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ASHLEY (as well as headlining Ramblin Man Fair’s Rising
YOLA MCBRYDE Stage), they’ve developed a hefty, hard-hitting
When we spoke to Rival Among the current crop modern rock sound that feels ready for arenas,
Sons singer Jay Buchanan of Nashville-ites shaking without sacrificing warmth and spark. If you enjoy
late last year, he singled up country staples with Alter Bridge, Shinedown, BSC and the like, you’ll
out this lady from a small the rock they also grew up love these guys.
town outside Bristol as listening to (Eric Church,
his favourite singer of the Brothers Osborne, the JOYOUS WOLF
moment. Listening to her Cadillac Three etc), Ashley More weapons-grade classic rock’n’roll from the
soulful, rootsy Americana McBryde has been West Coast now, this time from Orange County,
debut Walk Through Fire something of a dark horse, Southern California. Joyous Wolf cherry-pick
(which has seen her quietly making significant from the best bits of 70s and 90s rock and bluesy
scoop up four Grammy inroads as a songwriter, metal (Creedence, Soundgarden, Led Zep…) and
nominations and tour and releasing her debut mix it up with their own swaggering charisma and
Ashley McBryde
with Greta Van Fleet) you solo album Girl Goin’ confidence, propelled by fireball frontman Nick
can see why. Nowhere in 2018. But the Reese. They first popped up on our radar with
It hasn’t been easy for her to get to this point. Grammy nominee is just as deserving of your dirty, fuzzy single Sleep Weep Stomp, and a brilliant
Having grown up “banned” from making music, attention as anyone else in Music City right now. cover of Mountain’s Mississippi Queen, before
she ended up homeless on the streets of London. Funny, smart and generously tattooed, she’s a upping their game with latest EP Place In Time.
Somehow that didn’t prevent her launching breath of gritty-but-dulcet fresh air next to her Keep your eyes peeled for their full-length debut.
a songwriting career, joining Massive Attack shinier country-pop contemporaries.
briefly before going solo. Expect spine-tingling THE HU
soul vocals, pedal-steel and fiddles with a modern THE FALLEN STATE If you’ve already checked out the multimillion-
twist, and, crucially, gorgeous songs. This fivesome are flying the flag for the UK-grown viewed YouTube videos for Wolf Totem and Yuve
NWOCR (New Wave Of Classic Rock), but their Yuve Yu, you’ll know what these striking Mongolian
THE GLORIOUS SONS reach could soon be far more global. Having mavericks are all about. If you’re new to them, the
On their new album A War On Everything, these already opened for bands including Halestorm, main thing worth knowing is that they blend the
Canadians are assuredly slick and anthemic. On Tremonti, Black Stone Cherry and 3 Doors Down traditional music of their homeland (complete
stage, however, they’re all about putting on with horsehead fiddle and Mongolian throat-
a proper rock show; the kind that threatens to fall singing) with hooky Western rock/metal
off the rails but never does. This is the kind of sensibilities. “It’ll never catch on,” you might say.
music that ought to be paired with the stages and Well, it already has, as the aforementioned
clientele currently monopolised by the Coldplays YouTube success, massive worldwide tours (they’re
of this world. Read more about them on p.66. coming to the UK for shows in February) and
recent inclusion in a Star Wars videogame reflect.
LARKIN POE
If we’re being honest, we’re a little late to the CROWN LANDS
party on these guys, but we’re glad to be here Aside from looking amazing (just look at that
now because they’re doing interesting hair! Isn’t it magnificent?!), this duo from
– and fun – things with the blues. Sister Oshawa, Ontario make the sort of opulent,
duo Larkin Poe are originally from groovy noise that Led Zep might have
Georgia but based in Nashville. Older made if they’d jammed with Rush and
sister Megan plays dobro and lap Jack White. It’s not your standard
steel, Rebecca sings and plays guitarist/singer ’n’ drummer twosome
guitar (she also happens to be either; Cody Bowles plays drums and
married to Tyler Bryant; yes, as in sings, while guitarist Kevin Comeau
‘& The Shakedown’). They come also plays keyboards with his feet.
from a classical and folk And with a keen eye for stylish videos
background, but together they play and photo-shoot concepts to boot,
an amped-up fusion of Delta blues and they’re springboarding from the
filthy, garagey rock’n’roll. More recently tones set by the likes of Rival Sons
they’ve been nominated for a Grammy, and Wolfmother. Catch ’em at this
and announced a UK/Europe tour for 2020. year’s Ramblin’ Man Fair.
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