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Unlike many songwriters who filter the world through their own voice, Mem Davis prefers things the other way around. The realities of modern life provide the framework for personal discovery, with Mem's tales of hope, love, and loss irretrievably linked to a world beset by social and gender inequalities, suffering, and violence. It is what allows her world to remain intimate without falling into mawkish self-indulgence. Mem Davis has drifted throught the folk/songwriter scene of Sydney since 2005. During this time she has grown in the craft of songwriting, taking more and more adventurous musical steps. While never a prolific performer, she has often been seen devoting her voice to worthy causes. In 2011 she joined forces with multi-instrumentalist Luke Collings (The Pennydreadfuls, Two Trains Running) and together they formed Mem Davis & The Kindred Spirits. In October 2011 they won the Judges Prize at the I Heart Kirribilli songwriting competition. They recorded their debut EP in