Catherine AD (www.catherinead.com ) is a London-based string soaked piano pop singer/songwriter. After a series of limited edition DIY releases which received numerous critical plaudits, this double A side single release, Waiting To Breathe & Telephone (Lady Gaga cover) is taken from her forthcoming mini album Communion (10th October 2011).

Produced by Liam Howe (Marina & the Diamonds, Emiliana Torrini, Sneaker Pimps) this new set of recordings captures Catherine AD and her all-female string section. Recorded live in a single day at the legendary Church Studios in London’s Crouch End, Communion is a collection of songs stripped of drums and modern technology, taking its name from the idea of “sharing something between a group of musicians” and the numerous churches that Catherine and her string players had been performing in in the run-up to the recording. Mastered by Jon Astley (Tori Amos, Emmylou Harris) and engineered by Richard Wilkinson (Magic Numbers), these are songs that are haunted by a heavy heart, not to mention that voice, which has been described by Metro as "like a lake of black honey" (METRO) and as "gorgeous. sick. beautiful" by Courtney Love.

After three DIY EPs which she’s been drip-dropping into the world whilst finishing university, her creative force has already found favour at The Sunday Times, airplay with Lauren Laverne (6 music), Tom Robinson, Bethan Elfyn, Rob Da Bank (Radio 1) and Steve Lamacq (BBC Radio 2), as well as some of America's most influential bloggers. As a self-taught pianist, guitarist and flautist, Catherine will "try-and-play-anything-once" and also dabbles with mandolin, banjo, lap steel and accordion.

Catherine AD has supported the likes of Martha Wainwright, David Gilmour, and Anna Calvi and will be playing a special show with Patrick Wolf at The Ivy on 6th October and is also performing at Rob Da Bank's Bestival (10th September) & Leylines festival (15th October)

“Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful... genius in fact!” - ROB DA BANK
“A phenomenal talent!” - HUW STEPHENS
“A leftfield hit in the making” - THE SUNDAY TIMES
“Possessed of a rare sense of resilience and wonder that recalls Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell and Joanna Newsom, Davies’ delicately contrived but richly evocative material is worth seeking out.” - DAILY MIRROR
“Beyond the comparisons, the talent of the critically celebrated (and unsigned) Catherine Anne Davies really begins to shine. Imagine folk and indie blending like evening mist. Imagine if Kate Bush died and went to hell,…kooky and spooky and very good.” – NME

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