Newzline new Music News: Duffy set to play FREE instore London gig
Posted on December 14, 2007 - Music
Introducing….
The twist of fate that marks out a favourite son or daughter to rise from the depths of a small seaside community in the North of Wales is hard to fathom. Duffy seems to have been chosen to sing. From her earliest memories, she just knew her destiny. She was going to be a singer.
In August 2004, Duffy came to the attention of Rough Trade’s Jeannette Lee who became both her manager and her mentor. Just as Vicki Wickham guided Dusty Springfield to the best musical collaborations of the day; or Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun helped Aretha find her true voice in the Muscle Shoals Memphis studio; Rough Trade pointed Duffy in the direction of Bernard Butler in London’s Crouch End.
The fruit of their very first musical session is ‘Rockferry’ which set the tone and musical direction of the album. Duffy spent the next couple years honing and developing her songwriting skills all the while discovering hidden musical gems that inspired her.
The results will be unveiled with her forthcoming album next year but for now we have the single ‘Rockferry’ that was available to download from November l9th and released as a 2-track 7” vinyl December 3rd on A&M.
The Observer Music Monthly said of ‘Rockferry’ – “it makes the hairs on the back of your neck prickle with it’s bewitching grace”.
Duffy says “There’s a side of me that’s trying to hold it together but then there’s a side of me that just wants to scream, run out onstage and say ‘I’m here!”
Duffy will tour in 2008:
16 January - Pigalle, London (residency)
23 January - Pigalle, London (residency)
30 January - Pigalle, London (residency)
06 February - Pigalle, London (residency)
21 February - Thekla, Bristol
22 February - Ruby Lounge, Manchester
23 February - King Tuts, Glasgow
24 February - Cluny, Newcastle
26 February - Brudenell Social, Leeds
28 February - Clwb ifor Bach, Cardiff
01 March - Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales
05 March - Central Station, Wrexham
07 March - Bodega, Nottingham
09 March - Academy, Oxford
10 March - Komedia, Brighton
11 March - Glee Club, Birmingham
BUT before all that the wonderful Duffy is set to play a free gig at Rough Trade in Ye Olde London Towne on 17 Dec.
Details are:
Duffy Rough Trade East In-store
Monday 17th December 2007, 2.00pm
Rough Trade East
‘Dray Walk’
Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
T: 020 7392 7788
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