Steve mentioned last night that the Ryan page has been on the blog too long, and was wondering if I'd given up on this thing. No way, just too damn busy lately. Also, I had really wanted to catch Ben Arnold down in Asbury this past week before posting about him, but reality foiled that plan. Such is life...I've been wanting to write about this guy for awhile now, but since I have not yet caught him live, felt I should really get the full picture first. I first heard him back 3-4 years ago on XPN, but they only played one or two songs. But I filed the name, and I'm really glad I did. The more I listen, the more I like -- strong gravelly voice, singer/songwriter with rock & roll edge and heart, quieter songs engage rather than induce sleep, lots of variety in instrumentation and arrangement, a talented pro who deserves some success. Philly guy, with a record release party at Johnny Brenda's on October 18th that I'm gonna try to hit.
Anyway, once upon a time he had an actual website with a bunch of great mp3s, but the whole site now seems to have vanished, and a single page with a flash player put in its place. But if you want to take music with you, that's a real problem, so I'm putting these mp3s up on my machine. Pop 'em on yer iPod...money back guarantee on this one! :)
(please ignore web errors you may see about expired security certificates)
suckin_honey.mp3
O_Holy_Ghost.mp3
Nevermind_My_Blues.mp3
Everywhere_You.mp3
Eggs.mp3
Sky_Was_Falling.mp3
Zig_Zag.mp3
Bad_Time.mp3
Timeless.mp3
Worlds_Away.mp3
A few more can be found on his myspace page.
