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One of the most profound lessons ZZ Ward learned from growing
up listening to the blues greats was to be authentic to your story.
When the LA-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
began to write new music, she found herself in the midst of one of
the biggest life changes a person will ever experience: motherhood.
The resulting music is her truest and most blues-infused to date.
Freed from the pop pressures of her previous major label, ZZ is able
to fully embrace the blues, her most formative influence. Her single,
“Mother,” out July 19th, is a wailing Chicago blues-styled song. The
Mother EP, out October 4th, features a mix of ZZ's favorite Sun
Records songs, and muddied-up versions of her well-known tracks
to commemorate her blues liberation. The single and the EP were
produced by multi-platinum producer Ryan Spraker (Eli “Paperboy”
Reed, Weezer, In This Moment).
ZZ’s first single, “Put The Gun Down,” from her 2012 debut, Til the
Casket Drops, broke into the AAA Radio Charts Top 10, and stayed
there for 10 weeks. It was followed by the single, “365 Days,”
which hit #2 on the charts. Til the Casket Drops also snuck into the
Billboard Top 40 Alternative Chart. ZZ’s sophomore album, The
Storm, released in 2017, peaked at Number 1 on the Billboard Blues
Charts, highlighted by singles featuring GRAMMY-Award winners
Fantastic Negrito, “Cannonball,” and Gary Clark Jr., “Ride,” which
was also the end title song for Pixar’s feature film Cars 3.
up listening to the blues greats was to be authentic to your story.
When the LA-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
began to write new music, she found herself in the midst of one of
the biggest life changes a person will ever experience: motherhood.
The resulting music is her truest and most blues-infused to date.
Freed from the pop pressures of her previous major label, ZZ is able
to fully embrace the blues, her most formative influence. Her single,
“Mother,” out July 19th, is a wailing Chicago blues-styled song. The
Mother EP, out October 4th, features a mix of ZZ's favorite Sun
Records songs, and muddied-up versions of her well-known tracks
to commemorate her blues liberation. The single and the EP were
produced by multi-platinum producer Ryan Spraker (Eli “Paperboy”
Reed, Weezer, In This Moment).
ZZ’s first single, “Put The Gun Down,” from her 2012 debut, Til the
Casket Drops, broke into the AAA Radio Charts Top 10, and stayed
there for 10 weeks. It was followed by the single, “365 Days,”
which hit #2 on the charts. Til the Casket Drops also snuck into the
Billboard Top 40 Alternative Chart. ZZ’s sophomore album, The
Storm, released in 2017, peaked at Number 1 on the Billboard Blues
Charts, highlighted by singles featuring GRAMMY-Award winners
Fantastic Negrito, “Cannonball,” and Gary Clark Jr., “Ride,” which
was also the end title song for Pixar’s feature film Cars 3.
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