And my heart is trying hard here, to follow you …” This song has a bit more instrumentation, including a small children’s choir that accompanies her on a chorus that is pretty dang catchy. “Art, art, I want you,” she sings, “Art, you make it pretty hard not to. The minimalist aesthetic is effective, as it lets her poetic voice and her soothing, childlike voice shine through.Īs I searched for more of her music, I came across a song called “Art,” an ode to art itself.

A harmonica and eventually an electric guitar are eventually introduced, but that’s about all the instrumentation there is.

It begins as more of a spoken word performance than a song as she describes the day-to-day attitudes of someone who prefers to be alone. They were playing her song, “How to be Alone,” a beautiful anthem for the life of any introvert. I first heard her last month on 90.9 KRCL (a great station if you’re looking to discover a wide variety of new music, by the way). Today’s featured artist is Canadian singer-songwriter/poet Tanya Davis. That said, this is the first of many “New Music Mondays” where I and other Chronicle and K-UTE writers will share some of our favorite artists that you might not have heard of before. And as much as I love discovering new music, I also love to share my music with others, in the hope that they will enjoy it as much as I have. When I find a band with a fresh sound, innovative ideas and a whole discography to discover, I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning. If you’re like me, you love discovering new artists.

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