Not playing the game

Sisters Fern and Adrienne are on a mission. They gave up their jobs and left their home in 2011 to travel the country in a rusted old camper van. Their mission? To play their own particular brand of indie soul music to audiences wherever they could, because they believe they have a vital message for this generation.

Seven years on from their decision to hit the road, Daughters of Davis have produced several albums, made numerous radio and TV appearances, shared the stage in the UK with the likes of Peter Andre, Sam Bailey, Leona Lewis and Beyoncé, and have toured across Europe with Eels and Rebecca Ferguson. And their mission continues.

The sisters write and sing songs that bear messages for this generation, about relevant issues such as mental health, emotional conflict and self-worth. Their latest release, entitled #NotPlayingTheGame is a concept album that confronts the pressures society places on young people to conform to expectations of body and appearance, personal identity and a whole welter of other issues.

I heard Daughters of Davis perform at Spring Harvest in April 2018 and again at Creation Fest in August the same year. Their soulful, almost plaintive vocals, complementary harmonies and rolling hook lines make their songs memorable. Their enthusiasm and honesty are evident as they perform. I thought it was high time I captured their thoughts, so I set out to interview them. I caught up with one half of the sister duo - Fern - back stage and recorded this for CrossRhythms Radio:



Daughters of Davis have made several videos to promote their music, and all can be found on YouTube, but in my estimation, perhaps the best of their videos is the thought provoking production below, entitled Footprints, featuring the single from their second album British Soul, released in 2014.


Photo credit: Daughters of Davis

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Not playing the game by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Location: Plymouth, England

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