Wednesday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.
The Redstone Room, 129 Main Street, Davenport IA
With the Phoenix Blues Society labeling her “one of the most distinctive and expressive vocalists to come around in a while,” Davina Lozier and her band of Vagabonds returns to Davenport's Redstone Room in a concert held in advance of the band's fall-tour stops between Jacksonville, Florida, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
With its influences ranging from Fats Domino & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin to Tom Waits, Davina & the Vagabonda released its first full-length, all-original album Black Cloud in 2011, a debut that was awarded 4 1/2 stars from Downbeat magazine and eventually named one of the 10-best releases of the year by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The group's next release, 2014's Sunshine, hit number 13 on the Billboard Blues Chart and led to the band's appearance on the hit BBC show Later with Jools Holland.
Since then, the group has traveled internationally to countries including Switzerland, Romania, and Finland, and continues to amass widespread critical acclaim. As stated on the Web site for Canada's Thunder Bay Blues Festival: “Listening to Davina & the Vagabonds is like stepping into a wondrous musical time machine. They have the panache and superlative musicianship to recreate the retro sound and ageless appeal of golden age Americana in high-definition reality on stage for your immense pleasure and enjoyment.”
Tickets to Davina & the Vagabonds' local concert are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, and more information and reservations are available by calling (563)326-1333 or visiting RiverMusicExperience.org. For a 2013 Reader interview with Davina, visit “The Road to World Domination, Via Minnesota.”
