Merging the past with the present, singer-songwriter ZZ Ward has been fusing the grit of retro blues with contemporary pop sounds for nearly a decade now. Ward kicks off her new tour this week, which ...

It was a night of blues with ZZ Ward and Liam St. John at The Tobias Theater at Newfields, curated by Forty5 on March 25, 2025. Liam St. John opened the concert – a dynamo on stage with amazing energy ...

ZZ Ward’s debut album has sold more than a 150,000 copies. In an era when the business of recorded music is a shadow of its former self, that’s impressive. “Til the Casket Drops,” released in late ...

The past few years have been a whirlwind of change for ZZ Ward, the powerhouse singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for her smoky voice and bluesy swagger. In that time, she became a ...

Lots of musicians had to step back and take time off during the pandemic, but in ZZ Ward’s case it was also fortuitous. She gave birth to her first child, Ezra, in February 2021. Now Ward is back in ...

American singer-songwriter ZZ Ward never fit within the mold of one genre. Ward's new album "Dirty Shine," her first album release in six years, emphasizes just that. The work is woven together with ...

ZZ Ward brought her amalgam of soulful songcraft, blues grit and hip-hop energy to Club Congress on Tuesday, Sept. 10 — a stop on her “The Down and Dirty Shine Tour,” supporting her album, Til the ...

When it comes to writing and recording songs for an album, singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, who’ll release her latest LP, Dirty Shine, next week, takes what some might consider an old school approach. Ward ...

While growing up in Roseburg, Oregon, ZZ Ward divided her time between her father’s blues record collection and her brother’s hip hop mixtapes. Both had a profound impact on her eventual career. “What ...

ZZ Ward performs Sept 9, 2017, on the Bud Light Stage at LouFest in Forest Park. Photo by Jon Gitchoff ZZ Ward told Saturday's midafternoon crowd gathered at the Bud Light Stage that her new album, ...

Alief's own Tobe Nwigwe will perform on Saturday at the 713 Music Hall. Shows from Ana Popović, Denzel Curry, Dana Cooper, Shake Russell and ZZ Ward are also on tap this week. Credit: Screen Shot For ...