The Anchoress is the stage name of Welsh-born multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and author Catherine Anne Davies.
Davies formed the Anchoress in 2013. The Anchoress's debut album Confessions of a Romance Novelist, co-produced by Paul Draper, was released on 15 January 2016
She supported Simple Minds on the UK leg of their Acoustic Tour in May/June 2017
From 2014 until July 2018, Davies performed in Simple Minds, contributing additional guitar, vocals and keyboards.[12][13] She met Jim Kerr, the lead singer and one of the principal songwriters in Simple Minds, when both were in the Dark Flowers, a band assembled to record a 2013 album of songs based on a Sam Shepard book. In 2018, she duetted with Manic Street Preachers on their song "Dylan & Caitlin", released as a single and on their album Resistance is Futile, as well as appearing on the Simple Minds album Walk Between Worlds.[1
In March 2021, Davies released her second album The Art of Losing .
In October 2023 THE ANCHORESS releases their third album, a covers album.
Versions CD Tracklisting:
1 Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)
2 Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)
3 Climbing Up The Walls (Radiohead)
4 Friday I’m In Love (The Cure)
5 Pennyroyal Tea (Nirvana)
6 These Days (Nico)
7 Martha’s Harbour (All About Eve)
8 The Tradition (Halsey)
9 This Is Yesterday (Manic Street Preachers)
10 Sweetness Follows (R.E.M.)
11. Bonus Track (CD ONLY) Friday I’m In Love (Acoustic Version)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anchoress_(musician); The Anchoress website