Welsh singer Duffy is working with Roots drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and veteran songwriter Albert Hammond Sr. on her sophomore album, Billboard.com can reveal.

A planned three-week session just got underway in New York, with Thompson and Hammond contributing both songwriting and production ideas. A source who has heard the early material says it "feels like it was born in 1963" and is much in the vein of the Dusty Springfield-inspired soul found on her smash 2007 debut, "Rockferry."

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New York indie rockers Vampire Weekend have announced that they'll be criss-crossing North America and heading to Europe this winter and spring in support of sophomore album "Contra," due Jan. 12 on XL Recordings.

Following a performance on "The Late Show With David Letterman" tonight (Jan. 5) and a release-day gig at L.A.'s Henry Fonda Theater next Tuesday, the quartet will hop home to New York for a trio of dates before heading overseas in February for a month of European shows.

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