“The new queen of rock and roll” – Jumpin’ Hot Club

“A cross between Tina Turner and Bill Haley and the Comets” – Vive Le Rock

It’s an old-fashioned rock’n’roll story…  In September 2012, sizzling singer Hannah Rickard was hanging out backstage at the Southbank Centre, having just played to a packed house. Suddenly her cousin Lou burst in, grabbed her hand and whisked her off. “Those songs you sent me?” he said, referring to a tape Hannah had posted, “We’re recording them”. This was true musical spontaneity: a quick ring round at 8pm, an impromptu gathering of the best musicians in London rock’n’roll, then jumping in the van to kidnap the singer from her own gig.

Sometimes, everything just comes together. What the group created was sultry blues grooving with a honky-tonk swagger, a cool drink of water under a blistering rock’n’roll sun. A couple of reunions later led to a full, touring band that has toured extensively culminating in a sold out show at The Royal Albert Hall earlier this year. Hannah and her Relatives have gone from strength to strength.  “You Changed”, a stompingly modern twist on an authentic 50s sound, comes as their second single. Play it the old-fashioned way: LOUD!