{"id":2008919,"date":"2025-09-09T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2008919"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:30:39","slug":"capital-music-award-nominee-ash-ravens-hits-the-gas-on-new-album-joyride-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/capital-music-award-nominee-ash-ravens-hits-the-gas-on-new-album-joyride-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital Music Award nominee Ash Ravens hits the gas on new album \u2018Joyride Blues\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><\/div>\n<p>Ash Ravens doesn\u2019t just play the blues\u2014he lives them, bends them, and invites you to go along for the ride. With the release of his latest album, <em>Joyride Blues,<\/em> the two-time Capital Music Award nominee proves that sometimes you have to lose the map to find the groove. Drawing from life in Bangladesh, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and now Ottawa, Ash weaves global threads into a record that\u2019s as gritty as it is heartfelt, as classic as it is brand new.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Bangladesh and raised on the sounds of bluesmen and jazz legends, Ash Ravens took the long road to Canada\u2014through music cities like Melbourne and L.A.\u2014and brought every influence with him.<\/p>\n<p>His sound fuses the soul of blues with rock swagger, country honesty, and jazz complexity. He\u2019s as likely to tear through a Joe Bonamassa-style riff as he is to whisper a nylon-string lament under the stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always believed the blues could hold everything I\u2019ve seen,\u201d Ash said. \u201cAnd on this album, I gave it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A two-time City of Ottawa arts grant recipient and a regular on the Canadian scene, Ash is known for his heartfelt lyrics, technical precision, and fearless blending of genre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlues is the root, but everything else is the fruit,\u201d he said, smiling and name-checking heroes like Robben Ford, Matt Schofield, and John Scofield. \u201cThey taught me you don\u2019t have to pick one path. You can carve your own.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joyride Blues\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CpnvoKdcsts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Joyride Blues shows off just how many paths he\u2019s carved. There\u2019s the full-throttle joy of the title track. There\u2019s the traditional shuffle-blues of \u201cMy Ship Has Sailed.\u201d And then there\u2019s \u201cLove Fades Away,\u201d a midnight ballad that cuts deep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoyride Blues is about chasing something,\u201d Ash said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes it\u2019s love, sometimes it\u2019s meaning, sometimes it\u2019s just a feeling. But even when things fall apart, you can still sing your way through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recorded across several cities but always anchored in the blues, the album\u2019s final track, \u201cSomewhere South,\u201d has its own story. Ash explained: \u201cI was stuck. I grabbed a nylon-string guitar, went outside on this quiet southern porch, hit record, and played into the warm night. What you hear is the first take\u2014cicadas and all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a soft landing for a high-octane record, like the last cigarette after a long road trip.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Joyride Blues\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3E98ZI877EBoRit4Oxy0Mu?si=0Bn8iSBZTdq79OSuPAozSA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ash is currently booking shows for fall and winter 2025 and plans to bring the album across Canada and beyond. \u201cThese songs were meant to be played loud, with real people in the room,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Joyride Blues<\/em> is the kind of album that finds you wherever you are\u2014and then takes you somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rootsmusic.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ash Ravens doesn\u2019t just play the blues\u2014he lives them, bends them, and invites you to go along for the ride. 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