Alluvion Presents: Joshua Davis wsg A to Z

Joshua Davis was raised in the folk tradition: the music, the social movements, the land.

Immerse yourself in an intimate evening of heartfelt songs and stories with Joshua Davis performing solo on The Alluvion stage to kick off our winter season of live music. A very special guest duo, and students of Joshua Davis at Interlochen will be opening up the night: "A to Z"

Audrey Mason and Zinnia Dungjen, both multi-faceted instrumentalists and vocalists are a young local talent going by the name "A to Z". Having met at their current high school, Interlochen Arts Academy where they study songwriting, the young women have been playing around Northern Michigan together for two years now. They have opened for Grammy nominated artist Five for Fighting and local artists such as The Accidentals, and play indie folk music with alt rock influences.

Speaking or singing, the voice of Joshua Davis is a disarming instrument: weathered and warm, as capable of conjuring confessional intimacy on a global stage as it is of making a small room, well off the beaten path, resonate with startling urgency and power. Couple it with an earnest poetic sensibility, a boundless work ethic, and an uncanny gift for connecting with audiences spanning generations, and it’s no wonder that Davis is now poised at the brink of the sort of widespread recognition that typically passes right over such a humble troubadour.

Over the past twenty years, Michigan-based Davis has honed an impressive range of skills – songwriter, bandleader, guitarist, and vocalist among them – in the most honest possible fashion: night after night, song after song, show after show Davis simply delivered every performance as though his life depended on it. Investing himself in the American musical diaspora, he has explored the common thread connecting folk, blues, jazz, ragtime, and country forms – discovering his personal perspective as a composer in the process.

“My sound is rooted in the folk tradition,” Davis explains, “but it’s not folk music. Terms like Americana, roots rock, and heartland rock come up, but there’s so much more to it than that. I’m not a purist: I play with that American folk lineage, I play with those metaphors.”

His versatility and ravenous musical curiosity has resulted in a divergent and fervent output. Since his appearance as a finalist on Season 8 of NBC’s “The Voice”, Davis has been churning out an album a year and has plans to continue to do so. His sensibilities shine brightest on his latest trio of solo releases, each a thoughtful dispatch on life, love, change, and growth.

This will be a fully seated, listening room style show

Doors open at 7 - Music at 7:30 - $35 advance tickets - $40 at the door

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