Catherine Anne Davies: Voice, Guitars, Pianos, Organs, Flute, Melodica, Accordion, Banjo, Programming, Heart Strings, Fairy Dust, and whatever is lying around.
My amazing band: Matthew T. R. Percival: Guitars & E-Bow & Things with Strings On. Tim R. Bowen: Cello. Jonathan Rogers: Drums & Percussion.
MANAGEMENT: Keith Bourton - keithbourtonathotmail.com
BOOKING: Jeff Craft @ X-Ray Touring
Poster Illustration by Nikki Pinder
Influences
I might be reading or listening to one of the following: Nick Cave Rainer Maria Rilke Tom Waits Leonard Cohen Kate Bush Georges Perec Laura Nyro Nina Nastasia Polly Harvey Hart Crane Diamanda Galas Elizabeth Bishop Nico Low Virginia Woolf NIN KJ Garside David Bowie Anais Nin Flaubert Andrew Bird Patrick Wolf Ryan Adams Nina Simone Marcel Proust Will Oldham Bonnie Prince Billy Anita O'Day Tori Amos Brian Eno Regina Spektor Cat Power Vashti Bunyan William Blake Tim Buckley Peggy Lang Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac William Burroughs Penny Lang Will Oldham The Shins The Handsome FamilyJason Moilina Albertine Silver Mt. Zion Neko Case Ryan Adams The Associates Carson McCullers Peter Gabriel Sylvia Plath Prince Leonora Carrington The Smiths The National Jolie Holland Robert Lowell Frank O'Hara Rufus Wainwright Roxy Music Stevie Nicks Richard Swift Cortney Tidwell Joe Orton Thomas de Quincey Colette Yann Tiersen Rimbaud Phillip Glass Ezra Pound William Byrd Sufjan Stevens Karen Carpenter Songs Ohia Karen Dalton Joni Mitchell Art of Fighting The Devics Bjork Depeche Mode James Merrill The Velvet Underground Deftones Red House Painters Fiona Apple David Foster Wallace Nabokov James Joyce Scritti Politti Beck Anita O'Day The National Fleetwood Mac Yann Tiersen...
Sounds Like
"A voice that sounds like a lake of black honey." - METRO
"If Kate Bush died and went to hell, she might sound like London gothic folk chanteuse Catherine Anne Davies... kooky and spooky and very good." - NME
"Possessed of a rare sense of resilience and wonder that recalls Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, and Joanna Newsom, Davies' delicately contrived but richly evocative material is worth seeking out. " - THE DAILY MIRROR
"A very special voice... it would only need a lucky break for her to hit the big time. Beautiful and brilliant."BBC.CO.UK
Catherine A.D. is the work of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Catherine Anne Davies. Currently one of the Emerging Artists in Residence at the Southbank Centre, Catherine recently won the listeners vote for best new track on BBC 6Music's "Introducing" show and was invited to play at the grand re-opening of the Royal Festival Hall in 2007, as well as supporting Martha Wainwright at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
She is currently recording tracks for her debut album... catherineannedavies.com
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Selected tracks from the SOLD OUT Limited Editon EPs are now available now from iTunes and eMusic:
Hello Catherine 'The Book of Love' is such a pretty song. I hope that someone is sending you flowers every day. Thank You for sharing. I mean the song, not the flowers. Love Charles
Hi. I'm listening to "book" as i type this. real powerful when the harmonies kick in. i like the subtle background sounds going on there too. very nice. --gavin
ok, its been bothering me for what seems like months, even a year..your background photo, is that your hand or someone elses? hope you are well, see you soon x
