Musicians around the world are mourning the loss of Amy Winehouse. Since news of the 27-year-old singer’s death broke earlier today, many of her peers, collaborators and celebrity fans have publicly expressed their grief and offered words of condolences to her friends and family.
Tony Bennett, with whom Winehouse recorded a duet of the pop standard “Body and Soul” back in March, told Us Weeklythat she was “an extraordinary musician with a rare intuition as a vocalist and I am truly devastated that her exceptional talent has come to such an early end. She was a lovely and intelligent person and when we recorded together she gave a soulful and extraordinary performance.”
Mark Ronson, who produced several songs on Winehouse’s album Back in Black and shared a Record of the Year Grammy with her in 2008, tweeted that ”she was my musical soulmate & like a sister to me. this is one of the saddest days of my life.”
Lady Gaga wrote on Twitter: ”Amy changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.”
Adele saluted Winehouse on her blog, writing that “Amy paved the way for artists like me and made people excited about British music again whilst being fearlessly hilarious and blase about the whole thing. I don’t think she ever realized just how brilliant she was and how important she is, but that just makes her even more charming.”
