Just finishing up a huge tour with Dirty Honey on the California Dreaming Tour and their second festival this year, Joyous Wolf brings the California heat to West Michigan for Upheaval Fest.
Fresh off their set, frontman Nick Reese & dummer Robert Sodaro and I had a fun throwback interview discussing our hometown area of Southern California, tour date areas they enjoyed, and more.
If you have never had the chance to experience Joyous Wolf live, they need to be added to your 2021 bucket-list now. Singer Nick Reese not only vocally sounds amazing live and has a matured voice beyond his years, he has John Travolta Saturday Night Fever dance moves. During our interview he even stated it’s rare that he has a catwalk to preform on, and he took for advantage of that. If you were just walking into the festival grounds hearing Joyous Wolf playing, you would swear it was Slash on guitar shredding away as guitarist Blake Allard ripped on his maple top Gibson Les Paul. It was also refreshing to be able to hear bass riffs as well from Greg Braccio as sometimes that gets lost in the mix board for main stage acts early on, and drummer Robert Sodaro was like the Animal from The Muppets, he was possessed and had the festival Voodoo magic taking control of him.
These southern California boys have a big sound for being a rock-n-roll four piece band, and they’re taking 2021 by the Covid horns and letting you know who they are.
Checkout our full interview below and be on the lookout for their new single “Fearless” dropping 7/30.