Is there more to Amy’s success than her musical talent? How does someone with little formal training at the young age of 24 accomplish all this? Is it purely her voice, reminiscent of the old days of jazz and blues, a voice that channels the vocal stylings of Aretha Franklin and Etta James? Or is it perhaps her unique image and her controversial lifestyle that draws us to her? What is it that makes Amy Winehouse great? A psycholinguistic analysis of Amy’s words reveals. - April 29, 2008
