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When Rivers Meet

When Rivers Meet is an English blues / rock band formed in 2016 in Essex, England, by husband-and-wife duo Grace and Aaron Bond.

History
When Rivers Meet (or WRM) The duo began touring the UK in their VW camper van in 2019, including a performance at the Great British Rock and Blues Festival in Skegness. However, in spring 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK and restrictions were imposed, they were forced to give up on the tour. In November 2020 they brought out their debut album, We Fly Free. On the album, Grace Bond performed vocals, mandolin and violin; Aaron Bond performed vocals and guitar (including slide guitar); and the duo were backed by Adam Bowers on bass, drums, organ and piano, and Robin G. Breeze on bass, organ and piano. Adam Bowers also produced the album, at The Boathouse Studio in rural Suffolk. Tracks from their album We Fly Free were playlisted and featured on the Planet Rock national digital radio station in 2020 and 2021, and the band also received airplay on BBC Radio 2's The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker and The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews In March 2021, it was announced that When Rivers Meet would be back on tour supporting the King King blues band's UK tour, beginning in October 2021. == Reception ==
Reception
In October 2020, Paul H. Birch, writing for RAMzine summed-up his opinion of the band, stating: "Essentially, 4/4 boogie blues with folk rock ambiance, a modern-day female-fronted Medicine Head perhaps," with "Aaron providing solid backing vocals and guitar", that Grace Bond's singing possesses "great range and clarity"; and he sums-up the album by saying: "For blues lovers 'We Fly Free' is a purist's paradise." == Interviews ==
Accolades and awards
In December 2020, Blues Rock Review listed We Fly Free ninth in their Top 20 Albums of 2020. In May 2021, When Rivers Meet won four UKBlues Awards, for: Emerging Blues Artist of the Year; Blues Band of the Year; Blues Album of the Year; and Most Inspirational Online Performance of the Year. == Personal life ==
Personal life
Aaron Bond was born in Downham Market, Norfolk, England, is originally from Ely, Cambridgeshire. They met at Bond's local pub in Downham Market, where Holmes had just started working as a bar steward, and now live in the coastal town of Brightlingsea, Essex, near Colchester. They have been together since 2004. == Discography ==
Discography
Studio albums Liberty (2017) • We Fly Free (2020) • Saving Grace (2021) – No. 84 UK Albums ChartAces Are High (2023) – No. 9 UK Albums Chart • Addicted to You (2025) – No. 4 UK Albums Chart Live albums Flying Free Tour - Live (2022) • Breaker of Chains Tour - Live (2024) • ''Live in London '24'' (2024) • Red Rum Duo Tour Tour - Live (2024) Compilations The EP Collection (2020) • The Story So Far... Highlights Vol.1 (2024) Others The Boathouse Sessions (2022) Extended plays The Uprising (2019) • Innocence of Youth (2020) Singles • "Christmas Is Here" (2022) • "Play My Game" (2023) • "Golden" (2024) • "Addicted to You" (2025) == References ==
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