The Drop: Smith/Kotzen

The GRAMMY Museum is thrilled to welcome Smith/Kotzen to the Museum’s intimate 200-seat Clive Davis Theater for an evening celebrating and discussing their upcoming BMG album release, Black Light / White Noise, their creative process, and more, with a special acoustic performance to follow.

Connoisseurs of fine riff craft will need no introduction to Adrian Smith, Richie Kotzen or their remarkable pedigree. As anyone who’s familiar with their eponymous 2021 debut will already know, Smith/Kotzen is far more than the sum of its parts – both in the studio and on the live stage. Now they’re back with another 10 sticks of hard rock dynamite that are nothing short of an explosive statement of musical intent.

Critically celebrated and rapturously received by fans, their debut album was a veritable masterclass in timeless modern rock that saw the guitar-slinging legends conjure a heady dose of 70s-loving blues, rock and R&B for the 21st century.

Not wishing to leave eager fans hanging on for long, Smith/Kotzen would soon release their vinyl-only Better Days EP in November of that same year ahead of traversing the Atlantic for an electrifying US/UK tour at the start of 2023. The 13 dates would produce the Better Days… And Nights CD which added 5 ferocious live tracks to their previous vinyl EP and left little doubt as to the supremacy of their studio and stage chops.

And now, their newly announced follow-up, Black Light / White Noise sees the pair delving even deeper into their musical vocabulary, and from the moment opening track “Muddy Water” or either of the first two singles – White Noise and Black Light respectively hit you with a massive dose of big-riffing swagger, it’s clear they’ve both got a lot to say.

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