Blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Ryan McGarvey has released his new single, “Back to Life,” the first preview of his anticipated comeback album Up From The Ashes, which is expected to arrive in late April. The forthcoming release will mark McGarvey’s first full-length studio album since 2018’s Heavy Hearted.
“Back to Life” signals a new chapter for the guitarist.
“I’m so pleased with the heaviness and force of this new song,” McGarvey shared with Blues Rock Review. “It’s all about never giving up, and continuing to push forward and keep fighting, even when everything in the world tells you to give up repeatedly. I hope the listener can take some inspiration from it, to apply to anything they may be going through themselves.”
Over the course of his career, McGarvey has shared stages with some of the most revered names in music, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Joe Bonamassa, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
One of the defining moments of McGarvey’s career came in 2010 when he and his band were hand-selected from more than 4,000 artists worldwide to perform at Eric Clapton’s prestigious Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago. The guitarist returned to the event in 2019 in Dallas while in the midst of a demanding European tour and also held a standing invitation for the 2023 Crossroads Festival in Los Angeles.
With Up From The Ashes on the horizon and national and international tours currently in development, “Back to Life” offers the first glimpse of that new era.
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