About

Four friends and one very old van

Rust Belt Radio started in a garage in Lakewood, Ohio. Two albums and about 400 shows later, we still load the van ourselves.

Lake Effect is our third record and the first we made without a click track.

The four members of Rust Belt Radio in a brick alley at dusk

Vocals and guitar

Jada Moore

Writes most of the songs and still plays her first red guitar.

Drums

Mateo Rivera

Learned on a borrowed kit at church and never gave it back.

Bass

Sam Kowalski

Drove the van for all 400 shows. Collects old fuzz pedals.

Keys and vocals

Grace Lin

Classically trained, now plays a 1978 organ with one dead key.

Booking and press

For shows and festivals, email Dana Price at Lakeshore Booking. For interviews, photos and the album one-sheet, email our press team.