Biography

Breakfast Table-featuring Laura Cantrell
The first single from the new CD "Losing Habits"

The Davis Kathriner duo formally began at the start of 2017. Songs were posted back and forth between Ben Davis (in Brooklyn) and Danny Kathriner (in St. Louis) – sometimes as solo phone recordings, sometimes half-produced demos, sometimes just fragments – and over several months the sounds evolved as the songwriting pair reinforced and refracted the others’ ideas. By the summer, the songs had formed into clear-enough roadmaps to warrant an unrehearsed recording session in the middle. Lexington, KY was chosen as the venue, and with the guidance of engineer Duane Lundy in his Shangri-La studios, the “Losing Habits” sessions began.

Collaborators include Laura Cantrell and singer-songwriter Lauren Balthrop on vocals, experimental cellist-composer Erik Friedlander (Mountain Goats, Martha Wainwright), and multi-instrumentalist Tony Scherr (Norah Jones, Bill Frisell, Sex Mob).

Release Date: June 1st, 2018
Produced by Ben Davis
Recorded at Shangri-La (Lexington, KY), and Amano Recordings (Brooklyn, NY)
Recorded by Duane Lundy and Ben Davis
Additional recording by Erik Friedlander, Tony Scherr, and Steve Rauner
Mixed by Ben Davis
Mastered by Kim Rosen