Signing Date: 2021
Label: Loosegroove Records
Type of Music: Neo-Soul/Funk/Jazz
Management: Chris Mosher
Booking: Lucia Wade, International Touring Booking
Publicity: Kevin Calabro, kevin@calabromusicmedia.com
A&R: Stone Gossard
When you listen to singer-songwriter/keyboardist Brittany Davis’ music you can’t help but get swept up in her spiritual fervor and undeniable joy. Many of her songs are autobiographical and reflect wisdom, pain, compassion, and enlightenment. Over the span of the last few years Davis has created a stylistic arc that encompasses soul, funk, and improvisational elements that usher in a fresh and exciting direction in pop music.
Blind since birth, Davis was born in Kansas City to a broken family and relocated to Seattle to live with her grandmother after her mother was incarcerated. It’s there in the Seattle area where a fortuitous meeting with Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard led to a life-altering experience. “We didn’t really know each other, but I remember recording at his studio doing some demos when I was 25 or 26,” recalls Davis. “It was a few years ago. But I guess he thought I had something special and he wanted to meet me. He said we should link up.”
Signing with Gossard’s Loosegroove Records, the intrepid Davis released an EP in 2022 called I Choose to Live. It was a powerful statement, born out of the morass of the COVID pandemic, where she wanted to spread songs of positivity and inspiration. That was followed by 2024’s critically acclaimed full-length album Image Issues, which further proffered her uplifting and neo-soul flavored message. The new album Black Thunder is an interesting departure in style and substance, as it took on more of an organic and jazzy approach.
“We wanted to make another album, but we didn’t know what it was gonna be,” explains Davis. “This album sort of grew under my feet. It was like putting a seed in the ground and having a tree pop up."
Black Thunder was totally created from the ground up in the studio, with the rhythm section of bassist Evan Flory-Barnes and drummer D’Vonne Lewis.
“When I get on that stage, I hope the music does to whoever whatever the music is supposed to do,” says Davis. “I am really grateful because I believe in the music and that it can heal.
