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Watch one of Amy Winehouse’s last performances and interview

September 7th, 2011

Shortly before her untimely death, Amy Winehouse teamed up with the legendary Tony Bennett to perform Body and Soul for Bennett’s Duets II album. At last week’s MTV VMAs Bennett spoke fondly about his time with Amy before introducing Bruno Mars, who performed a tribute to Winehouse. In this clip we see a healthy looking [...]

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Florence’s second album, Lady Gaga on The Simpsons, Amy Winehouse not dead from drugs

August 23rd, 2011

Finally, Florence and the Machine have announced a follow-up to 2009′s Lungs. The untitled album will be out in November and was produced by Paul Epworth, who worked with Flo on her debut. About the new album, she told Pitchfork, “With this record, it’s like taking everything from the first album that seemed quite separate [...]

Tags: amy winehouse, Florence and the Machine, Gym Class Heroes, lady gaga, The Simpsons
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The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: Green Day pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

August 16th, 2011

On September 10 fans of music and sports will unite for the ultimate in rock and roll basketball. Win Butler, Dallas Green and NBA players Matt Bonner and Spencer Hawes and former NBA players Brent Barry and Paul Shirley will play a game of basketball at the University of Toronto as part of Rock the [...]

Tags: amy winehouse, dallas green, green day, Jeff Buckley, News, Ryan Adam, The Wedge, Win Butler
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, News, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Portishead Might Play Audience To Sleep

July 25th, 2011

Portishead won’t play certain songs off of ‘Third’ because they don’t want to put the audience to sleep. Geoff Barrow isn’t a big fan of performing live to begin with but he specifically says, “some tracks from ‘Third’ just don’t translate; so far, we haven’t played ‘Deep Water’ because that’s kind of a weird tune.” [...]

Tags: amy winehouse, feist, olly murs, Portishead
Posted in News, The Wedge | Posted by Emily

Amy Winehouse “Lived The Blues”

July 25th, 2011

Amy Winehouse’s first album ‘Frank’ was a success in the UK but ‘Back to Black’ is the album that garnered her North American success. ‘Back To Black’ (2006) was nominated for 6 Grammy Awards and won 5, which tied her for the record for most wins by a female artist with Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, [...]

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Posted in News, The Wedge | Posted by Emily

The Wedge A.M. News Round Up: The Weeknd’s Big Weekend

July 25th, 2011

If you weren’t at The Weeknd concert last night in Toronto, than watch clips of the concert at Complex. The Weeknd probably needed some practice at performing before hitting the Molson Amphitheatre stage next Sunday for Drake’s OVO Fest. You’ve probably heard of Amy Winehouse’s untimely death on the weekend. Everyone is still waiting to [...]

Tags: amy winehouse, m.i.a., The Weeknd, tribute
Posted in News, The Wedge | Posted by Emily

Amy Winehouse found dead at 27

July 23rd, 2011

It is with a heavy heart that I share the news today that Amy Winehouse, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, has been found dead in her London home at the age of 27. Police sources have confirmed to the BBC that while the cause of death is currently listed as ‘unexplained’, no foul play is thought [...]

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Amy Winehouse, Aloe Blacc and Adele team up for Truth and Soul

May 10th, 2011

From Rockstar, the makers behind Grand Theft Auto, comes the highly anticipated video game L.A. Noire, which is not only gaining hype for its exciting storyline of true crimes set in LA in the 1940s, but also for its stellar soundtracks. Where Grand Theft Auto made history as having a stacked soundtrack, L.A. Noire is [...]

Tags: adele, Aloe Blacc, amy winehouse, games, News
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, News | Posted by Allison

Battle of the “A”-List Brit Soul Sisters

November 19th, 2010

This morning, the New Music Videos team debated whether Amy Winehouse’s newly announced tour dates in Brazil can be considered the official kick-off to her “comeback.” I’m pretty sure they can. Especially since Winehouse will have some help from kick-ass artists Mayor Hawthorne and Janelle Monaé for the shows. Yes, I’m excited for Amy to [...]

Tags: adele, amy winehouse, Janelle Monáe, Mayor Hawthorne, playlist
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