Blog: HearYa: An Indie Music Blog

In describing The Dutchess and The Duke, a Seattle-based duo of Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison, my descriptions always begins with "you could add some of their tunes on a '60's mix of Newport performances and nobody would blink an eye." But while their sound might be rooted in 60's folk and early Stones albums, the band expands into new territory to create their own sound. I really enjoyed their debut, She's The Dutchess, He's The Duke , but wondered how they could follow up without having it sound the same. Jesse Lortz had this to say: [...]

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