Classic Rock

These Wicked Rivers

“We’re heavy and quite southern-sounding.”

that talks to Arran Day, his band These Wicked Rivers should have been setting the satnav for Coventry, where they were due to be playing the opening show of a British tour with Ryders Creed. Covid-19 has of course torpedoed that. After spending six years getting this far, the, yet he remains surprisingly upbeat. “Hopefully we’ll be out there again soon,” he says, smiling.

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