Re: Amy Winehouse... now qualifies as a jazz singer-film at 11!

On Jul 15, 5:06=A0am, Musio <Mu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> iceorchard wrote:
>
> >> By Cindy Martin
>
> >> LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British jazz singer Amy Winehouse took part
> >> in a "DJ battle" late on Thursday at a pub near her home in north
> >> London, and while appreciated by fans in the crowd, the consensus was
> >> that she lost.
>
> >> The 24-year-old, whose struggle against drug addiction and troubled
> >> personal life have made countless headlines in recent months,
appeared
> >> at the Camden Monarch where she was expected to take on DJ Bioux.
>
> >> Mark Eisenman
> >> Toronto
>
> > Cindy because she's a drug addict she's a jazz singer is that you're
> > reasoning? T
>
> its because she has a amazing voice and can sing (most days, not always
s=
tanding by night...) pretty much anything and
> can sing it extreamly well. =A0I've been fortunate to hear her singing
st=
andards (ok... not recently...) in a small venue
> and to be honest, she is a talent right up there with the recordings
I've=
 heard of Ella and Billie. =A0The kind of voice
> which when in full swing, can stick the hairs up on the back of your
neck=
 and put water in your eyes.
>
> Whats happening lately is indeed sad - but there have been others before
=
who have had just as many wasted years as
> winehouse - and managed to survive to live and sing.

I agree with the general sentiment, but must blanch at its
overstatement re: Ella and Billie. She's the first pop artist in about
a decade I have heard and inquired about to the experts (my kids). But
she's unraveling quicker than a $2 scarf.

Bob