ZZ Ward - The Storm (CD)

Details: 2017 release. ZZ Ward didn't have to look far for inspiration on her second full-length album, 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. The Fedora-rocking, guitar-shredding, harmonica-wielding blues siren peppered an old back porch musical recipe with hip-hop urgency and hashtag wisdom on her 2012 mixtape Eleven Roses. Followed by her full-length debut Til The Casket Drops. "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."

Tracklist:

1. Ghost
2. Cannonball (Feat. Fantastic Negrito)
3. Help Me Mama
4. The Storm
5. Domino (Feat. Fitz)
6. Let It Burn
7. Bag of Bones
8. She Ain't Me
9. If U Stayed
10. Hold on
11. Ride (Feat. Gary Clark Jr.) [From "Cars 3"] [Bonus Track]