27 Club I

Have you ever heard about the 27 Club? If not, the 27 Club is formed by some of the most influent musicians of history that died at the age of 27. There was a first list including Robert Johnson (regarded as the first member of the Club), Brian Jones  (guitarrist of the Rolling Stones), Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain. Then a second list was formed with other people that died at the same age as Alan Wilson (Canned Heat), Mia Zapata (The Gits, who I have already talked about).

So, I wanna start with the last member of this group, Amy Winehouse (who I like soooo much).

Amy Jade Winehouse was born on the 14th of September in 1983 in London,  in a jew family who liked jazz. His first contact with music was with his father, who sang songs by Fran Sinatra all day long and so she did. She attended a few schools of theatre, when she was 13 she was given her first guitar and started to write music. A little while then, she began to work performing in some pubs of Camden Town. A friend of her, Tyler James give a demo of her to a producer and signed a contract with the discography Island/Universal with only 16 years old.

In 2003 she released her first album, Frank. She was nominated to the Mercury Music Prize and the BRIT Awards.
But she reached the top when released Back to black, in 2006. The critics she received were totally favorable and won dozens of awards, including BRIT Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and 5 Grammys.

But her career was seriously damaged when she started doing drugs.She was said to take cocaine, heroine, alcohol, cannabis...The media strongly focused on her and her addictions. She did gigs drunk, was seen smoking crack and she was hospitalized several times. She finally died on the 23 of July in 2011. She was found in her apartment in Camden, London. The reason why she died is unknown, but it's said because of the abstinence syndrome. 

Amy sang a mix of genres like jazz, soul, R&B or Ska. Her unique voice was often confused with the afroamerican style. It's a huge loss for the musical world. She was the sould diva of the moment. 

R.I.P Amy Winehouse

God bless music.

The savior

Let's change a little bit the music style and the age. This girl is only 23 and is known all around the world. She was born the 5th of May of 1988 and her name is Adele.

She first get interested in music when she sang a song in a school perfirmance. Then, in 2006 entered the same arts school as Amy Winehouse, Katie Melua or Kate Nash and one month later she wrote two songs and publish them in the arts school's web page and then went on tour with other musicians. In 2007 she released her first single Hometown Glory. She get so much fame in My Space, that the media focused on her, and she was contracted by an independent label, XL Racordings. With this label, she released the second single, Chasing Pavements. Her song started to sound in the radio and she won two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Feminine Pop Performance.

In total she has sold 6 million CDs.

I titled this message "The Savior" because I think that nowadays the new artists that appear are all the same and sing the same music. And they even not write their songs. It's a shame! But she has changed this streak of bad singers, she is a REAL singer has is a new soul icon. She can still save the music, so we must trust her.

Dedicated to my friend Laura:)


God bless music.