Davina and the Vagabonds at Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI

Davina and the Vagabonds at Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI

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Don’t miss this upcoming event in Milwaukee, WI Happening on Friday, October 11, 2024 at Shank Hall. Doors open at 8:00 PM.

Davina Sowers creates her own Americana mishmash a little Amy Winehouse-worthy neo-soul here, a little Great American Songbook-influenced songcraft there. Rolling Stone Magazine​Davina and the Vagabonds combat heartache with sugar and sass. DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE​Davina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, level A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Sowers commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is converting audiences one show at a time, from Vancouver to Miami and across Europe. Much like the music, the story spurns era, expectation, and classification. The often unbelievable, sometimes harrowing, and wholly inspiring journey of Davina Sowers gave birth to her eponymous band Davina and The Vagabonds in 2004. As the tale goes, she grew up in the economically depressed Allegheny town of Altoona, PA, which she now describes as awesome in the industrial era, but horrible for high school. She was adopted by her much older stepfather when he was in his 80s; he passed away when she was just 13. Through him and his Edison phonograph, she first heard The Ink Spots, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong and Louis Prima, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and many others. Great man. He was my angel and still is, she says. On her own, she vividly recalls hours in front of the record player where she religiously spun Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Simon and Garfunkel records belonging to her folk singer mom. To this day, Davina still refers to music as my first and eternal love. Despite early dalliances with classical piano and guitar, she developed a heavy drug habit in high school, which morphed into heroin dependency, left her homeless, sent her in and out of jail, and brought on all manner of trouble. Kicking dope on the streets, she got clean, started the band, and worked [her] ass off every day since. Davina and the Vagabonds shine every time they play. To date, theyve performed in forty-five states, twelve European countries, and two Canadian provinces. Not to mention, theyve earned feverish acclaim from the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and more in addition to performing on BBCs international favorite late-night program Later With Jools Holland and appearing on PBSs Bluegrass Underground.

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Event Venue - Shank Hall

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Date And Time

Friday, October 11th, 2024 @ 08:00 PM
 

Venue

Shank Hall
 

Location

1434 N. Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202
 

Event Types

Jazz
 

Event Category

MilwaukeeWI

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