John Paul Davis
My name is John Paul Davis. I write poetry, build things on the web with code, make music and visual art. I love making things. This website is mostly about the things I make and do.
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History is a Story We Tell Each Other 1 -
Always On -
Guided by a Star -
Vivid lyrical imagery & meditations on a vibrant inner life as experienced in encounters in the natural world over rhythmic acoustic picking & striking chord progressions.
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Warm, lustrous, hypnotic bluesy riffs fade in & out over atmospheric organ all supporting sultry, dreamy singing of oblique, mournful lyrics.
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Energetic & urgent. The band channels hope & history, rage & rejoicing in these epic songs that celebrate & transcend their eclectic influences. As timely today as 35 years ago.
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Relief -
Striking, unusual melodies sometimes almost whispered, sometimes belted, always perfect for the plainspokenly poetic lyrics, backed by wheezy, creaky instruments & elegant production
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Myself in the Machinery -
Owens features her own ethereal singing more confidently on an album of warm, captivating compositions that lean into repetition as an almost spiritual kind of change.
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Concentric and Perpendicular -
The Inner Workings -
Everybody Remember Where We Parked -
Five Things I Learned About Writing from Paul Simon's René and Georgette Magritte with their Dog After the War
We’ve been listening to a lot of Paul Simon this week in our little Bronx apartment, inspired as we have been, by having the good fortune to get to see him live at the Beacon Theatre here in New York. It was easily one of the most beautiful rock concerts I’ve ever attended; Simon... Continue Reading Five Things I Learned About Writing from Paul Simon's René and Georgette Magritte with their Dog After the War
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It's Good To Have Goals -
Black Thought delivers some of the most vulnerable & personal lyrics of his career, backed by the cinematic bottom-heavy smooth grooves of El Michels Affair
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Reflection vs. Shadow -
A musically bold, lyrically rich, almost hedonistically-arranged debut. Artistically daring, infectiously hooky & big big fun.
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Shadow Collection -
The composer revisits his solo piano works, recording them during the pandemic in the room where he writes, resulting in an intimate & tender intensity.
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Appreciate the Gesture -
Beautiful & catchy as it is ambitious & lush, this record was a leap forward not just for writer/arranger/producer Brian Wilson but for recorded music as a whole. A masterpiece.
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Arms Out Open Wide -
Lanois literally deconstructs his own liquid, deft guitar playing, & that of veteran session musicians then plays the studio itself, in an ever-inventive ambient gem.
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Two Kinds Of Grace
