Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Song/Week: “Phillip,” performed by Kate Davis

Great performance; simple and beautiful.


Ever since I discovered Kate Davis I have been trying to figure out what song to highlight. I thought about posting “All About That Bass” with Post Modern Jukebox; a performance that highlights her singing and incredible bass playing. Then I thought about her Kennedy Performance when she was a Presidential Scholar and shows off her jazz singing and again, incredible bass playing.

I finally decided to go with “Phillip” because it shows off her performance chops as a rock star. She plays the uke and guitar fine, her singing is poignant, the instrumentation is interesting, and her presence on-stage is just right. The quality of the recording is less than ideal but the performance communicates everything you want from a song and persona that will hopefully rocket her great things soon.





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