This chick was over the house and said check this new girl out. She has a sound that is cruchy like Janis mixed with some BB blues. I was like fuck yeah. We all spent the rest of the night listen to ZZ and drinking jack...good night. Her music rocks. The fact most of what I have found is live studio recordings is incredible. A++
That comment "Damn I just fell in love with a voice".... That's exactly what I said to some friends when I discovered ZZ. Alana Miles and KT Tunstall were close, but damn!... ZZ is everything! I get home from work with a hoarse voice from singing along with her CD (which I bought the very night I heard the rest of her music; Put The Gun Down is getting radio play here. That's what made me search her out).
So many compliments I could bestow upon this wonderful musician, however, I'm most impressed that she sounds best live and or acoustically. Testament to a true artist when her own vocals can carry the instruments.
ZZ sings from her soul and that is so rare these days. What an incredible voice! I am a major fan and wish her a bright future. The music industry needs REAL talent like hers because it is far too stale these days.
She rocked a venue full of '50+ year-olds in Birmingham there to just see Clapton. That, my friends, was amazing to see. Would love to see her again. Next time she comes the B'ham, everyone will just be there to see her!!! Would be great if she played a smaller venue, like the Alabama Theater, Work Play, or Steel City!
I've had this whole album since it hit iTunes 1 1/2 yrs ago. This how I clear my head when things start to get at me. This what gets me going in the gym and on my cycling rides.
On first listen, she reminded me of a mix of Amanda Marshall, Buffy and Serena Ryder, all mixed up in a wonderful fusion of femme fatale. Love her sound.
Is everybody sleeping? How come I just found out about this blast of R&B? Wake-up everybody! Have been passing it to my friends. Did my share. Have you done yours?
Any of ZZ's fans rippin' on Freddie really should stop, cause you're making yourselves and by extension us (ZZ Ward fans) look stupid. "Criminal" is ZZ's words & melody over the music from Freddie Gibbs' song "Oil Money". It was originally on a mixtape she did called 11 Roses. He liked it so much that he joined her for the version on "Casket".
In the right contex its a compliment, when someone first said it to me i was like what? but its a compliment in some cases, saying someone is really good.