Mikaela Davis is an American musician, harpist, songwriter, vocalist and producer best known for work with the band Southern Star.
Education
Davis is a classically trained harpist and studied at the
Crane School of Music
The Crane School of Music is located in Potsdam, New York, and is one of three schools which make up the State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam.
Crane consists of approximately 630 undergraduate and 30 graduate students and a faculty o ...
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Recognition
The 2023 release ''And Southern Star'' was well received with
Pitchfork calling it "stirring" with "warm, inviting songs". Glide Magazine recognized ''And Southern Star'' as one of the top 20 indie records of 2023 and called it "pure artistry".
Southern Star
Southern Star is based in Rochester, New York and have been playing together since 2012. Its members are Alex Coté (drums), Kurt Johnson (pedal steel guitar, electric guitar), Shane McCarthy (bass), and Cian McCarthy (electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, vocals).
Discography
* ''Delivery'' (2018)
* ''Mikaela Davis and Southern Star'' (2023)
Associated acts
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Bob Weir
Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...
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Phil Lesh
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...
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Grateful Shred
Grateful may refer to:
* Gratitude, an emotion
Albums
* ''Grateful'' (Carpark North album), 2008
* ''Grateful'' (Coko album) or the title song, 2006
* ''Grateful'' (DJ Khaled album), 2017
Songs
* "Grateful" (Edyta Górniak song), 2016
* "Gratef ...
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Circles Around the Sun
''Circles Around the Sun'' is a 2012 album by United States Indie rock, indie/American folk music, roots folk band Dispatch (band), Dispatch. It is their fifth full-length studio album, the first recorded in over a decade. Speaking with Songfact ...
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The Decemberists
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Christian McBride
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Marco Benevento
Marco Benevento (born July 22, 1977) is an American pianist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, who has been a fixture of the New York experimental music rock and jazz scene since 1999. He is the founder and recording e ...
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American women musicians
Musicians from Rochester, New York