The film showed Amy performing live from London at the Grammys in , having been unable to travel due to her visa approval not coming through in time. At the awards, Amy received five Grammys, the last being the coveted record of the year for Rehab. Her stunned, frozen expression upon hearing her name, while surrounded by her team celebrating, is still a gut punch to this day. There are some Brit Awards performances that will go down in history, and this is one of them.
But the stage really came alive when Amy came on to sing Valerie, proving she had a live voice like no other. FB house promo. Besides her signature look that iconic beehive hairdo, the ever-present winged eyeliner, that vintage-meets-rock wardrobe , she was a one-of-a-kind act on the stage, from full-blown doo-wop renditions of her vintage-inspired tunes to emotional stripped-down acoustic sessions.
Though tragically taken from us too soon five years ago, the music icon's legacy lives on in her songs. Below, relive the best times she brought her songs to life behind the mic and on the stage. The singer made a grand award-show venue seem like an intimate living room when she sang "Love Is a Losing Game" with nothing but an acoustic guitar. Winehouse made her U. Like her "Losing Game" performance, Winehouse's acoustic rendition of her renowned heartbreak anthem turned it into a completely new, but equally mesmerizing song.
The star's untimely passing shook the music community she left behind, her distinctive and extraordinary vocal abilities elevating her to a legendary status from which she will never be forgotten. In order to celebrate such an undeniable talent, we look back on Amy's recording catalogue, which we still marvel at, love and cherish today at Rough Trade.
At just 19 Amy signed her first record deal with Island and released her debut album Frank in Drawing on the mid-century influences which her father Mitch exposed to her at an early age, Amy's voice sounded as if it should be in the smoky back rooms of American Jazz clubs amongst the likes of Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughn to Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday - artists she came across though her father's record collection.
On a quiet street in Shoreditch, a lit up sign marks the stairs down to the subterranean bar. The focal point is the long table that runs across one side of the room. It is glass topped, so you can sip your whisky over whisky. It is pretty neat. We sat at a table near the back. The staff at Black Rock are very friendly and knowledgable. It is clear they love what they do and are passionate about their whiskies.
Our bartender explained that in lieu of a bar, they encourage patrons to get up and look through the three bookshelves along the wall, where all their whiskies are housed. Andrew chose a Scottish whisky, Cragganmore, located near his American favorite, Four Roses, from the first bookshelf.
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