Matthew Ryan is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter whose music was once roughly characterized as alt-country. In recent years Ryan has fused folk’s tradition with a more ambient, cinematic music.
****Matthew Ryan Vs The Silver State (MRVSS)is now available everywhere****
Look for more info and concert dates at myspace.com/matthewryan and matthewryanonline.com
Matthew Ryan is playing a special solo show at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA on July 9th,2008 at 10pm.
Also, Ryan just completed a special video for Word Magazine out of the UK. The video contains a never before heard song that Ryan wrote just for Word Magazine. The video should debut soon so keep an eye out. The song is called Nobody Fails.
Here’s what they’re saying so far about Matthew Ryan Vs The Silver State:
“A hell of an album. I feel like I’m discovering Blood On The Tracks for the first time.” ” - Joe Hill, author “Heart-Shaped Box” and “20th Century Ghosts”
“It Could’ve Been Worse, by Matthew Ryan is a devastating tale of troubled adolescence, teen pregnancy and possible suicide that concludes with a mystery worthy of Ode to Billie Joe.” - Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY PLAYLIST PICK
“…endlessly satisfying… there are 11 songs here, and absolutely no filler… his finest album.” – Paste Magazine (April 2008 “Editor’s Pick”)
“[T]his time [Matthew Ryan] takes on his roots with 11 compelling songs inspired by his life and friends growing up in a suburb of Philadelphia … these songs are cathartic, a settling of the past with an eye toward the future from a gifted songwriter who’s only getting better.” - Performing Songwriter
“…but a solo set from Pennsylvania’s Matthew Ryan stole the show to a packed inside crowd. Working his 11th album in as many years, Ryan powered the dramatic intensity of Irish balladeers like Glen Hansard or Damien Rice but cut with the gruff vocal grit of Springsteen.” – Austin Chronicle (SXSW live review)
Praise for the track “American Dirt:” “A spectacular-sounding new one from the forthcoming Matthew Ryan record.” - KGSR 107.1 Austin
“American Dirt,” Philly Local Pick of the Day 1/24/08 – WXPN Philadelphia
“[MRVSS] is another fine brick in Matthew Ryan’s walkway that belongs on the same path with songwriters such as Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, and Lucinda Williams… an early highlight for 2008.” – HHHH Glide Magazine
“Every now and then you stumble on a album from a band you don’t really hear too much about and it pushes your eye brows up… [Matthew Ryan vs. The Silver State] delivers… HHHH1/2 – Melodic.net
Discography:
Mayday (A&M Records) - 1997
East Autumn Grin (A&M/Interscope Records) - 2000
Concussion (WAXY SILVER) - 2001
Dissent From The Living Room (DIY)- 2002
Hopeless To Hopeful (DIY) - 2003
Happiness (One Little Indian -UK Only) 2003
Regret Over The Wires (Hybrid Recordings)- 2003
These Are Field Recordings (DIY) - 2004
Strays Don’t Sleep (One Little Indian - UK Release) - 2005
Strays Don’t Sleep (Hybrid Recordings -US Release) - 2006
From A Late Night High Rise - 2006
