Zach DuBois

Zach DuBois is a firm believer that everything “Happens for a Reason.” The title track from the country music singer/songwriter’s debut EP, "Happens for a Reason – EP," explains how disappointments and heartbreak in his own life have acted as blessings in disguise, leading him to discover his life’s passion – music.

DuBois discovered his musical passion as a result of an injury before football season of his senior year in high school. Stuck at home, unable to participate in 2-a-day practices, DuBois decided to pick up his dad’s old guitar and teach himself how to play, after watching the music video for Dierks Bentley’s, “Settle for a Slowdown.” He’s been playing guitar and writing songs ever since.

As a songwriter, DuBois finds inspiration in his modest, small-town up-bringing. Born and raised outside of Elkhart, Indiana on a family farm located on the opposite end of a cornfield from his grandparents. He credits his tight-knit family and the strong faith and values instilled in him as essential cornerstones to the foundation of his music and his life.

A recent graduate of the University of Notre Dame (’11), DuBois began making a name for himself by playing gigs around the Notre Dame campus and his hometown of Elkhart, IN. Since then, he has opened for national touring artist Bucky Covington and is embarking on a tour of the Midwest and Southeast in the spring of 2012. He now resides in Nashville, TN.

“I have no idea what the future has in store for me. I’m stumbling down this path of life using my music as a compass. With my acoustic guitar, I travel around a play a bunch of songs that I've made up. It's a pretty good gig.” - Zach DuBois

“Zach is a young musician who could possibly mark the return of the singer/songwriter to Country Music, by boldly stepping well outside of it’s current boundaries and back into it’s angst-filled story telling past. A past with an “outlaw” rock and roll edge dangerously combined with the stark self awareness of a great folk writer. A past, and also a future, teeming with the consciousness and struggle of the intelligent working American. Zach is well on his way to developing a quintessential country voice, a little “Haggard”, a little “Jennings” crossed with the soul wrenching power and emotion of “Springsteen”...His live show, like all the greats, is the only way to truly experience this new voice in American music.” - Shannon Stewart of Stewart Independent Production, LLC

Quick Facts:
- Song "Thursday Night" to be featured on "The Music Voyager: Nashville." Projected air date February 2012 on PBS and BBC
- Graduate of the University of Notre Dame ('11)
- Played shows in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee
- Youtube videos have garnered over 500,000 videos in less than a year
- Opened for Bucky Covington

Notable Past Performances:
- Bluebird Café (Nashville, TN)
- Goose Island Wrigleyville (Chicago, IL)
- Saugatuck Center for the Arts (Saugatuck, MI)
- Stepan Center (Univ. of Notre Dame)
- Legends (Univ. of Notre Dame)
- Memphis on Main (Champaign, IL)