Category Archives: Amy Winehouse

2018: A Year in Music

17 Monday Dec 2018

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She may have left the stage decades ago, but 2018 was a vintage year for die-hard fans of the mysterious Bobbie Gentry, with a rare vinyl release on Record Store Day followed in September by a career-spanning CD box-set, The Girl From Chickasaw County.  Continue reading →

2016: A Year In Non-Fiction

22 Thursday Dec 2016

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British journalist Gary Younge has a sharp eye for how political events impact on ordinary lives. While living in Chicago, he investigated the stories behind the blunt statistics of ten children and teenagers shot dead in a single day. Never intrusive, but quietly devastating, Another Day in the Death of America illuminates with rare power. Continue reading →

Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait

13 Friday Sep 2013

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The Jewish Museum is nestled in the heart of Camden Town. Born just a few tube stations away, Amy Winehouse moved to bohemian Camden when she was just 17, staying until her death in 2011. She was nicknamed the ‘Queen of Camden’, but her family origins in North London’s Jewish community are less celebrated. Continue reading →

Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle

03 Friday Aug 2012

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“Amy Winehouse arrived on a wild, stormy night – ready to sing, and ready to talk.”

A year after Amy Winehouse’s tragic death, a new documentary has been screened as part of the BBC’s prestigious Arena series. Continue reading →

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

28 Saturday Jan 2012

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Released in December 2011, four months after the death of Amy Winehouse, Lioness: Hidden Treasures – which takes its name from the singer’s independent record label – is not the third album that fans have longed for since the award-winning Back to Black (2006), but a collection of covers, demos and alternate versions spanning her meteoric career.  Continue reading →

Death of a Lioness

27 Wednesday Jul 2011

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Death of a Lioness: Amy Winehouse 1983 – 2011

In late 2003, I was thirty-one, and living in a council house in Derby with my husband and two sons, a three-year old and a six-month-old baby. One afternoon, in the kitchen, I heard a song called ‘Take the Box’ on the radio, and was instantly transported to the streets of my not-so-distant past.

“Your neighbours were screaming
I don’t have a key for downstairs
So I punched all the buzzers
Hoping you wouldn’t be there…”

The soaring voice of Amy Winehouse, set to a jazz background, set me wondering. I’d loved torch singers ever since I discovered Billie Holiday in my teens. Continue reading →