Amy Winehouse’s Band Marks 20 Years of Back to Black

Amy Winehouse’s band performed Back to Black in full with a lineup of guest singers at Camden’s Roundhouse on October 21, marking 20 years since the album’s release. The concert, billed as Back to Black 20, brought together the album’s original producers, Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, with artists including Corinne Bailey Rae, Jorja Smith, FLO, Jessie Reyez, Yebba and Lianne La Havas. The performers took turns singing the album’s tracks, backed by Winehouse’s band. Corinne Bailey Rae sang the title track, while Yebba performed Love Is a Losing Game with Ronson on guitar. FLO put their own arrangement on He Can Only Hold Her, and Jessie Reyez sang Rehab. Other guest vocalists included Baby Rose, Sasha Keable, Skye Newman, Nia Smith and Terri Walker. All of the guest performers joined for the closing rendition of Valerie, the Zutons song Winehouse covered. The ensemble performance brought the evening to a close with singers sharing the vocals. Reviews of the concert differed in their assessment of how well the performances captured Winehouse’s music. One assessment praised the show’s reinterpretations, singling out FLO, Yebba and Reyez, but argued that faithful recreations could...