Mark Ronson has revealed that during recent discussions with Amy Winehouse about a follow up to 'Back To Black', a Christmas album with songs aimed at the Jewish community was considered. Ronson says that while Amy was possibly joking about releasing a musical tribute to her Jewish roots, he thinks it's a good idea.
Ronson told Rolling Stone magazine, "We're talking about making a holiday record, with Christmas songs on one side and Hanukkah songs on the other. She's got songs called, like, 'Kosher Kisses' and 'Alone Under The Mistletoe'. She was kind of fucking around, but I was like, 'You have all these amazing records to play for Christmas, like Motown and Carla Thomas and the Charlie Brown Christmas, and unfortunately, us Jews have nothing that cool to listen to. So we should do something'".
The producer added that, despite all of Winehouse's recent personal woes, the singer has been penning new songs for a third album, and that he hopes to join her in the studio later this year to put some of them down. Ronson: "She's writing songs, and we talked about getting a studio. I have to finish a few other things first, but I imagine we'll go into the studio this year".