Part songstress, part storyteller, Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin offers the audience an immersive experience into great music and the stories behind it. A Utah transplant by way of “Charm City” Baltimore, Dee-Dee has been delighting audiences by weaving her personal stories, humorous anecdotes and advice with her mixture of classic and contemporary jazz standards, sprinkled with a little R&B, soul and funk.

Dee-Dee discovered her love of jazz while performing as an actor to sold out shows as Billie Holiday in the play Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Folks have been lining up to see her ever since. Her voice is often described as sultry, but Dee-Dee says her favorite compliment came from author/poet Ed Lueders after an impromptu sing-along at a salon party. He said: “Your voice is peachy, I mean juicy like a ripe peach!”

A vulnerable and passionate performer, Dee-Dee seeks to bring truth and healing to her audiences in addition to entertainment and joy.

  • “You know how to tell the difference between an extraordinary singer and one who is mediocre? The “ugly” face. You know the kind that Patti and Aretha get when nothing matters in the world (not poise, beauty, makeup, lashes falling off, hair coming undone) except the love affair between artist and song? That is Darby-Duffin… Sistah Can SING!”

    Michael Andre, Front Row Review