[garinda]

Amy Winehouse didn't really enter my musical radar when she first achieved success a couple of years ago. Pleasant enough voice. Your typical North London Jewish Princess, who'd been to stage school. A bit mouthy when she slagged off Madonna, but certainly not very unique.

Cut to a few years later. A battle with drink and drugs, and a major restyle, and she's back. Wow.

A three foot high beehive hair do, complete with flowers, little dolls and birds, a major weight loss, and tattooed arms and breasts. Dusty Springfield meets punk Barbie.

As for her bluesy voice, it's amazing. She sounds like she's singing through a broken Bourbon bottle that's been used to give her a tracheotomy.

I think in a world of formular based music, she's a real talent and I love her.