Dustbowl Revival
Dustbowl Revival is a Venice, California-based Americana and Soul band whose six core members -- founder Z. Lupetin, Liz Beebe, Josh Heffernan, Matt Rubin, Ulf Bjorlin and Connor Vance, mash the sounds of New Orleans funk, bluegrass, soul, pre-war blues, and roots music, into a genre-hopping, time-bending dance party that coaxes new fire out of familiar coal. They have been named "Best Live Band in LA'' by LA Weekly and have become well known both at home and worldwide through their full-time touring including festivals throughout the United States, Europe, and China. In many ways, they could have continued creating joyful, booty-shaking songs and cut-to-heart folk-rock ballads that lift up their transcendent live shows - and mining new energetic material from the place where folk music, funk and soul meet. The band’s newest album, Is It You, Is It Me, coming January 31 via their own Medium Expectations label and Nashville’s Thirty Tigers, is something different entirely. Produced by Sam Kassirer [Lake Street Dive, Josh Ritter] and engineered by Brian Joseph [Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens], it represents the latest stage in a band that never stops evolving and refuses to stand still.
NOTABLE ANALYTICS
25K + Facebook Followers
8.9K + Instagram Followers
4 million + YouTube views
10 million plus cumulative views on music video featuring Dick Van Dyke
Playlists
Your Favorite Coffeehouse (3.7M followers)
Fresh Folk (574K followers)
Kaffehausmusik (552K followers)
#1 Amazon Americana/Alt-Country
#2 Amazon Folk debut
FESTIVALS
Bottlerock
Outside Lands
Live Oak
Floydfest
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Bergenfest (Norway)
Tonderfest (Denmark)
PRESS
Praise for Is It You, Is it Me
“Is It You, Is It Me highlights the topical songwriting and eclectic sound of the L.A. collective”
“...like nothing Dustbowl Revival has ever created during its four-album run. And that's just the way frontman Zach Lupetin and his bandmates wanted it”
“the biggest sonic work of the Venice, Calif.-based troupe's career””
“an album that melds a plethora of styles, showcases superb musicianship and most of all, offers excellent songs”
HIGHLIGHTS
Awarded "Americana Song of the Year" by Independent Music Awards (judged by Tom Waits)
Named "Best Live Band in LA" by LA Weekly
200+ shows per year in the States, including Europe and China over the past few years
DEMOGRAPHICS
Top Cities on Spotify:
Chicago
Denver
New York City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
CHARTS
Is It You, Is it Me (2020)
Top 200 Amazon Debut
#15 and counting Americana radio albums chart
Top 15 and counting Americana singles chart "Dreaming"
#14 Billboard debut - Alternative New Artist Albums Sales Chart
#16 Billboard debut - Americana/Folk Albums Sales Chart
#35 Billboard debut - Current Alternative Albums Sales Chart
#14 iTunes debut - Alternative Albums Chart
#14 Amazon debut - Alternative Albums Chart
#99 Amazon debut - Rock Albums Chart
Dustbowl Revival
15 weeks on Amazon Debut
15 weeks on Americana radio chart up to Top 20
16 weeks on counting on Folk and Contemporary Folk radio charts
#1 on Contemporary Folk radio chart
#2 on Folk radio chart
Billboard debut on Americana/Folk and Heatseekers
3 Weeks on Billboard Chart
#1 Debut on Amazon Americana/Alt-Country
#2 Debut on Amazon Folk