Davina Sowers and The Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, A-level musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Sowers who commands stage presence. The band influences range from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits. Their album Black Cloud was named one of the 10 best releases of the year by the Minneapolis Star & Tribune and awarded 4 ½ stars from DownBeat Magazine. Their next release in 2014, Sunshine, hit number 13 in the Billboard Blues Chart and led them to landing a performance on the hit BBC2 show, Later with Jools Holland.