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“This is awesome! This Ottawa-based quintet frequently sounds like a cross between Mumford and Sons and the Pogues...”
~ Roots Music Canada's Top 11 Favourite Discoveries Of 2019
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Indie Folk-Pop? Alt-Country Cowpunk? Barnstorm Bluegrass? Roots & Boots Trad? Back-Alley Dustabilly? With two albums to their name and known for rollicking, genre-busting shows that blend authentic connection, a generous sense of community, and toe-tapping, dance-floor-shaking songs – the heart of the Ottawa-based band The Dustbowl Daddies is the old-time, inclusive spirit of using music to bring people together, lift them up, and get them moving.
Fusing lush alt-country harmonies with infectious indie-pop melodies, steel-string twang with poetic lyrical intensity, roots-rock stomp with swinging trumpet – and seasoned with a dash of catchy ska/punk energy, laughter, and progressive political spirit —The Dustbowl Daddies are what you might get if Mumford & Sons, Cake, Billy Bragg, The Strumbellas, Lucinda Williams, Spirit of the West, Taylor Swift, Eliott Brood, The Specials, Woody Guthrie, Tom Waits, REM, The Pogues and The Clash threw a kitchen party.
The Daddies released their second full-length album, Boom and Bust Economies of Love on October 1, 2021. Their first album, The Longest Day of the Year, was released in 2015. All are the result of years of collaborative writing and performing plus the special musical alchemy of honorary Dustbowler Dave ‘dB’ Draves and the Little Bullhorn Studio.
Their songs have been streamed more than 50,000 times on Spotify since 2019.
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With a repertoire of more than 60 original songs (as well as many surprising ‘Dustbowled’ covers), their sound spans and combines many different genres and influences, allowing them to tailor their performances to diverse venues and audiences: from purely acoustic sit-down ‘coffee-house’ folk/trad/alt-country sets, to full-on roots-rock shows with three electric guitars storming and the dance floor bouncing, and everything in between.
The band’s website includes an overview, full bio, music streaming photos, videos, press kit, etc.
Key recent singles include the exuberant and irreverent Mr. Cyclops; the soaring and heart-felt harmonies of Nothing But Time; the good old-fashioned foot-stomper Please Please Please; the gentle and rambling end-of-the-night, back-alley hymn You are Talking; and the driving and urgent Broken Pieces.
Their first album includes upbeat tunes such as Kneeling in the Pews of Love, Another Word for Lonely, The Beat that Drives My Rock n Roll, Look Outside Your Window and Moby Dick Came Looking for Me; powerful tracks like Home and Someone Says Your Name; the reflective folk of No Pennies in my Dreams; traditional songs such as Don’t Want Your Millions; and even a lonesome cowboy lament in What’s It Gonna Take.
Other surprising facts: Their songs have over 50,000 streams on Spotify. They regularly donate a portion of the proceeds from their shows to some of the amazing charitable organizations doing work around Ottawa and have raised more than $5000 over the years for groups like the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, Ottawa Inner City Health, Families of Sisters of Spirit, Ottawa Food Bank, etc. Band members have published almost a dozen books on topics as varied as climate change, humiliation, poetry, corruption, populism, car culture, political communications, 18th century philosophy, and international relations. And while now deeply rooted in Ottawa, they originally hail from across Canada (YYJ, YWG, YYZ, YYB, YOW) and northern England.
Contact Info: Paul Saurette/Paul Tyler at dustbowldaddies@gmail.com or our website contact form.
