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Amy Winehouse: Killing Me Softly

Paul Elliott, MOJO, January 2008

She is the finest female vocalist of her generation, but in 2007 Amy Winehouse became an easy mark for the tabloids, with tales of drugs, drink and marital strife dogging her every turn. Paul Elliott, who first encountered the singer in 2004, went to meet her in Birmingham on the first night of her UK tour to see how she intended fight back.

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