GRÁINNE DUFFY
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Whelan’s Upstairs • Sun 26th May 2024
“An Irish blues singer of real integrity” is how Sunday Times describes Grainne
Duffy after her remarkable debut album Out Of The Dark which led her to her first performance at Glastonbury festival.
In recent years the Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter goes far beyond this exploring more intensely the blues and its diverse history while achieving her Ph.D doctorate looking at early female blues artists. At the same time Duffy released two albums, Voodoo Blues and Dirt Woman Blues. Both albums blend the roots of the blues with a contemporary sound alongside her native Irish phrasing imbuing Celtic undertones.
During her career she has opened and shared stages with such artists as Robben Ford, Little Feat, Billy Gibbons, Mavis Staples, Keb’ Mo’, Marc Ford and Eric Gales.
In 2014 and 2015 Duffy was voted winner in Blues Matters Writers Poll in the categories “Best Vocalist” and “Best Solo Artist”.
Her 4th studio album Voodoo Blues released in 2020 led to Duffy becoming the winner in theIndependent Blues Awards 2021 in the category “Best Modern Roots Artist”.
In August 2021, together with Johnny Logan (winner in Eurovision) and accompanied by the RTE Symphony Orchestra, Duffy recorded a unique version of The Beatles “Hey Jude” for RTE TV.
During May 2023 Duffy released her fifth studio album Dirt Woman Blues produced by renowned Grammy winner Chris Goldsmith (Ben Harper, Blind Boys Of Alabama) and the seminal guitarist Marc Ford (of The Black Crowes). The album reached No.#1 in the USA RMR and remained in the
Top 50 for 7 consecutive weeks while achieving No.#2 in Australia Top 30 Blues Airplay and No.#2 in UK IBBA Top 40.
In June 2023 Duffy new album “Dirt Woman Blues” was also nominated for the annual Blues Blast Music Awards 2023 “Best Blues Rock Album. She was also nominated as 5th Best Blues Album for 2023 by Classic Rock Magazine
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