We miss y’all!
Since the Covid-19 shutdowns in March, Vegas Cola Band understandably hasn’t been very active.
The week before the shelter-in-place mandate, the band was in the studio recording their debut EP. While that’s been temporarily shelved, the band hopes to release the EP as soon as possible.
In the meantime, catch up with some pandemic-era updates below.
The band performed a new original song during a Feendo livestream. Feendo is a New Orleans musician-owned streaming co-op that was birthed due to the hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vegas performed a few Prince covers with Khris Royal and Dark Matter to celebrate The Purple One’s Birthday.
As part of House of Blue’s For the Culture programming, the band was invited to perform an hour-long livestream. Watch it here.
Vegas Cola lent her vocals to a new song by Nicholas Payton. "We Will Breathe" was composed in the aftermath of the momentum following the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.
Podcast fans can listen to Vegas as a guest on Da Set Break.
The band returned to the House of Blues stage to perform as part of Mayor Latoya Cantrell’s "Embrace the Culture" virtual series. Watch here.
A stripped-down version of the band shared a touching rendition of “What a Wonderful World” for Touro Infirmary Foundation’s Virtual Gala.
Catch Vegas in episode 9 of Fox’s Filthy Rich TV series! She appears as a member of a choir along with a few other New Orleans singers.
Here’s Vegas singing Tennessee Whiskey at one of her last gigs before the Covid-19 shutdown.