While driving around England last November, there was a song being played regularly by a new artist from Ireland Wales (thanks to Dennis for the correction) by the name of Duffy. She didn't have an album out then (and still doesn't in the US until May). The track they played back then was Rockferry - the title of her debut album. It was moody and stood out quite a bit from the other stuff normally played on Radio 1. She's been described as a bit like a modern day Dusty Springfield... which I can see, sort of - and which is explained a bit by the influence of Ready, Steady, Go! (see below).
Anyway, the next single, Mercy, is the free single on iTunes this week (until next Tuesday when it all changes. You can also see the video on Youtube. Go check it out.
More from Wikipedia:
Raised in Nefyn on the Llŷn Peninsula with her twin sister, Katy, her parents divorced when she was 10, and she moved to Pembrokeshire with her mother and sisters, while her father remained in Nefyn. Her early interest in singing was apparently inspired by her father John Duffy's videotape of the 1960s television rock show Ready Steady Go!.
Duffy returned to Nefyn when she was 15, and started singing in various local bands. After being involved in an unsuccessful music project in Switzerland, Duffy returned to Wales in 2003 and auditioned for Wawffactor, a Welsh alternative to Pop Idol on S4C where she was expected to win, but eventually came second to winner Lisa Pedrig.