ZZ Ward

ZZ Ward at Bumbershoot, August 31, 2013

Dude, I was here!  I didn't know of ZZ Ward before this KEXP Music Lounge set at Bumbershoot this year but liked what I heard.  Performing somewhere near the intersection of blues, hip-hop, and rock, she won over the audience, most of whom seemed to have been pretty excited to be there even before she took the stage.  Every time I thought that I had her pigeon-holed into a "Oh, she's one of those types of performers" category, she'd take a turn and surprise me again.

This was just the second set of my first day, right after Thao and company, and served notice that I was about to discover a lot of new music over the next nine days.