Mark Ronson should clearly be talking about his previously reported covers album 'Version', out 16 Apr. But instead he's talking about Amy Winehouse, and how he thinks she can become a star in the US. The producer worked with Winehouse on her recent album 'Back To Black', of course, and now he's been speaking to Gigwise about the singer, who has recently been promoting the long player in the US and appearing on high profile chat shows.
Ronson says: "I think the thing is traditionally, 'black music' like hip hop and soul music, it's always been hard because that stuff comes from America even though there's a lot of talented English artists that do it, so, they're always a bit sceptical. But the Amy stuff is just so good and just so refreshingly honest and raw and pure and obviously she's wrote some great songs and she's interesting to read about because she says honest things. Amy's contemporaries, going with the people who are popular, you're looking at like Britney and all these people... they're not bad people, but it's just cookie cutter."
He continued: "I feel like they're saying what they actually feel, no one's making music that's really going to be around to listen to and enjoy in ten years. You come to Amy, it just feels incredibly real. I think that's why the Americans are blown away by her right now".