UAWIL #268: Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons on his new solo album Weapons of Beauty

The Ugly American Werewolf in London Rock Podcast · Jan 15, 2026 · 1h 11m

Jay Buchanan once led his own band before he became the lead singer of the grammy nominated, globe-trotting Rival Sons. So it was always assumed by everyone in the band that Jay would also release solo material while fronting the hard rockin' band. But becoming one of the biggest touring rock acts on the planet and recording 9 records doesn't leave much time for anything else. So Jay sequestered himself in the the Mojave Desert to conjure up the spirits that would allow him to delve deep into his own soul to find what he could mine out of it.

The result, Weapons of Beauty, is his first solo…