× Dustbowl Revival embarks on "European Journey" throughout October

Dustbowl Revival embarks on "European Journey" throughout October

26-09-2019

Over the past few years, Dustbowl Revival has been making a name for itself with a vibrant mix of vintage Americana sounds. Critics have proclaimed that this eclectic formation “would have sounded utterly at home within the hallowed confines of Preservation Hall in New Orleans' French Quarter” (Los Angeles Times) and their “upbeat, old-school, All-American sonic safaris exemplify everything shows should be: hot, spontaneous, engaging and, best of all, a pleasure to hear” (L.A. Weekly). Rob Sheffield, in Rolling Stone, hailed them as a great band “whose Americana swing was so fun I went back to see them again the next day.”

Mashing 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. Dustbowl is touring behind their self-titled, fourth studio album which spent three weeks on Billboard charts, hit #1 on Amazon Americana-Alt-Country, #2 on Amazon Folk, and has spent 13 weeks on the Americana radio chart peaking in the Top 20. 

The band was founded in 2008 in the bohemian enclave of Venice Beach, California. Over the last five years Dustbowl has become known for their free-flowing and joyous live shows, combining their funk rhythm and brass section with a fast-picking string band section - opening for bands as diverse as Lake Street Dive, Trombone Shorty and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, touring China as a guest of the state department and headlining festivals like Delfest, Floydfest, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and also Bergenfest (Norway) and Tønder Festival (Denmark). The band received a big wave of attention with their music video that featured famous actor Dick Van Dyke for "Never Had to Go", which garnered over 10 million cumulative views. That video is now airing in an HBO Doc titled "If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast" starring Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, and Dick Van Dyke

While the band has been known for their old-time and bluegrass roots, they have departed from those styles and evolved more into modern soul music. Now, with Producer Grammy Award-winning Ted Hutt (Old Crow Medicine Show, Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick Murphys) who collaborated on the recent album, Dustbowl Revival brings it on, in the good company of neo-Soul contemporaries such as Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and St. Paul & The Broken Bones. The album delivers eleven hot tracks, dominated by love-triangle funk & soul, tenderized with a nod to the unlikely possibility of true love – i.e. "Honey I Love You", with Grammy Award-winning blues artist Keb’ Mo’ sitting in. 

Next month Dustbowl Revival will embark on an European Journey hitting Germany, Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium and Spain:

03/10: Stuttgart, DE - Laboratorium
04/10: Ingolstadt, DE - Kulturzentrum Neun
05/10: Freiburg, DE - The Great Räng Teng Teng
06/10: Oldenzaal, NL - Cobblestone Club
08/10: Norderstedt, DE - Music Star
09/10: Odense, DK - Dexter
10/10: Malmö, SWE - Folk å Rock
11/10: Esbjerg, DK - Tobakken
12/10: Tønder, DK - Hagges Musik Pub
15/10: Leiden, NL - Q-Bus
16/10: Heerlen, NL - Nieuwe Nor
17/10: Borger, NL - VanSlag
18/10: Lier, BE - Ripspiqué
19/10: Utrecht, NL - Ramblin' Roots
20/10: Apeldoorn, NL - Roots In The Woods
23/10: Madrid, ESP - Sala Clamores
24/10: Zaragoza, ESP - Rock & Blues Café
25/10: Santander, EPS - Little Bobby
26/10: Asturias, ESP - AMC Bocanegra
27/10: A Coruña, ESP - Garufa Club

 

 

 

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