Graceland Way, the newest release from harpist-singer-songwriter Mikaela Davis, finds the artist luxuriating in the Los Angeles sunshine, delivering a modern Laurel Canyon pop-rock style, influenced by the famous location’s late 70’s heyday.
Working with longtime collaborators bassist Dan Horne and guitarist John Lee Shannon, the trio co-wrote and co-produced the album. Davis lets her vocals shine, putting her harp playing in the background as the trio brings in various guests to flesh out the record’s sound and scope.
The opening “(Looking Through) Rose Colored Glasses” is a straight-ahead pop-rocker with pedal steel from Kurt G. Johnson, as the song bops along in a Tom Petty-inspired fashion. The tune delivers a backward looped break…

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