Picks and Pans Review: SXSW Artist to Watch: Duffy the Next Amy Winehouse?

By Chuck Arnold, RENNIE DYBALL

UPDATED 04/07/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 04/07/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT

At the recent South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, music industry insiders were buzzing about another soulful U.K. import, Duffy. The 23-year-old Welsh singer, whose debut album, Rockferry, arrives stateside May 13, wowed crowds with her smoky vocals and jazzy vibe.