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Playing the Music City Roots Show in Nashville April 18th, 2012

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Just confirmed that Ryan will play the Music City Roots Show April 18th 2012. The show will stream live from the Loveless Barn, and on Ryan’s facebook page. 

More details to come soon. 

 

Ryan Tanner Showcase at the 10th Annual Americana Music Festival

Excited to be a part of the americana music festival next week.

showcase details

Saturday, October 15 2011
The Rutledge Theatre
Nashville, TN

8pm Chris Altmann
9pm Ryan Tanner
10pm Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
11pm Great American Taxi
12am Orbo and the Longshots

tickets and more information found here

Seven Years – Acoustic EP released today

Available here

Track listing

1. Don’t Forget To Take It With You When You Go
2. Seven Years
3. Starlight Parade
4. Salt Lake City Rain
5. Sooner Or Later (Love Will Break Your Heart)
6. It’s All I’ve Got
7. Mama, Please Don’t Give Up On Me
8. Peaceful Mind

Recorded live at June Audio

Ryan is selected as one of ten finalists in the Folks Fest Songwriter Showcase

I am not going to lie … I am really humbled and excited to be a part of this. I watched my dear friend, Paul Jacobsen almost walk away with the award last year, and was such a great experience to watch. i am so honored to be a part of it this year.

http://www.bluegrass.com/folks/contests.html

Ryan Tanner in this months American Songwriter Country Music Issue

Photographs from Ryan’s recent trip to Nashville to write with Jim Lauderdale are in the new Country Music Issue from American Songwriter.

You can also download the song “I Never Did My Best” as part of the CMT country music sampler, along with tracks from Buddy Miller (sigh … ) Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Jim Lauderdale and many more here.

Winner of the American Songwriter Lyric Contest Grand Prize

Jim Lauderdale and Ryan (photo by Rachel Briggs, American Songwriter)

 

Read about it here

 

RECORD STORE DAY – SLOWTRAIN

 

Join us at our favorite local record shop slowtrain on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Ryan will be playing with Paul Jacobsen, his own set and then joining former BOA heartthrob Jay William Henderson.

 

Slowtrain is proud to present Record Store Day 2011 – a multi-day event designed to celebrate record stores, musicians, and this great community we all share.
Slowtrain RSD Weekend Hours:
Friday, April 15: 11am to 9pm
Saturday, April 16: 10am to 9pm

Sunday, April 18: 12pm to 6pm


Slowtrain Record Store Day Savings Account: Starting March 1, 2011 we want to give you the chance to open a Slowtrain Record Store Day Savings Account and get some money back on your investment too!

Live Music:

Birthquake – 11am
Trappers – 12pm
Paul Jacobsen – 1pm
American Shakes – 2pm
Ryan Tanner – 3pm
Plastic Furs – 4pm
Jay William Henderson – 5pm
Desert Noises – 6pm
Joshua James - 7pm

Exclusive Releases: Click here for a list of the official releases. You can download this form and use as a checklist for your RSD needs!

Slowtrain Lounge: 2011′s Slowtrain Lounge will be hosted by the Salt Lake City Film Festival! They’ll be serving up delicious, ice-cold, locally-brewed Bohemian (we are Brozeks after all) beer. Yum and fun! A good portion of all the money made in the Lounge will go to support the wonderful works of the Salt Lake City Film Festival. We are so proud to partner with them and support the great work they do for film in SLC.

Gallery Stroll: We’ll be open late drinking Bohemian beer as we try to spy RSD Elves setting up exclusive releases in our racks. Let’s make it a holiday tradition like pie and mistletoe! Instead it will be delicious beer and limited edition music. Join us for the fun and know that your beer purchases support great art in SLC.

Giving Back: Slowtrain is proud to partner with Breathe UtahSalt Lake City Film Festival, and Local First Utah throughout Record Store Day. We’re happy to support these incredible local non-profits and we hope you’ll give them your support too!
Food, Craft, Music Fair: We’re turning our back parking lot into a mini-fair for this year’s RSD festivities. We’ll have excellent booths set up from Craft Lake City artists selling their wares. You can support local business, local music, and local art just by attending RSD. Breath Utah will be providing you shoppers with an appetite some yummy food – and your purchases will go towards an excellent cause…helping to clean up our nasty Utah air. We’ll have live music, discount records and CDs, and just lots of fun. Plus we’ll have fun and interactive booths from Local FirstSlug Magazine, and others! It’s going to be a BLAST!

T-shirts and Totes: This year we are PROUD to offer an new Slowtrain t-shirt and LP totes just in time for RSD. This design was made just for us by the incredible musician and artist, Owen Ashworth, from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, aka, Advance Base. We’ll be selling these items throughout the year and a portion of the proceeds will go to Spy Hop Productions.

Questions? Comments? Sent ‘em to us at RSD@slowtrainmusic.com – write RSD 2011 in the subject header.
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