When Amy Winehouse started making grand proclamations to the world that she had
an incredibly talented 13-year-old "goddaughter" who could sing like Lauryn Hill
and Alicia Keys, you could be forgiven for rolling your eyes and sniggering a
bit. But lo and behold - family friend Dionne Bromfield signed up to Amy's label
Lioness Records and released a note perfect, sugar pop version of The Shirelles'
hit Mama Said. A student at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Bromfield's debut
album Introducing... (2009) came full of retro, 1960s soul, ska and jazz, vamped
up and made slick enough ...