Perry Desmond-Davies
The first thing you notice about Perry Desmond-Davies’ music is her voice: always tender, lyric and melodic, at times soaring, seductive or smoky.
Perry’s honest brand of contemporary acoustic music is about life stories that listeners can relate to. Her original songs range from the bittersweet ballad of a child’s love in "Hey Dad" to the very grown-up adult’s fantasy in "Irresponsible". While "All I Want" profiles the sweetness of a new love, the emotions running through "Everything is Hard" reflect the realities faced in an established relationship that's in trouble.
She also pays tribute to her favorite influences with selective covers of legendary artists like Bonnie Raitt, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, but with a soul and a voice that is all her own.
Perry is a lifelong New Englander, originally from Maine, now living near Boston. She has previously hosted her own very successful coffeehouse in Nashua, NH, "The Gathering Place". In August 1998, Perry was chosen as a finalist at Portsmouth, NH’s first annual Prescott Park Arts and Acoustic Festival Emerging Singer-Songwriter competition.
Although she emphasizes her heartfelt original compositions (with good reason), Perry also features unique tributes to John Prine’s "Angel From Montgomery", Gillian Welch’s "Orphan Girl", and a scorching rendition of the classic "House of the Rising Sun". Her songs touch unguarded parts of us, and fill us with joy, nostalgia and longing.
Once you see and hear Perry Desmond-Davies perform, you will never confuse her with anyone else.