Stuart Davis

Stuart Davis (born on January 11, 1971 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA) is a contemporary American musician and songwriter from Minnesota. His music contains elements of folk, punk, rock, pop, haiku, and progressive rock. He has been performing t

Stuart Davis (born on January 11, 1971 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA) is a contemporary American musician and songwriter from Minnesota. His music contains elements of folk, punk, rock, pop, haiku, and progressive rock. He has been performing throughout the United States and Europe for over a decade. To date, Davis has sold 40,000 albums worldwide. Davis is also a member of the art branch of Ken Wilber's Integral Institute.

Davis' early work was acoustic, folky, and typically indie. The early lyrics critique the materialism and irrationality of contemporary culture with irony, sarcasm, and biting humor. With the release of Kid Mystic, Davis' work turns more inward and spiritual, but sustains the entertaining wit of his earlier work. Many of his recent lyrics reflect the struggle to relate to a divinity that is truly transcendent, and yet equally immanent. Later albums use a more extensive and electric instrumentation, and fall under the power pop genre. His recent work is comparable to Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet, Material Issue, REM, and Live. Davis has covered songs by Elvis Costello and the Talking Heads.