Catherine Anne Davies
Catherine Anne Davies - British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
Person from United Kingdom
Genres: female vocalists, singer-songwriter, female vocalist, folk, alternative
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About Catherine Anne Davies
Catherine Anne Davies (born 1985 in Glynneath) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and author. Since 2013 she has recorded as The Anchoress. Prior to starting The Anchoress project, Davies self-released music under her own name and as Catherine A.D.. From 2014 until July 2018, Davies performed in Simple Minds, contributing additional guitar, vocals and keyboards. She met Jim Kerr, the lead singer and one of the principal songwriters in Simple Minds, when both were in The Dark Flowers, a band assembled to record a 2013 album of songs based from a Sam Shepard book. She also performed live with Ed Harcourt at the Glastonbury Festival, as well as Martha Wainwright. In 2018, she duetted with Manic Street Preachers on their song "Dylan & Caitlin", released as a single and on their album "Resistance is Futile", as well as appearing on the Simple Minds album Walk Between Worlds. Davies has a PhD in literature and queer theory from University College London, and has published a book entitled Whitman's Queer Children about epic poetry through Bloomsbury Publishing.
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