Indie Music Women’s Artist of the Day is…
Lauren Davidson (@laurendavisonmusic)
Lauren Davidson is unconventional, inimitable, and unmissable. Blending New York City vibes with the rich tones of Contemporary Country Music, she has created a genre all her own, and audiences and critics just can’t get enough.
Audio Fuzz Magazine describes Lauren as “an early Patsy Cline or Linda Ronstadt; with that I can do this myself attitude” while Digital Journal dubbed her “the most underrated female artist” on the scene. She has made countless radio appearances, played shows with Old Dominion, Carly Pearce, Russell Dickerson, Maddie & Tae, Michael Ray, and this year performed at the creme of New York venues, Madison Square Garden, as part of PBR’s “Unleash The Beast” tour. She is, without a doubt, New York’s own “Urban Country” queen.
Never one to forget her roots, Davidson has created “Urban Country Jam” (UCJ). UCJ presents country music mini-festivals, set in major Cities, that join together emerging country artists with fans and industry professionals, providing artists with an important platform to garner the exposure they deserve. All the while she has made her own live show one of the best around, hitting up top-tier venues both in NYC and across the country. Lauren and her band have shared the stage with veteran performers Justin Moore, Rodney Adkins, and The Marshall Tucker Band among many others.
Additionally, she has strung together a series of radio appearances that include NY Country 94.7, The Boot, Taste of Country, Raised Rowdy, the Ty Bentli show, WSM Radio, and many more. Lauren’s single “Soaking Up Every Second” was released to critical acclaim in 2019 with features on Popdust, Whiskey Riff, Taste of Country, and Spotify’s New Music Nashville, to name but a few. Taste of Country called the track “an unabashed celebration of making the most out of every moment,” and Popdust described it as “a smooth-as-silk combination of Lady Antebellum and Kelsea Ballerini, gently [mingled with] her own powerhouse gusto.”
When she’s not selling out shows or performing along with A-List acts across the US, Lauren is in the studio crafting her latest EP. The release, entitled “Love Ain’t Fair”, will feature five unique takes on the prototypical ‘love song’. In keeping with her brand, Davidson promises these will be “anything but traditional”.
Lauren shared with me what it means to her personally to be an indie music woman artist:
“It is everything. Being a woman in the music industry, in any industry, comes with a struggle but it’s also so empowering to band together with other women and share our stories through music.”
You can hear Lauren’s single, “Comfort” on Indie Music Women’s Spotify Playlist.
