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  Amy Winehouse's $4.6 Million Won't Go to Blake Incarcerated

  March 28, 2012 – Probate documents that went public today indicate Amy Winehouse had a sizable amount of money in the bank at the time of her early death last summer. And her onetime beloved Blake Incarcerated — a.k.a. …
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  Amy Winehouse Coroner Resigned in November, Fate of Singer's Case Unclear

  February 1, 2012 – In October, two months following Amy Winehouse's death, the coroner presiding over the singer's inquest and autopsy told the world that the substance-plagued singer had died of "misadventure," which was brought on by overconsumption of alcohol. Now, however, it has just come to light that that coroner — assistant deputy coroner Suzanne Greenaway — resigned her post a mere month after making that call, way back in November,  …
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  Amy Winehouse Fashion Line Not as Well-Reviewed as 'Back to Black'

  January 26, 2012 – Amy Winehouse, or at least a fashion collection inspired by the late British singer, has hit the runway in Paris. Jean Paul Gaultier's haute-couture show in Paris yesterday involved heavy eye makeup, towering beehives, and cigarette-smoking models. A live barbershop quartet even apparently sang "Rehab." And guess what? …
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  Patti Smith Pays Tribute to Amy Winehouse on Next Album

  January 4, 2012 – Punk rock's poet laureate is honoring the memory of retro-soul's self-destructive queen. Patti Smith has written a song about Amy Winehouse, to appear on Smith's next album, Uncut reports. Smith is quoted as saying she built the song around a poem she composed about the London-based singer after her death last summer at age 27. "The little song for Amy just blossomed in the studio," Smith told Uncut. …
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  See Nas Recount the First Time He Met Amy Winehouse

  December 9, 2011 – Amy Winehouse became a vividly familiar character through her music and, unfortunately, the tabloid circus that accompanied her offstage exploits. By the time of her death this summer at age 27, the British soulster wasn't just a singer but a star, with all the ridiculous baggage that entails in the TMZ age. …
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  Watch Amy Winehouse's 2006 Performance in a Rural Irish Church

  December 8, 2011 – In December 2006, Amy Winehouse's breakthrough album Black in Black was two months old. The retro-soul singer, who died tragically this summer due to what officials have ruled as excessive alcohol consumption, was only 23. …
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  Amy Winehouse, 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures' (Island)

  December 6, 2011 – Sorrow for Amy Winehouse was a boon long before it became a burden. Like her foremothers — Billie Holiday, Etta James, Ronnie Spector — the notoriously stage-shy singer could conceal searing tragedy beneath a cocksure veneer, letting her voice crack at crucial moments, but never enough to undermine her ferocity. …
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  Enjoy Amy Winehouse's 'Our Day Will Come' Video, Because Nobody's Touching Her Vaults

  November 18, 2011 – The video for Amy Winehouse's "Our Day Will Come" — one of the covers that will appear on her posthumous December disc Lioness — arrived today. …
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  Amy Winehouse Wanted to Form Jazz-Pop 'Supergroup' With ?uestlove

  November 17, 2011 – Barring some "Unforgettable"-style fun with overdubs, music listeners can add something new to the list of opportunities lost due to Amy Winehouse's tragic death this summer: a "supergroup" featuring the Roots' ?uestlove and saxophone player Soweto Kich. Winehouse had been planning to record a jazz album with the potential group, producer Salaam Remi has disclosed, according to BBC News. …
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  WeekSauce: SPIN's Friday Night Highlights

  November 4, 2011 – • This week we found out the first posthumous Amy Winehouse album will be released on December 6. Perhaps more importantly, we learned the cover of said Amy Winehouse album was photographed by Bryan Adams. Yes, this guy! • We made you laugh (and cry, and then laugh again) at our countdown of the 40 Greatest Comedy Albums of All Time. …
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