"b-warned"- amy winehouse's brit-soul grooves and woos...

What are they putting in the tea and crumpets "Over There"?

Ivor Novello Award Winner, Mercury Music Prize and Triple Brit Nominee

Amy Winehouse

has released her second UK album entitled "Back to Black",

after the international success of her jazz-infused debut "Frank".

The new effort has evolved to a retro Motown sound. She explains the stylistic evolution: “I didn’t want to play the jazz thing up too much again” she says now, sitting in the snug of her favourite Camden boozer, ”I was bored of complicated chord structures and needed something more direct. I’d been listening to a lot of girl-groups from the fifties and sixties. I liked the simplicity of that stuff. It just gets to the point. So I started thinking about writing songs in that way."

Listen below and be moved by the retro-groove...
And check back soon for more mold-breaking emerging artists to b-watched!

(right-click to download the temporary tracks.)

Amy Whitehorn - Me & Mr. Jones EXPIRES IN ONE WEEK!

Amy Whitehorn - Tears Dry on Their Own EXPIRES IN ONE WEEK!

Amy Whitehorn - Rehab EXPIRES IN ONE WEEK!

Purchase the UK IMPORT HERE!!

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Three bittersweet ballads from AZURE RAY HERE!!

(Source: Download.com)

And even MORE HERE!

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LOTS of FREE MP3s from ALLISON CROWE!
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FOUR LIVE recordings from ERIN MCKEOWN!
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Two GREAT TRACKS from JENNIFER O'CONNOR!
(Source: Matador Records) ********************************************************************* THREE SONGS from DENALI!

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Remember to check out my weekly Bunch of Betty's Podcast!! You won't be disappointed with the tunes...and there's very little talk, so you can enjoy the music. Tune in and listen!

"BEE"-yond the Bunch: "What's the BUZZ, Betty?"

Check out these links for some great websites featuring
FREE and LEGAL music by women!!!
(above artwork by Cassandra Christensen Barney) *********************************************************************
Three MP3s from AwRY HERE!!

(Featuring Shara Worden of MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND)

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Three GREAT REMIXES from Sarah McLachlan!

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Six FREE MP3s from ASOBI SEKSU!

(Source: homepage) ********************************************************************* Four CLASSIC TRACKS by MAZZY STAR!

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Remember to check out my weekly Bunch of Betty's Podcast!! You won't be disappointed with the tunes...and there's very little talk, so you can enjoy the music. Tune in and listen!

Betty!?!?...on Wall Street!?!?

Bunch of Bettys Podcast was recently mentioned by

The Wall Street Journal!!

Read the article entitled "Wine, Women & Song" HERE.

Congrats to my fellow women's music bloggers as well.

"BEE"-yond the Bunch: "What's the BUZZ, Betty?"

Check out these links for some great websites featuring

FREE and LEGAL music by women!!!

(above artwork by Cassandra Christensen Barney) *********************************************************************

Three Aimee Mann MP3s HERE! (Including a new Christmas track.) (Source: Download.com)
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Four GREAT CLASSIC tracks from Suzanne Vega! (Source: myspace)
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Four SOULFUL AND LOVELY tracks from HOPE! (Source: myspace)
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Five ROCKIN' TRACKS by THE KILLS! (Source: homepage) FOR FANS OF PJ HARVEY! *********************************************************************

Remember to check out my weekly Bunch of Betty's Podcast!! You won't be disappointed with the tunes...and there's very little talk, so you can enjoy the music. Tune in and listen!