Amy: Honour to play at St Lucia Jazz Festival
Amy Winehouse described it as an “honour” to be playing St Lucia’s jazz festival today, as a reward for the locals who have welcomed her.
Winehouse, who seems to have made the Caribbean resort her second home, said that she planned to remain for a while, while she was recording.
The troubled singer, who was playing her comeback gig on Pigeon Island tonight, said she enjoyed the laid-back lifestyle that St Lucia offered.
She said in a statement: “It is an honour to play the St Lucia Jazz Festival this year.
“Since I first came to the island, I have been greeted with nothing but kindness and friendship, as well as incredible music and the most beautiful of settings.
“I have made friends for life and have been inspired by my surroundings.
“The laid-back lifestyle definitely suits me, it’s a home from home with great beaches.
“It also is an honour for me to appear on the same bill as great singers such as Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle as well great jazz musicians like Monty Alexander and George Duke.”
Speaking about her recording plans, Winehouse, 25, continued: “I’m very happy to say that I am recording in St Lucia, so I’ll be here a while, soaking up the atmosphere and the sounds.”
She said that performing was a way of saying thank you “to an island and people that have been so welcoming to me”.
