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The Storm (ZZ Ward Album)
''The Storm'' is the second studio album from American singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, released on Hollywood Records on June 30, 2017. The album reached number 1 on the Billboard charts#Albums, ''Billboard'' Blues Albums chart. Production Ward has said ''The Storm'' is influenced by the music of blues artists including Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson and Big Mama Thornton. Prior to the album's release, on March 2, 2017, Ward released the single "The Deep", featuring Chicago MC Joey Purp. The track is built around a sample of "As Long As I've Got You" by The Charmels, which is also sampled in "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan. The track "Ride" featuring Gary Clark, Jr. was originally featured in the 2017 Pixar film ''Cars 3''. Ward performed the song on ''Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 24), Dancing with the Stars'' on April 17, 2017. The music video for the single "Cannonball" was released in July 2017; it features blues singer Fantastic Negrito, with Ward playing harmonica on the song.Lesl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZZ Ward
Zsuzsanna Eva Ward (born June 2, 1986) known professionally as ZZ Ward, is an American singer-songwriter. Ward released her debut EP, ''Criminal'', on May 8, 2012. Her debut album, '' Til the Casket Drops'', was released on October 16, 2012. "Put The Gun Down", her first single, broke into the top 10 on the AAA radio chart on February 3, 2013, staying there for 10 weeks, and also broke into the top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative chart. On March 2, 2017, Ward released the single "The Deep" (featuring Joey Purp). Her second studio album, '' The Storm'', was released on June 30, 2017, peaking at number 1 on the '' Billboard'' Blues Albums Chart in July 2017. Early life Ward grew up in Roseburg, Oregon. In Roseburg, she joined her first band, with her father, at the age of 12. Ward recalled the first song she sang was "an Albert King track called 'As the Years Go Passing By'". Ward's maternal grandmother, Zsuzsanna Friedman, was a Jewish Hungarian who converted to Catholicism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |