Tony nominee Mary Bridget Davies (for her role as Janis Joplin) celebrates her new live album, Freedom Of My Mind, at Joe’s Pub on Sunday, October 1 at 7 PM.
Davies, poses the question, “What more do you want?!” in her track “Why?” from album, a collection of songs that delves into the theme of women’s empowerment, drawing inspiration from Virginia Woolf’s book A Room Of One’s Own. Amidst the current political climate surrounding women, this deeply personal record takes center stage. Stating that “Women are the heartbeat of the world,” Davies, a single mother and, since the pandemic, a caretaker for her mother, recorded and filmed the album at Power Station in NYC in front of a select studio audience.
Davies was accompanied by acclaimed by Clint DeGanon on drums, Mark Berman on piano, Alex Prezzano on guitar and Dave Richards on bass. The acoustic blues rock album consists of of seven new songs as well as the late Jerry Ragovoy’s hits for Janis Joplin, including “Piece Of My Heart,” a mashup of ” Stay With Me/Cry Baby” and a song which Janis Joplin never had a chance to record due to her untimely death: “Don’t Compromise Yourself.”
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Joe’s Pub is located in The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, (at Astor Place), New York, NY
