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Vocalist Debbie Duncan recently completed her run as a featured cast member in “Blues in the Night” at the Ordway Center in St. Paul. Reprising this London West End hit in which three women comment on one scurrilous male, Debbie and her cast-mates delivered show stopping performances on a broad range of numbers. The Star Tribune’s review of the show said that Debbie strikes “the earthy, gut-bucket truth of the blues.” Debbie also strikes the truth when it comes to jazz, soul, ballads and whatever other style she chooses. Her five CD releases, including I Thought About You (FS Music 2006), are the work of a complete vocalist – one who understands that bravado and vulnerability are equally potent, and often intertwined, forms of expression. As if that’s not enough, Debbie is damn funny when she’s amused. She’s often amused.