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joins her with Warren 
Defever on bass, Joey 
Mazzola on guitar and Steve 
Nistor on drums. Other 
bands with which she has 
worked include Universal 
Indians and Slumber Party.
“Tabula Rasa is the first 
time we recorded songs,” 
Davidson said about her 
current group’s efforts. “Our 
approach before was all 
improvised. Joey, the other 
guitar player, has brought in 
songs every time we would 
get together, but this is the 
first time we released an 

actual song with parts.
“There is one song, 
‘Space Signal,’ where we do 
have some vocals, which 
I and another friend of 
mine, Salem Daly, sang on. 
Generally, we continue as 
an instrumental band.”
Davidson has described 
the pieces as being about 
moods and sounding a little 
psychedelic and intense. 
She went on to say that this 
recording is progressive in 
that it is “sometimes pretty” 
and “sometimes pure 
madness.” It can be mellow 
or heavy.
“I like that it’s very free,” 
said the singer-musician, 
who has even tried a bit of 
producing. “The parts that 
are worked out now are 
structured. I love playing 
with other musicians. I love 
when we can have counter 
melodies and are playing off 
other ideas. 
“It’s a great way to spend 
an evening exploring 
different sounds, and in a 
way, it becomes like jazz.” 
Although she meets at 
least once a week with the 

band, there are more 
times for rehearsing 
when groups have 
performance projects 
coming up. At those 
times, the musicians 
involved get together 
maybe three or four 
times a week so that 
they can make a plan 
and practice for what 
they will do. 

JEWISH LIFE
Davidson converted to 
Judaism just before she mar-
ried Ethan Daniel Davidson. 
Conversion was a decision 
she thought about without 
any prompting.
“We knew we were going 
to have kids, and it would be 
important to raise the kids 
with some tradition,” she 
said. 
“It seemed obvious that’s 
what I would do, and we 
now attend services at 
Congregation Shaarey Zedek 
in Southfield. 
“We have three children, 
and they have taken 
pathways other than music.”
Because of her 

responsibilities as a mom, 
Davidson doesn’t do many 
live performances during 
the year. She does give 
her time to being chair 
of the Michigan Arts and 
Culture Council and has a 
presidential appointment to 
the National Endowment for 
the Arts. 
Another cultural 
responsibility that takes her 
time is working with Reboot, 
a national organization that 
reimagines Jewish traditions 
for modern audiences. 
She worked together with 
other Reboot members, 
for example, to rewrite the 
music for the 1920s film The 
Golem, which has Jewish 
content. 

Details
The free record release 
party for Tabula Rasa is 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 
11, at Third Man Records, 
441 W. Canfield St., 
Detroit. For information, 
go to Infinite River 
Facebook page.

Infinite 
River

