Matthew Ryan

Friends & Listeners, 

Last Friday John Scalzi asked if I’d finish a song he’d started after his bout with Covid. 

I like John as a human, and he’s a hell of writer and novelist. The words were good…

Friends & Listeners, 

My new EP, Life Is Beautiful, is now available for you to hear as intended exclusively via my Bandcamp page. It was released exactly at sunset today here in the central US time zone, 4:33 pm. 

Friends & Listeners, 

I hope this message finds you and yours doing well, staying well, and insisting on the rituals and work of hopefulness. Over the summer I spent much of my time exploring and trying to understand the…

Friend's,

We recently performed live on Jesse Malin's livestream, The Fine Art of Self Distancing. You can now enjoy our performance via Youtube or just below. Don't forget our new EP, A Short Film for a Long Story…

Friends & Listeners,

I spent the last handful of months at the piano. As always, it was songs I was hoping for. I found 3 of them. They’re trying to understand this moment we’re all in (maybe this moment…

A new interview where I go in great detail about each song with Ana Lee at WMOT about the new Strays Don’t Sleep music. 

Go HERE or click the image to read the full interview.

Friends & Listeners,

I originally released Current EVENTS before the last presidential election in 2016 to simultaneously express my sense of dread (for the then coming events) and (to balance it) with my love for autumn. It was originally…

Friends & Listeners, 

I'm proud to share this new interview and essay by American Songwriter regarding "I Walked Away" from A Short Film for a Long Story with you. I love this new Strays Don't Sleep music. I can't…

Friends & Listeners, 

I’m truly happy to announce we’ll be releasing new Strays Don’t Sleep music on October 30th this year.  

For press inquiries please reach out to Rachel Hurley at Sweetheart PR. Rachel's email is…

Friends & Listeners,

Thank you all for being so kind and welcoming Rivers, particularly those of you who purchased the "Process Single" on Bandcamp. As I've said so many times, it's your generosity that keeps our engines humming. It's…

Friends, 

...And slowly just like this a new song drifts my rooms to yours. Rivers is available now via Bandcamp (Go HERE). Releases everywhere else digitally on Friday. 

If ya can, please make your first listen via…

A few weeks ago I sat (safely distanced) with my dear friend Clay Steakley for an interview for his fantastic "online-zine," Outer Voice. I welcomed him into my home and creative space and now you're invited too. 

It…

‪Friends & Listeners,‬ 

‪My first new song of 2020 will be released to streaming & digital purchase sites on August 21st.‬ The song is called RIVERS.

‪An exclusive 5 Track “Process Single” will be released on Bandcamp…

Friends, 

This just came out this morning. It’s available pretty much everywhere world-wide where you listen and stream music. It’s called “Farewell”. It’s a cover of one of my favorite early Rod Stewart songs. It was written around…

Friends & Listeners,

It’s a strange sensation. I knew early on albums were photographs. Home movies of found footage from and for the wilderness. Quietly offered, hopefully with a time defying dignity. Fields to be discovered and…

Friends,

Working on more beauty for you guys with some of my closest friends across the wires. Today, a vocal. Yesterday a mix of something else. The back and forth is slow and beautiful. Love the gang I’ve come…

Friends, 

I quietly released a new song for you with the help of some wildly talented and generous friends today. Just below is the video for it. I hope you’ll take a moment and watch and listen. This beautiful…

Friends,

As I've said, I'm enjoying being home and writing a new album but have reserved the right to do something that caught my heart. And this is one of those situations. I'm happy to be opening for the…

Friends & Listeners, 

This is an important note to you regarding The Future Was Beautiful. Please take a moment to read when ya can. 

The Future Was Beautiful is now available worldwide via the streaming sites. 

On…

"Steer Your Way"

It’s almost mischief night. Tomorrow is Halloween. It’s raining here. It’s pretty though. I’ve always liked melancholy weather. Serious and cool. I like to think of these skies as silver rather than gray. When the light…

The Future Was Beautiful and Are You the Matador?... 

This Friday I’m releasing the 2 EPs I shared earlier this year as one collection. It’s called “The Future Was Beautiful”. These songs were gathered this year to be listened…

Friends & Listeners,

This toe-tapper, “Avalanche of Stars”, gets its own digital world-wide release on the streaming sites tomorrow because I decided at the last second to add it to Fallen Ash & Embers. 

Your Saves, Shares, Playlist…

Check out this short preview video announcing the official exclusive early Bandcamp release of FALLEN ASH & EMBERS!

Then go HERE to grab your digital copy of FALLEN ASH & EMBERS.

I always hope to…

Dear Friends and Fellow Humans, 

Please take a minute to listen to the first single from Fallen Ash & Embers. It's called "Are You the Matador?" 

I'm so happy to share the beginning of this new chapter…