Biography

Catherine Anne Davies, better known by the stage name the Anchoress, is a Welsh-born multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and author. Davies formed the Anchoress in 2013. The Anchoress's debut album Confessions of a Romance Novelist, was released on 15 January 2016 via Kscope. The album was named amongst the Guardian critics' Albums of the Year, won HMV's Welsh Album of the Year, Best Newcomer at the PROG awards, and a nomination for Welsh Music Prize. In July 2016, the Anchoress supported and duetted with Manic Street Preachers at the Eden Project and again supported the band in June 2017, before duetting on "Little Baby Nothing" at the Q Awa...Read More