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QUICK update: "SongPoems Wanted" and Uncommon Ground (Clark) this weekend! davidkavmusic 38 views Had to "throw this together last minute" to get the word out re: SongPoems Wanted and the show late Saturday night @ Uncommon Ground. SO excited! For tickets and info r...
Dr. Bonny Flaster (River North Wellness Center,) RnR 1/2 Marathon, ACS and shows davidkavmusic 187 views (Long video update - you've been warned. Didn't want it to be...) Giving a shout-out and a referral to/for Dr. Bonny Flaster of the River North Wellness Center. She's amazi...
KAVUS kicks off "Battle Of The Bands" THIS THURSDAY (8/6/09) @ Harry Caray's Tavern! 10 pm! davidkavmusic 26 views LAST LAST MINUTE show/contest added!!! Thanks to Theresa Carter (i.e. The Local Tourist @ www.thelocaltourist.com,) to Johnny and Dana of Harry Caray's Tavern (3551 Nort...
ACS, PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) KAVUS and shows 7/29 and 8/1/09 davidkavmusic 51 views Long overdue vlog posted. Yeeeaa! Just juggling life around (as they say, "life is what happens when you're busy making plans." True enough.) Thanks to your generosity ...
Semi-Finals/Finals, Windy City Records, Trader Todds davidkavmusic 27 views Hoping everyone had a safe, fun and happy Independence Day weekend! A QUICK Vlog for events happening this week (July 6th-July 12th) Hope to see you at the show! Pea...
LATE EDITION UPDATE - Tonight's Open Mic @ The Pint starts @ 8 PM NOT 9 PM! davidkavmusic 27 views A quick addendum to the video blog that I posted earlier today. Just got word from Brian Sarsany of g2.fm that tonight's Open Mic @ The Pint will start @ 8 PM. It's the o...
Recap of The Overnight/We Walk. Laura Twirls (June 27 - 28,2009) Happy 4th of July weekend! davidkavmusic 129 views DISCLAIMER: The video may be faint in audio and fuzzy. Sorry - was trying to film this fast and don't have the usual "set-up" right now. A recap of the Overnight Walk - ...
The Overnight Walk, Bar Louie, Bigby's Pour House, the Open Mic @ The Pint THIS TUESDAY 6/30/2009 davidkavmusic 121 views Many happenings to talk about in this vid. Just a few web sites mentioned in this vlog: Please contribute to members of "We Walk, Laura Twirls:" ANY contribution, ANY ...
D Kav's ABRIDGED Vlog/Commercial for tonight's show at Double Door Dirtroom! This is gonna RAWK! davidkavmusic 16 views Like the "title" states, think of this as our "commercial," if you will. DISCLAIMER: Forgot to add the date: MONDAY, JUNE 22nd, 2009! 9 pm show. Doors open @ 8:30 pm...

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Courtesy of Theresa Carter of "The Local Tourist:" www.thelocaltourist.com

"Rainy Day Soundtrack" - Sept. 13, 2008

Searing lyrics, soaring vocals, driving rhythms strummed passionately from an acoustic guitar. Harmonies that lift hairs and bring up gooseflesh. Unexpected chord changes causing you to stop and LISTEN.

This is David Kav's newest CD, "Better You Here Than Alone."

I'm listening to it for the umpteenth time on a rainy day at the end of a rainy week, and it's the perfect soundtrack. Not because it's dreary or drab; in fact, it's just the opposite. It's got a bluesy feel that does what blues do best - take a bad situation and pour it out for the world to commisserate. His songs tell tales of love, deception, and lies lies lies, but they're sung with such passion and energy and committment that the message becomes more about learning and living than losing.

Singer/songwriters are expected to be "deep" in a cliched caricature of angst. Somehow, David seems to go beyond that cartoon image to a, perhaps, deeper place. Each song is musically individual enough so that he escapes a cookie-cutter oh-woe-is-me busker in the subway station sound. "Two Avenues" is a jaunty tribute to forks in the road. "Muse" is a ballad that crescendos gradually until it fairly pierces the heart, reminiscent of Ravel's Bolero. Jen Porter's guest appearance as the lead vocalist on "Please Let Me Be" brings a powerful woman's passion into the middle of this man's outpouring of regrets and missed opportunities. You hear a bit of a crack in his voice during the haunting "Yesterday's News" as he sings "I've never, never felt so near the sunshine."

What makes this not just a good but the perfect rainy day CD? The last song on the CD is a duet with Jen Porter. It opens with whistling, and before it's over you hear this line:

"All I know is that the sun is shining now through the gray sky and the clouds."

Full disclosure: David thanks me in the liner notes of this CD. He has been a featured artist on The Local Tourist and as you can tell, I'm a fan! ~Theresa

(David's response to disclosure: Thank you, Theresa for this very touching and pleasantly unexpected review! I'm a HUGE fan of yours and for your work in presenting our wonderful city to the world! Keep at it! Kudos!)

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