DUSTBOWL REVIVAL
WINTER WONDER TOUR 2024
24.01.24 LONDON Oslo @ 10.25pm (Americana Music Week) REGISTER
25.01.24 KENDAL Brewery Arts
26.01.24 GLASGOW Oran Mòr (Celtic Connections)
27.01.24 GLASGOW Glee Club
29.01.24 HAMBURG (DE) Nochtwache
30.01.24 MALMÖ (SE) Medley
31.01.24 ODENSE (DK) Dexter
01.02.24 SONDERBORG (DK) Sonderborghus
02.02.24 FREDERICIA (DK) Toejhuset
03.02.24 GRENAA (DK) Pavillonen
04.02.24 TØNDER (DK) Hagge’s
“There’s sheer joy in the ebullient American roots rockers Dustbowl Revival, full of big, chunky brass and an exceptional singer in Lashon Halley”
THE GUARDIAN
(Cambridge Folk Festival 2022 review)
current release
SET ME FREE EP
(AntiFragile Music)
stream
includes
BEST DAY video | LYING TO MYSELF video
DUSTBOWL REVIVAL | Best Day & LyingTo Myself videos
The Los Angeles-based Dustbowl Revival are all about pushing the boundaries of American roots music. The group specialise in uplifting folk-rock ballads that often tilt into joyful soul songs, although lead singer and songwriter Z. Lupetin (who is also a playwright) has recently been taking them in new directions, mixing in elements of theatre and creating songs that are lushly orchestrated and cinematic in feel.
The current album by the band, ‘Is It You, Is It Me’, saw them expanding beyond their already genre-defying style to incorporate everything from folk to funk to New Orleans swing and so much in between. Infused with subtle pop sensibilities that enhanced their infectious sound, it gained plaudits from numerous UK print and online publications, plus airplay on several BBC radio stations.
The always evolving group led by founding members Lupetin (vocals/guitar), Josh Heffernan (drums/percussion) and Ulf Bjorlin (trombone) welcomed co-singer Lashon Halley and other new talents to the band in 2022 for a UK tour that included rapturously received sets at the Cambridge Folk Festival, plus the recording of an EP entitled ‘Set Me Free’. This line-up return for a short UK tour this week that includes festival appearances at UK Americana Week in London and Celtic Connections in Glasgow, followed by a week of dates in Germany and Scandinavia.
Having already spent years on the road, selling out hometown shows at LA’s famed Troubadour, headlining festivals and wowing crowds from Denmark to China, Dustbowl Revival have never stopped making the joyful, booty-shaking soul songs and cut-to-heart folk-rock ballads that light up their transcendent live shows.
Lupetin had originally sought like-minded musicians who shared his love of Louis Armstrong, Bob Wills, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin and the brass bands of New Orleans, but also wanted to write songs like Americana pioneers Wilco, Lucinda Williams and even Bruce Springsteen.
current album
IS IT YOU, IS IT ME
stream
UK REVIEWS
“There’s just so much to admire. The group don’t shy from key topics and that should be applauded. It has also led to them creating an album of a very high standard ****”
MAVERICK
“A wonderful collection of soulful, melodic songs. Astonishing on so many levels ****”
RNR MAGAZINE
“Classy lyrics and beautiful harmonies. There are so many layers that it keeps the listener awestruck”
BLUES MATTERS
“The lyrics are so good, and I loved the fact that 10 of the songs are four minutes or longer so they can stretch out instrumentally ****”
COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE
“Feels both vital and vicarious and definitely has the potential for crossover success”
AMERICANA UK
DUSTBOWL REVIVAL | 2023 photo by Seth Jacobsen
DUSTBOWL REVIVAL
Z. Lupetin – vocals, guitar
Lashon Halley – vocals
Josh Heffernan – drums, percussion
Ulf Bjorlin – trombone
Stephen Musselman – guitar, pedal steel
Yosmel Montejo – bass
Leider Chapotin – trumpet