ZZ Ward - The Storm

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:07
Size: 82.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. Ghost
[3:57] 2. Cannonball (Feat. Fantastic Negrito)
[3:05] 3. Help Me Mama
[3:13] 4. The Storm
[2:49] 5. Domino (Feat. Fitz)
[3:06] 6. Let It Burn
[3:17] 7. Bag Of Bones
[2:49] 8. She Ain't Me
[3:33] 9. If U Stayed
[3:12] 10. Hold On
[4:02] 11. Ride (Feat. Gary Clark Jr)

ZZ Ward didn t have to look far for inspiration on her second full-length album, 2017 s The Storm. Equally evocative of blues grit and hip-hop bounce, the Los Angeles-based vocal powerhouse and multi-instrumentalist leapt forward by taking a deeper look at some of her earliest inspirations including Howlin Wolf, Robert Johnson, and Vera Ward Hall and Big Mama Thornton.

For me, this album wasn t really about experimenting, she admits. It was more about simplicity, honing in on what I love about music and what makes me who I am as an artist. Growing up, I listened to a lot of hip-hop and blues, and I love those two genres so much. Sometimes, to evolve you don t need to go outside of yourself; you can reach further inside of yourself instead. It s a realization earned over a whirlwind five years. The Fedora-rocking, guitar-shredding, harmonica-wielding blues siren peppered an old backporch musical recipe with hip-hop urgency and hashtaggable wisdom on her 2012 mixtape Eleven Roses. Followed by her full-length debut Til The Casket Drops yielded a veritable hit in the form of Put The Gun Down.

The Storm

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