R.K. BLACKWOOD
17 songs · First album

RIDE THE THUNDER

It begins at the river.

R.K. Blackwood signature river visual

RIDE THE THUNDER doesn't begin with the storm. It begins at the river.

Across seventeen songs, R.K. Blackwood opens a world where rivers, boats, old trees, mist and open horizons are more than scenery. They belong to the stories.

The album can become still. It can wait, watch and listen. But that same world can break open. Then the music gathers force, the stillness gives way, and quiet water begins to move.

PLANNED RELEASE · 25 SEPTEMBER 2026

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Tracklist

Seventeen chapters

  1. 01 — THE RIVER REMEMBERS
  2. 02 — BEFORE THE FIRST CAST
  3. 03 — WHERE GIANTS RISE
  4. 04 — BLACK RIVER PRAYER
  5. 05 — ONE MORE CAST
  6. 06 — GHOST FISH
  7. 07 — THE OLD OAK
  8. 08 — SILENT WATER
  9. 09 — DEVIL'S WAKE
  10. 10 — RIDE THE THUNDER
  11. 11 — ONE LAST CAST (BEFORE THE DAWN)
  12. 12 — HOME IS THE RIVER
  13. 13 — WHEN THE RIVER SINGS
  14. 14 — LUCILLE'S GIANT
  15. 15 — CARRY ME HOME
  16. 16 — RIVER OF BLUE SMOKE
  17. 17 — WHEN THE WATERS SING
The day is over. The river remains.

WHEN THE WATERS SING closes the journey not with a final full stop, but with one last look across the water.