{"id":5213,"date":"2014-04-01T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T17:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/2014-4-featured-artist-shenandoah-davis\/"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:53:01","slug":"featured-artist-shenandoah-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/featured-artist-shenandoah-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artist \/\/ Shenandoah Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-hidden\n          design-layout-inline\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n                style=\"padding-bottom:50.28571319580078%;\"\n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n  data-animation-override\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ShenandoahDavis.jpg\" alt=\"Shenandoah Davis.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ShenandoahDavis.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ShenandoahDavis.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"590x350\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Shenandoah Davis.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"533ae165e4b012178ce93020\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Like great films, the art of writing a good song can sometimes be written by drawing from the past; Creating something that remains relevant and timeless all at once.<\/p>\n<p>The Seattle-based chanteuse <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/artists\/shenandoah-davis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shenandoah Davis<\/a><span style=\"font-size:15px\"> evokes the spirit of the roaring 1920&#8217;s with her own brand of orchestral-pop. Each piano-driven composition hones a fine balance of confidence, class with hints of debauchery.&nbsp;There&#8217;s a timeless sophistication to Davis&#8217;s music, an echo from the past that is all too familiar and comforting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of how Davis is influenced by the past, backed with her own modern aesthetic&#8230;<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SeparateHouses28Instrumental29byShenandoahDavis.mp3\/original\/Separate+Houses+%28Instrumental%29+by+Shenandoah+Davis.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"Separate Houses (Instrumental)\"\n  data-author=\"Shenandoah Davis\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"139000\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/3982\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Separate Houses<\/a>&#8221; is a <strong>reflective<\/strong> ballad with precise <strong>piano<\/strong> and lush <strong>string<\/strong> arrangement. &nbsp;At once ornate and <strong>cinematic<\/strong>, this beautiful track presents a <strong>quirky<\/strong> playfulness that reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/WhiteWindbyShenandoahDavis.mp3\/original\/White+Wind+by+Shenandoah+Davis.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"White Wind\"\n  data-author=\"Shenandoah Davis\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"203000\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/3991\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White Wind<\/a>&#8221; presents an <strong>imaginative<\/strong> world. &nbsp;This gorgeous number with a combination of <strong>ooh&#8217;s and ahh&#8217;s<\/strong> atop a myriad of stringed instruments. Throughout the song, there are dense textures with confident and confident lyricism, bringing together this <strong>angelic<\/strong> ballad.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ThronebyShenandoahDavis.mp3\/original\/Throne+by+Shenandoah+Davis.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"Throne\"\n  data-author=\"Shenandoah Davis\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"215000\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <strong>mischievous<\/strong> song &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/3989\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Throne<\/a>&#8221; carries a <strong>whimsical <\/strong>atmosphere with playful vocals and <strong>bouncy <\/strong>piano. &nbsp;There&#8217;s moments of doo-wop that immediately goes into classical territory. &nbsp;This song is adventurous and travels to many different moods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like great films, the art of writing a good song can sometimes be written by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1273,340,234,618,218,191,33,10,1539,582,326,327,325,873,912,1792,1791,1794,1795,1353,1793],"class_list":["post-5213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-featured-artist","tag-imaginative","tag-instrumental","tag-instrumentals","tag-licensing","tag-licensing-agency","tag-marmoset","tag-marmoset-music","tag-oohs-aahs","tag-or","tag-oregon","tag-pdx","tag-portland","tag-reflective","tag-seattle","tag-separate-houses","tag-shenandoah-davis","tag-throne","tag-wa","tag-washington","tag-white-wind","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}