The Revivalists craft a genre-hopping sound that rounds out traditional rock instrumentation with horns and pedal steel guitar and mixes the divergent backgrounds of its members with the humid, funky undercurrents of their New Orleans home. The result is like English spoken with an exotic accent: familiar, yet difficult to pin down.
The
Big Easy septet is constantly on the road so it's fitting that their new video show the daydream of their lives, both on and off the stage. Nylon Guys premiered the video for "Navigate Below" last week saying, "The Revivalists have managed to craft a genre-hopping sound all their own-one that translates all too well during live performances... The guys bring an undeniable big sound to the stage that's backed by a plethora of instrumental talent that's impossible to ignore."
Guitarist Zack Feinberg adds, "When we wrote the song we wanted to be on the road playing music as much as possible. The video is kind of like a hopeful daydream about the thrills and challenges of the road ahead."
The Revivalists start yet another run of shows this Friday, August 8 when they perform at FMQB's Triple A Radio Conference in Boulder, Colorado alongside Ray LaMontagne, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Father John Misty, Train,
Warpaint and more. They'll be playing The
Fox Theatre @ The Hill Stage at 8:00pm. The following week they'll be in the studio with John Schaefer for WNYC's Soundcheck on Thursday, August 14 ahead of their show that evening at Watermark with
The London Souls also performing. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
The band were recently featured as an Amazon "Artist to Watch" alongside Bad Suns, Flume and
Rival Sons and as part of the promotion fans were able to download "Navigate Below" for free.
The Revivalists have been touring non-stop the last few years, dominating the festival circuit playing Bonnaroo, Jazz Fest, Voodoo Festival, Governor's Ball, Hangout, Mountain Jam and countless others. Their upcoming dates feature even more fest stops at Peach Festival, Lockn', Phases of the Moon and
Harvest as well as stops at the
Terminal West in Atlanta and a Halloween show at Emo's in Austin before a home-town blowout at Tipitina's on November 1.
Wind-up Records released The Revivalists' album City of Sound with eight live bonus tracks in March during
Mardi Gras and the band followed with a monumental performance at Jazzfest in their hometown of New Orleans, which was captured by Rolling Stone, Spin, American Songwriter, Relix and more. They've been featured by everyone from USA Today and Fuse TV to Paste, The Huffington Post and Daytrotter. The band appropriately also performed on the fourth and final season of HBO's acclaimed drama series, Treme.
The Revivalists Tour Dates:
Aug 08 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre (Outdoors) - FMQB Triple A Conference
Aug 09 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre
Aug 12 - Buffalo, NY - Waiting Room
Aug 14 - New York, NY - The Watermark
Aug 15 - Scranton, PA - Peach Festival
Aug 19 - Nantucket, MA - Chicken Box
Aug 20 - Nantucket, MA - Chicken Box
Aug 22 - Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
Aug 23 - Live Oak, FL - Blackwater Music Festival
Aug 24 - Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley
Aug 29 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
Aug 30 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
Aug 31 - Aspen, CO - Jazz Aspen Snowmass
Sep 04 - Arrington, VA - Lockn' Music Festival
Sep 05 - Macon, GA - SoConFest (Mercer University)
Sep 06 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
Sep 11 - Kennekuk County Park, IL - Phases of the Moon Music & Art Festival
Sep 12 - Fredericton, NB - Harvest Jazz & Blues Fest
Sep 13 - Fredericton, NB - Harvest Jazz & Blues Fest
Sep 19 - Mobile, AL - O'Dalys Irish Pub (Outdoors)
Sep 20 - Augusta, GA - Arts in the Heart
Sep 20 - Augusta, GA - Sky City
Sep 23 - Knoxville, TN - The International
Sep 24 - Charlotte, NC - The Chop Shop
Sep 25 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Music Hall
Oct 08 - Columbia, SC - The Music Farm
Oct 09 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's
Oct 10 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
Oct 11 - Corolla, NC - Mustang Music Festival
Oct 12 - Wilmington, NC - Ziggy's By The Sea
Oct 17 - Baton Rouge, LA - The Varsity Theatre
Oct 18 - Natchez, MS - Great Mississippi RIver Balloon Race
Oct 29 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's Upstairs
Oct 30 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
Oct 31 - Austin, TX - Emo's
Nov 01 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's
Nov 06 - Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club
Nov 07 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Nov 08 - Madison, WI - The Orpheum
Nov 10 - Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theatre
Nov 11 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
Nov 12 - Syracuse, NY - Westcott Theater
Nov 13 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
Nov 14 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Nov 15 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
Nov 18 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Jan 06 - Miami, FL - JamCruise 13
(Photo credit: Alysee Gafkjen)
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