SUGAR DROPS/VINYLE COULEUR

Description

SUGAR DROPS is Davina and the Vagabonds’ debut album on Red House Records and marks the first time singer/songwriter/pianist Davina Sowers has entered a studio to record an album. The Minneapolis-based artist settled into Nashville’s Compass Sound Studio with producer (and Compass Records co-founder) Garry West, alongside her trumpet player, string arranger, and husband, Zack Lozier, and a rotating cast of first-call players, including Todd Phillips (David Grisman, Robbie Fulks) on bass, Doug Lancio (Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, Tom Jones) on guitar, and Reese Wynans (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa) on Hammond B3. SUGAR DROPS is a synthesis of bluesy barroom barytone and bravado, graveyard jazz grooves, and dark-ish confessional lyricism underpinned by turbulent piano, guitar, and strings. Eclectic, committed to respect and knowledge of the Great American Song Book, SUGAR DROPS is the actualization of a long-held intention for Davina. “This represents about 100 years of Americana; I got to do exactly what I wanted to do,” she says. Davina and the band are constantly on the road, touring worldwide; they have garnered feverish acclaim from the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and more, in addition to performing on the BBC’s international favorite program, later in the night, Later… with Jools Holland and on PBS’ Bluegrass Underground.