Los Angeles based Dustbowl Revival have spent a decade pushing the boundaries of American roots music, creating uplifting songs that fuse folk, funk and soul and performing transcendent live shows that have seen the L.A. Weekly newspaper crown them the city’s ‘Best Live Band’. Produced by Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter, Lake Street Dive, David Ramirez) and engineered by Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Local Natives, Sufjan Stevens), their upcoming new album ‘Is It You, Is It Me’ represents the latest stage in the development of a band that never ceases to evolve.
‘Is It You, Is It Me’ represents another massive leap forward for the group and follows their acclaimed self-titled 2017 album which took them from a “roots dance party band” that thrived on the festival circuit to a more nuanced group embracing darker, more soulful territory. It hit the top spot on Amazon’s
Americana chart and contained the introspective folk number ‘Got Over’, which has racked up almost 7 million Spotify spins. That album can now be seen as a direct bridge to their newest work.
Dustbowl Revival formed in 2007 when Chicago native Z. Lupetin moved to LA to be a playwright and screenwriter, grew disillusioned with his job in advertising and placed an ad on Craigslist to find fellow 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 by Americana pioneers such as Wilco, Lucinda Williams and even Bruce Springsteen. Over a decade on, the band is a testament to patience and hard work, having toured two hundred days every year of this decade.
They have performed in numerous countries including as guests of the US State department in China, played large festivals in Canada, Norway and Denmark, graced festival main stages with Wilco, Mavis Staples and Brandi Carlile, and played with the likes of Lake Street Dive, Preservation Hall Jazz
Band and Trombone Shorty.

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