Artist: Cathy Davey
Source: David Lynch
There is no sign of the “R” word for Cathy Davey's sold out show at Crawdaddy tonight.
No, rock is firmly off the menu for tonight. This could never be mistaken for anything other than a polished pop show and is all the better for it. When we’re bombarded with doom and gloom in the media every day sometimes a bit of uplifting pop music is the only tonic. The diverse young crowd that mills around is at times chatting, at times dancing but always smiling and could have been taken straight from one of your stereotypical beer ads.
The show starts at 9 on the button following impressive support act Adrian Crowley. First song is a new track Long Time Gone, which is followed by the ever-present live fixture Cold Man's Nightmare from her debut album Something Ilk. Davey is in fine form looking incredible playing a black telecaster. In the interludes she chats away to the crowd, dedicates songs to friends in the audience and even declines marriage proposals, all in her own shy and unassuming manner.
The most impressive thing about the performance is her vocals and her ability to get her voice underneath a song and push it right up to the rafters, yet at the same time sounding totally sincere and soulful. At no time does it seem like her voice is strained and despite all the pop melodies on offer there is not the slightest whiff of cheese. Second album Tales of Silverslieve provides the source material for most of the show although some new material and a few oldies are included.
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