Downham Market band When Rivers Meet release first-ever Christmas single “Christmas Is Here” b/w “It’s The Time of the Year” and announce spring 2023 UK tour Breaker of Chains
Downham husband-and-wife band When Rivers Meet have released their first-ever Christmas single and announced their spring tour.
Written by Grace and Aaron Bond, “Christmas Is Here” b/w “It’s The Time of the Year”, was released yesterday.
Produced by Adam Bowers, the double A-side single is available from shop.whenriversmeet.co.uk. Watch the music video on YouTube HERE.
Their spring 2023 UK tour Breaker of Chains will be with very special guest Arielle. Planet Rock start a 48-hour ticket pre-sale at 9am tomorrow (Wednesday, December 7) at www.planetrock.com.
Tickets go on general sale on Friday, December 9 from www.whenriversmeet.co.uk/tour.
“Christmas Is Here” is an upbeat blues rock Christmas song, featuring Grace Bond’s distinctive, powerhouse vocals and raunched-up mandolin solo overlaying Aaron Bond’s gritty guitar riff and harmonising vocals.
Beautifully simple and heart-warming, “It’s the Time of Year” harks back to gathering around the piano, giving the perfect platform for Grace to display her ability to switch from rock to ballad flawlessly with Aaron’s vocal harmony perfectly melding in choruses.
Past reviews have included: "It was a magical moment and a truly stunning performance." – Powerplay Magazine.
"When Rivers Meet are at the top of their game." – Maximum Volume Music.
"The crowd were in awe of what was happening right before their eyes." – Metalliville.
"What a show and what a performance! Grace and Aaron are something special." – The Rockpit.
"The whole band enjoys being on stage with smiles all around. Grace and Aaron steal the show with not only their talent, but the chemistry that the two share when performing together." – Rock N Load.
In 2021, When Rivers Meet were the first band to win four UK Blues Awards including Blues Band of the Year, Blues Album of the Year (We Fly Free), Emerging Blues Artist of the Year, and Most Inspirational Online Performance of the Year. WRM also won Best New Band at Planet Rock’s awards The Rocks.
In May 2022, WRM won three more UK Blues Awards including Blues Album of the Year (Saving Grace), Blues Band of the Year, and Blues Vocalist of the Year (Grace Bond). WRM won Album of the Year (Saving Grace) at Planet Rock’s awards The Rocks 2022, beating Iron Maiden who came in second place. WRM also won the Blues Power Award at Planet Rock’s “The Rocks 2022.”
Band lineup: Grace Bond – vocals, mandolin, fiddle; Aaron Bond – vocals, guitar; Roger Inniss– bass. musical director; James Fox – drums, keys, backing vocals.
