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Filed under: News , New Music Lewis Whyld, PA Photos Universal, the global company that owns Amy Winehouse 's label Island, has claimed the deceased star recorded the bases for a dozen tracks that could be released. Since her last album 'Back to Black' came out in 2006, Winehouse struggled with addiction to drink and drugs before her death, though she went into recording studios at various points over the past two and a [...]

Filed under: News , New Music AP Controversial singer M.I.A. has leaked an unfinished demo entitled '27,' in honor of singer Amy Winehouse , who died this past weekend , at 27. Over the minimal, doleful track, the Sri Lankan singer intones a melancholy rumination on "all my friends that died at 27," a nod to both her personal acquaintances and the infamous "27 Club," which includes Jimi Hendrix , [...]

British superstar Ellie Goulding kicked off her U.S. summer tour in Atlanta, GA this weekend that will take her across the country for the next few weeks. Dressed comfortably while getting ready for her show, Ellie and I sat down for a casual and candid chat in her dressing room moments before she took the stage. We talk extensively about her U.S. tour, playing her songs for American fans and the muscial direction for her forthcoming new music. While still in shock from the sad news, Goulding also shared her candid thoughts about the [...]

Justin Timberlake's newest movie Bad Teacher was released in theaters this past weekend, scoring an impressive $31 million at the box-office . The success of his newest cinematic venture is just another nail in the coffin that was his music career. He's made it clear that "music is not my focus right now" , but when, JT, when?! As desperate as we are for Timberlake to step back in the studio (and not just for another Lonely Island digital short ), he isn't the only artist at the top of their game who [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive MitchWinehouse.co.uk Like countless other musicians, Mitch Winehouse gave up his dream in favor of getting a steady job to support his family. He was a professional singer in the '70s, but left the circuit to work as a cab driver and raise his children. "I put it on the back burner," he tells Spinner. "When Amy started to perform she'd get me up on [...]

Funeral is the twenty-first episode of Season Two of Glee and forty-third episode overall. It will air May 17, 2011. New Directions continues to strategize their set list for Nationals with a little help from Jesse St. James (guest star Jonathan Groff ). Meanwhile, an unexpected loss rocks the world of one of McKinley’s own. Rachel will be doing ‘My Man,’ previously sung by her idol, Barbra Streisand, in the 1968 film ‘Funny Girl.’ The cast will also perform [...]

So, being "fabulous" basically co-opted my life and I was too busy modeling in Toronto and then Paris and then at a wedding (in the über-bitchin' city of Durham, NC) to uh, blog about or even listen to, any new music.  Also, I didn't have the Internet. (!!!)  LUCKILY, I was too wiped to socialize [Read Full Post...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive As one of the hottest producers around, Mark Ronson has a lot of musical contacts, including Lily Allen , Amy Winehouse and Duran Duran , who he's been working with recently. So, when Ronson and his stellar band, the Business Intl., paid a visit to Spinner's L.A. studios to record a performance for the Interface, he brought in a special guest for 'Somebody [...]

Well, it's new Amy Winehouse . No seriously, it really is. She sounds like she's got a mouth full of marbles even more so than ever. Either that or she stroked out.    Regardless, this makes us super excited for what very well may have opened the floodgates to that new album she's been hinting at for like 4 years. Mark Ronson produced this cover of Leslie Gore's It's My Party , which is taken from the upcoming Quincy tribute album, [...]

• Amy Winehouse (featuring Quincy Jones) - Its My Party (Leslie Gore Cover)

You may remember reports from late 2008 which stated that Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson had recorded a track for a Quincy Jones' tribute-album-type-thing. Well - god knows what took so long, but their version of Lesley Gore's 1963 hit ' It's My Party ' has finally appeared,  making this the first new material we've heard from Amy since 20062s 'Back To Black'. The song will appear on Quincy Jones' forthcoming album ' Q: Soul Bossa Nostra ', and though Amy sounds slightly pissed in places it's still pretty good: [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , New Music It's been a while since Amy Winehouse was in the headlines because of her music, but on Tuesday night, Oct. 5, the singer surprised patrons at her local pub in Camden, North London, by performing an unannounced six song set, reports the BBC. Winehouse's past antics at the Hawley Arms in Camden have been well documented, but it was for the right reasons that she left an impression on [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , A Day in the Life It's a little after noon when Mark Ronson pulls up to the brownstone home of ' Talk Stoop ' host Cat Greenleaf . As he steps out of the car, heads turn -- in the middle of this upscale Brooklyn neighborhood, a tall, bleach blonde-haired man sporting an ensemble straight out of a high fashion magazine naturally stands out. His presence is impossible to [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Holy Hell Amy Winehouse has had a fruitful collaborative relationship with producer and musician Mark Ronson over the last half-decade, but the pair appear to be on the outs. On Sept. 18, Winehouse took to her Twitter account to respond to an interview that Ronson gave to British late show host Jools Holland where he took credit for creating the songs on Winehouse's popular 'Back to Black' record out of her [...]

Filed under: News , New Music It's four years since anyone has heard any new material from Amy Winehouse , but the Grammy winner recently hit the studio with producer Mark Ronson to record a new track for 'Q: Soul Bossa Nostra,' a tribute album celebrating Quincy Jones . According to the Associated Press , Winehouse and Ronson worked on a cover of Lesley Gore 's 1963 hit song 'It's My Party,' which Jones [...]

Check out this fantastic cover of Amy Winehouse's song "Rehab" by The Jolly Boys, a Jamaican mento band formed in 1955 (talk about longevity!). It's a cool video they made for it too, the lead singer (Albert Minott) has got some pretty sweet moves. (Thanks Dancehall USA for the tip) Click a label for related posts.

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Canada Roots drummer, producer and musical director Amir " ?uestlove " Thompson is an inveterate multitasker. Tuesday night at the Toronto Jazz Festival media compound, he took a few minutes out from prepping for his band's sold-out show to chat, as he semi-apologetically checked his Blackberry. One could assume that he was going through his electronic Rolodex, lining up more and more collaborations. As the house band on ' Late Night With Jimmy [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Although most people at this point can put Jay-Z 's 'Empire State of Mind' onto their "overplayed songs" list, New Young Pony Club believe they've found a way to refresh the popular track. Known for remixing songs like Gossip 's 'Jealous Girls' and Amy Winehouse 's 'Tears Dry on Their Own,' frontwoman Tahita Bulmer thinks that it would be a lot of fun playing around with the song. "I [...]

Filed under: News , Holy Hell , New Music Muse frontman Matt Bellamy says he went off the deep end recently when he began believing the conspiracy theories he was researching for the band's forthcoming album 'The Resistance'. It seems that Bellamy thought that the world was about to end and -- of the belief that his homeland might run out of food within a fortnight -- went on a panic-stricken shopping spree where he loaded up on 50 cans of baked beans and even armed himself with [...]

Amy Winehouse's extended holiday in the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia has been reported to be a time of refocusing and productivity. Amy is said to have " written a big chunk of her new album and has told bosses she wants to go to Jamaica to record it. ” Producer Mark Ronson told the press that “She’s got time penciled in at a studio abroad soon.” Along with being booked for Coachella and looking healthier than she has in years, all signs point to [...]

• Amy Winehouse - Me And Mr Jones

Amy Winehouse's extended holiday in the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia has been reported to be a time of refocusing and productivity. Amy is said to have " written a big chunk of her new album and has told bosses she wants to go to Jamaica to record it. ” Producer Mark Ronson told the press that “She’s got time penciled in at a studio abroad soon.” Along with being booked for Coachella and looking healthier than she has in years, all signs point to [...]