He’s warmed himself up with a date at Bluesfest and now Ash Grunwald is hitting the road to play a healthy number of dates in support of ‘River’, the first track from a new album coming your way. And let me just say that the new track is chock-full of talent, landing the skills of Ian Perez (Wolfmother), Pete Wilkins (formerly Blue King Brown) and Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam/Springsteen). From the presser: “Full of groove, River bounces towards a wall of sound to bang your head on in frustration for a Government trying to divide it’s people; a reminder that division amongst a country’s citizens creates a smokescreen for Governments to sneak behind unnoticed to make their corruptions law … Finding inspiration in the famous words of David Suzuki ‘We all live downstream’, River observes the unavoidable impact we have on each other as ‘one people, one planet, one circumstance’ and encourages that impact to be full of wide-eyed support of each other rather than naïve collaboration for corporate greed and government lies.” As for the new album, that one is called Now and is set to drop in September. Barwon Heads Hotel, Barwon Heads – June 6.