Looking For This Year's Amy Winehouse |
| Published: March 14, 2008, 7:59 pm |
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Last year, Amy Winehouse was the the biggest thing going at SXSW, and before long, the rest of the world (and the Grammys) followed suit. So naturally, there's a run on '60s British neo-soul pop chanteuses at this year's SXSW. And the smart money is on Duffy, the 23 year old Welsh singer born Aimee Anne Duffy who made her U.S. debut at a Friday afternoon showcase at the Parish on Sixth Street. Let's not take the Winehouse comparisons too far, though Duffy has a throwback hairdo, too. (Bridget Bardot's.) But there are no tattoos on Duffy, whose debut album, Rockferry, is currently #1 in the UK, and whose single "Mercy" has been on the top of the British pop charts for five weeks. (At least nowhere you can see them.) And on stage in a six song set at the Parish, she radiated composure and wholesome self-assurance rather than danger and self loathing. Her songs conjure up a happier version of the '60s: "Serious" rides a breezy groove that reminded me of Aretha singing [ Full article ] |
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