Devon Cahill
This Blog is about one of my dearest friends and my favorite Female singer in my hometown of St. Louis, MO. I have own Devon since 2015, I believe that I first saw Devon perform at a record store here in town “Vintage Vinyl”. It was an awesome setting, and she was amazing. I could listen to Devon sing all the time. I try to get out to her shows when I can. To me Devon has such a pure & beautiful voice, her tone is so breath taking. When she sings you can hear & feel every note. I always try to find another singer to try and explain to someone who has never heard of Devon, so far I have never found anyone like her. Every time I listen to her sing especially live it just fills my heart with happiness. Now on to Devon songwriting, Devon only has one EP that is available. When she writes, it definitely is from the heart and life experience. For example, the song “Actor Song” is referenced to her younger days of being in the Theater. Another song from this EP is “When I Wake” this is such a beautiful song. Devon has even written a song about a Twilight Zone episode “A Stop At Willoughby” I could on & on about Devon Cahill. I produce House Concerts with some friends of mine. We did a lot of them back in 2019 and Devon did two shows. We just recently started back up this year and I couldn’t have thought of a better way to start off the series than to have Devon do the first show. It was amazing. She has been learning a song for me “Oh Darling” by the Beatles and she honored me with singing it that night. I was deeply touched. Here are some links to find out about Devon Cahill, also I had the chance to ask Devon some questions. Here are her answers. Enjoy. I highly recommend if you are in St. Louis and Devon Cahill is playing somewhere then you should go. https://www.facebook.com/Devoncahillmusic https://www.youtube.com/@vivoga 1.How long have you been playing music? I’ve been playing music for about 11 years now! 2. How many bands have you been in? I’ve been in several bands over the years, including Traveling Sound Machine, Letter to Memphis, and currently I sing backing vocals for The Defeated County. I now play as Devon Cahill when I’m playing my own music whether I have my band with me or not. 3. Where were you born? I was born and raised in St. Louis, and I love it here. The music scene is one of the best, and I’m so thankful. 4. Are you self-taught? I’m partially self-taught. I picked up ukulele in 2012 and then used the skills I learned on that instrument to move up to guitar. I now have around 30 original songs I’ve written on guitar and ukulele. 5. Who are your biggest influences? My biggest influences are Jenny Lewis, Roy Orbison, Norah Jones, M. Ward, Joseph, Lucius, and Brandi Carlile. 6. What style of music do you consider yours? I consider my style of music to be indie folk with a country jazzy twist. 7. What was your first gig? How old were you? My first gig was at a dive bar in Carondelet called Halfway Haus. It was a 3-hour gig, and we played lots of covers and just a few originals. I was so nervous! I was about 24 or 25 years old at the time. 8. What advice do you have for someone starting out in the music business? My advice would be to just be tenacious and put yourself out there. If you want to share your music you have to love it too and have a great passion for it. Believe in yourself. Don’t compare yourself to others, and just keep going even when the going gets hard. 9. Do you write your own songs? Yes, I’ve been writing my own songs for the past 11 years. I love to write; it brings me so much joy. 10. What would people be surprised to hear that you have in your personal record collection? I’ve got a lot of records you would imagine I’d have, but I’m excited to receive a hand me down from my mom of every Blondie album that ever came out. I can’t wait for the day I get this sweet gift. 11. What would you be doing if playing music was not an option? If playing music wasn’t an option, I would probably be doing theatre. I did a lot of musical theatre when I was younger, and I still have a great passion for it. 12. Besides your own songs, what is your favorite song to perform? My favorite song that came out recently that I like to perform is Love is Light, by Yola. As far as older songs are concerned, I love playing Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell and Dreams by Fleetwood Mac. 13. If you were strictly a songwriter, who would you like to see sing your songs? I would love for my girl Jenny Lewis to play my songs. Or maybe another one of my favorite artists, like Brandi, Norah, etc. That would be so amazing!
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AuthorHello, My name is Michael. I am into music, have been for over 48yrs. Big fan of all kinds of music, right now it has been the Blues for the last 10yrs. I do not play any instruments, But I very interested in the recording aspect of the industry. Have messed around with it a little and always learning new things about it. I have met many wonderful people because of Music.. Hope you enjoy my Blogs... In the last two years I have been producing House Concerts. I also in the past 2 years got to produce and engineer an album for a very good friend of mine from Sweden "Magpie". Archives
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