“I am Duffy”

Simple title for a new personal website… but a strong statement: I am Duffy. It is not as if blond Welsh singer Amimee Anne Duffy has just arrived; her unique soulful voice has all the elements of a mature sensuous delivery to leave the impression that she has been singing the blues for years. Alas, she turned 24 on 23rd of June 2008 and had made her debut only in March 08.

The debut album Rockferry was three years in the making, as if in a sculptor’s studio. That sculptor being musical genius Bernard Butler, the elegant but strong sound behind Duffy. The man seem to hold the secret on how to create legendary blues instantly. The studio being the legendary Rough Trade Records of music masters Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee. Read more…