For more than 15 years, Ryan Davis has released music on labels like Feeding Tube, Load Records, Astral Editions, Bruit Direct Disques, Petty Bunco, All Gone and others (including, if not primarily, his very own Sophomore Lounge imprint) as/alongside such outfits as State Champion, Tropical Trash, Equipment Pointed Ankh, Roadhouse, et al. Dancing on the Edge (2023), a seven-song, 53-minute basement folk opus, is the first collection of material produced under Kentuckiana-based visual artist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter's birth name. Davis participates in the musical tradition set by the TVZs, Terry Allens, Souled Americans and DC Bermans before him.
Davis' recent live engagements range from hauntingly stripped-down solo affairs to more left-field duo sets (often employing his partner Jenny Rose with a grab-bag of tapes/electronics/musical miscellany) and, with increasing frequency (as was the case for their month-or-more of shows with MJ Lenderman & The Wind at the tail end of 2024), rollicking full-band ensemble performances featuring members of Equipment Pointed Ankh, Styrofoam Winos, Wild Flag & more.