Critics are wrong on Winehouse

IT was disheartening to read so much denigration of Amy Winehouse’s performance at the Grammys [various articles, Feb. 11]. This is an artist of authentic and incomparable talent, and unlike almost all of the other great ladies who performed at the show, she’s the writer as well as the singer of her songs.

It’s comforting, however, to recall that countless classic musical artists, including Billie Holiday, Judy Garland and Janis Joplin, were severely lambasted by the writers of their time for being distinctive.

Paul Zollo

North Hollywood