Cathy DaveyTales of Silversleeve2007 (EMI)Jim Carroll review in The Irish TimesWhere the hell did this came from? Is this the same Cathy Davey whose debut album, 2004’s uneven and dull “Something Ilk”, received plenty of accolades, but by no means warranted a ticker-tape parade? Is this the same girl with a guitar who always seemed to fit into niches, but never seemed capable of carving out
Six years on since her first release, a lot of things have changed for Cathy Davey. She's no longer signed to a major label, having been dropped by Parlophone as they shook their roster up. She's won a Meteor Award, and the praise of many journalists at home. And she's…