With its combination of percussive guitar, deeply personal lyrics, tinged with an abiding idealism, and angelic vocals, Kat Devlin's musical style and stage presence might best be described as "dyke ingénue." Like a Hammersteinian teenager on a rural porch swing, Devlin's songs return again and again to the theme of love—though never in the same way twice. Her "Touch of a Girl ," a folk-pop number that leads audiences of all sexual orientations to sing out gladly, "I thank you…for making me gay," ruminates without sentimentality upon a love lo… read more
With its combination of percussive guitar, deeply personal lyrics, tinged with an abiding idealism, and angelic vocals, Kat Devlin's musical style and stage presence might best be described as "dyke ingénue." Like a Hammersteinian teenager on a rural porch swing, Devlin's … read more
With its combination of percussive guitar, deeply personal lyrics, tinged with an abiding idealism, and angelic vocals, Kat Devlin's musical style and stage presence might best be described as "dyke ingénue." Like a Hammersteinian teenager on a rural porch swing, Devlin's songs return again and again to the theme of love—though never in the sa… read more