasion gave us a number of men clearly influenced by R&B (most notably The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Beatles — play Twist and Shout again). Now it’s a wave of women bringing various forms of R&B from overseas: Joss Stone, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Edgy stuff, dab of R&B, from gritty Brit

** R&B AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black Universal Republic ½ Britain’s first music invasion gave us a number of men clearly influenced by R&B (most notably The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Beatles — play Twist and Shout again). Now it’s a wave of women bringing various forms of R&B from overseas: Joss Stone, […]

AMY WINEHOUSE, r&b Amy Winehouse BACK TO BLACK

Along with her broken heart, Amy Winehouse wears her self-infl icted scrapes and bruises on her sleeve. They would be a badge of hard-learned honor, if they didn’t hurt her so much. The tough-skinned torch songs this young R&B talent wrings from her own brassy misbehavior are unlike anything out there right now, and should […]