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SXSW Review: Duffy
When 23-year-old Welsh singer Duffy took the stage at the Parish on Friday afternoon, she had the number one album in the U.K., but is virtually unknown in the States. That will change, my friends. Like Lulu and Dusty Springfield, she’s got a smoky quality to her voice, but the dimpled Duffy can air it out better than those two, as she proved on “Warwick Avenue,” one of those timeless soul numbers that is both 1968 and 2008. Let’s put it this way: if Duffy was a contestant on “American Idol,” David Archuletta would slink back to the Urban Outfitters that spawned him. She’s got the vibrations in her voice without being showy.
Sorry Shelby Lynne, but your career will be history when Duffy’s “Rockferry” is released in the U.S. in May.
The six-song set, as part of the Mercury Records party, ended with “Mercy,” with it’s “Stand By Me” bassline and “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves” defiant streak. The band was so tight and Duffy so loose. The best act I’ve ever seen at SXSW was the BellRays in 2001. Don’t think I’ve got it in me to see a better set. The SXSW act I’m most certain will be a superstar is Duffy. Catch her Saturday at 8 p.m. at Stubb’s and I think you’ll agree.
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