Lowdown Brass Band

Chicago's Lowdown Brass Band began as a bar band chasing the sound of a New Orleans street parade and has since folded conscious hip-hop, reggae and soul into its horn arrangements, with rapped verses riding over brass and drums. The group, which issued its first record in 2008, has played the Montreal and Chicago jazz festivals as well as Electric Forest and Bonnaroo, and its catalog runs through The Reel Sessions, LowDown Nights and Citizens of the World. The roster is larger than any one touring lineup, so the players on the Fogartyville stage are drawn from a rotating cast.