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SUMMARY:Mikaela Davis w/ Johanna Samuels LIVE at Assembly - Kingston\, NY
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 land-way-tour-192783\n\nMIKAELA DAVIS\n\nEvery universe begins with a sing
 ular point\, a quiet corner where instinct speaks loudest\, where existent
 ial imagination can stretch its limbs. For acclaimed harpist and songwrite
 r Mikaela Davis’ new album\, Graceland Way (due April 24th via Kill Rock
  Stars)\, that singularity was a hillside home in Chevy Chase Canyon\, a s
 pot nestled in Los Angeles County where time slowed\, the world fell away\
 , and Davis could create from a sense of warmth and deep attentiveness. Th
 e “canyon country” epic born of that care ties a neo-western future ba
 ck to the lineage of Laurel Canyon\, the mythos of Elvis’s Graceland\, a
 nd Paul Simon’s restless reinvention—a place where Davis can explore t
 he fragile balance of light and dark\, grace and struggle\, rose and thorn
 \, as well as the mystical power found at their nexus.\n\nThe record’s m
 usical big bang originated at the nexus of UHF Studio\, where Davis and no
 ted guitarist John Lee Shannon\, co-wrote the record and co-produced along
 side longtime collaborator Dan Horne. As the album’s story of an unnamed
  antihero navigating life in a failing world\, her harp\, his guitar\, and
  their joint melodies weave a mystic depth. That’s immediately evident f
 rom the opening track “(Looking Through) Rose Colored Glasses”\, a har
 p glissando burst functioning like a blissful wormhole to a new universe w
 here dark Western tones come aided by Kurt G. Johnson’s pedal steel guit
 ar and transformative harmonies from guest vocalists Madison Cunningham an
 d Tim Heidecker. But even in this pained origin story\, Davis’ glitterin
 g\, opalescent voice and evocative harp find a depth of beauty.\n\nThat du
 ality is then immediately challenged in “Nothin’s On The Radio”\, wh
 ere the antihero arrives in a city devoid of meaning\, the dystopia of mod
 ern homogenized radio writ large. “It already feels dystopic living in a
  world today where radio stations are all owned by a handful of corporatio
 ns\, all playing the same artists. Gone are the days when the radio was a 
 way to bring people together\, to amplify the voices of freaks and weirdos
  from all corners of the world\,” she says. “I was fortunate to grow u
 p in the last years of the golden age of FM radio\, and being able to tune
  into this magical world far beyond my own was a transformative experience
 . Hearing artists like Sheryl Crow and Vanessa Carlton coming through the 
 car stereo is what made me want to write songs and play music in the first
  place.”\n\nAs the album progresses and the story continues\, Davis and 
 her compatriots explore magic and mysticism on “11:11” and the hauntin
 g darkness of “Mizmoon”. Cass McCombs wrote the latter\, rattling perc
 ussion and Davis’ harp low end giving way to slippery shadows of violin.
  “When Cass first sent over the track\, it was the coolest thing I'd eve
 r heard\,” Davis says. “The music and lyrics create such an ominous mo
 od and I could imagine how the harp would carry the song right away.” El
 sewhere\, Wednesday vocalist Karly Hartzman contributes to “Junk Love”
 \, an exploration of knowingly filling an empty space with meaningless phy
 sicality. Across Graceland Way\, Davis’ harp masterfully powers the wide
  variety of soundscapes\, taking on an ecstatic range of emotional color. 
 “At the end of the journey\, the place you were destined for all along i
 sn’t even a place\, it’s a state of mind: Graceland Way\,” Davis say
 s. “It’s all interconnected and the universe balances itself. You need
  the dark to see the light\, and the most beauty usually happens where the
  two meet.”
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LOCATION:Assembly\, 236 Wall St. 3rd Floor\, KINGSTON\, NY\, 12401\, United
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