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ZZ Ward is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Muddy Waters, Albert King, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and Tyler, The Creator. Those roots explain a lot about how ZZ Ward arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gin Wigmore, Elle King, Larkin Poe, Ivy Levan and Elles Bailey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into James Bay, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around ZZ Ward, reaching back through Muddy Waters and forward to James Bay. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Zsuzsanna Eva Ward is an American singer-songwriter from Roseburg, Oregon. She signed with Hollywood Records to release her debut extended play (EP), Criminal (2012), which preceded the release of her debut studio album, Til the Casket Drops, that same year. Her second studio album, The Storm (2017), peaked atop the Billboard Blues Albums Chart. Her third studio album, Dirty Shine (2023), was released independently, and met with critical acclaim.
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ZZ Ward connections
ZZ Ward grew out of Muddy Waters, Albert King, Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino, shares an orbit with Gin Wigmore, Elle King, Larkin Poe and Ivy Levan, went on to shape James Bay. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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