User:MaggieRains

Singer Tracy J Reynolds, who’s better known as Maggie Rains is the front woman and leader of the group Maggie Rains & Crooked Keys, a 5-8 piece band out of Alamosa Colorado who deliver high energy Rock & Roll, Blues, Soul and Jazz tunes. Creatively blending a multitude of genres as well as influences like Eva Cassidy, Koto Taylor, Aretha Franklin and Brian Setzer is what makes the foundation of Maggie’s music strong and suited for the masses. Those universal ingredients combined with her rich, deep and soulful performances blend  together to form the perfect mixture of old nostalgia and today’s  current market of adult contemporary needs. In Maggie’s latest release EP Anathallo (2016 - Invengo Records), her pure and defined deliveries to rearranged blues and jazz classics  truly showcase her ability to step into a emotional filled piece of work  and deliver it with undeniable grace and power. Maggie grew up in Colorado, inspired to start singing at young age by her  mother Nettie, who took her to church with her on Sunday’s. Early on the toddler could be found singing along to her favorite, The Mickey Mouse theme song. In order to follow her dreams of a chosen career path in the music industry, after graduating high school she relocated to NYC in 2003 where she studied with renowned classical and Broadway vocal instructor Neil Semer. While in New York Maggie maintained a very busy schedule as well as reputation by hosting a radio show called ‘Sing it Sister’for NPR and also had a coveted residency at NYC’s Tangine with street performer and guitarist Jaques Monique. After working the hustle and bustle music scene of New York, Maggie moved  towards forming her own brand and sound. She summoned producer Joshua Rumer and his production company Invengo Productions out of Austin, Texas to help develop something new and well needed in the  industry: a revival of old classics twisted into modern formats exposing  even the most fastidious ears to the roots of what made Maggie who she  is. Maggie recorded and released her first solo holiday album 'Bows and Paper' produced and arranged by Joshua Rumer.The holiday album came loaded with fresh approaches and arrangements to  holiday classics and received an abundance of airtime nationwide and in  European markets (Stations Bearcast in Cincinnati, OH, KBBI, Homer, AK, KRZA, Alamosa, CO, KCRT Trinidad, CO.) as well as  support from web based podcasts (Women of Substance podcast). After the success of her holiday debut Maggie returned into the studio with Joshua Rumer, but this time the collaboration led them to discover a new path and  direction - her raw power in her vocals with aged rhythm and blues  compositions. They discovered that packaging the sound up in a hard  hitting yet eloquent format would win the ears of a multitude of varying  demographics while, at the same time, allow Maggie to showcase her  diverse range of stylings. Thus, 'Anathallo' was born (which in Greek means 'revival’).