It was great to hear and meet Kent Blazy tonight at Bluebird! He took questions from the audience and explained how he got his start in the music business. Kent has written several big hits including “If Tomorrow Never Comes” for Garth Brooks, “Gettin’ You Home” for Chris Young, and the most recent “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me” for American Idol contestant, Danny Gokey. He also co-wrote “It All Comes Back To Me” which is on my current album. The best part, is he is a fellow Kentuckian as well, hailing from Lexington! I was able to talk to Kent and give him a copy of my CD. I hope he likes what he hears and that we can maintain a music relationship through the years…

I’m excited to announce that I will have a full band travelling and performing with me this year! We are currently booking shows for this summer and early Fall! So far we are set to perform Fri. Aug. 13th at the Williamson County Fair in Franklin, TN, Sat. Aug. 21st at the Wilson County Fair in Lebanon, TN, and Sat. Oct. 2nd at the 48th Apple Festival in Paintsville, KY, opening for co-headliners J.D. Shelburne and ‘Nashville Star’s’ Justin David. I hope you will be able to follow us on the road as we look forward to book more dates! Thanks so much for your support!

- Ryan

I will be doing 3 radio interviews this morning by phone. One at 94.1 WLYE in Glasgow, one at 99.1 WHSX The Hoss in Edmonton, and one at 93.5 WAIN in Columbia, KY! So excited!! A big ‘Thank You’ to Scott Gentry @ Scott’s City Limits for making this happen. Look forward to playing the show on Saturday!!

Hope you were able to catch a portion of my radio interview with Dave Spencer at 92.5 WBKR in Owensboro, KY. It was a blast to get to talk with him. Thank you to all those who tuned in to listen live! I really appreciate it. Counting down the days til we’re with Justin Moore for the KY Apple Festival in Paintsville, KY!! It’s this Sat. Oct. 3rd. He’s coming off having the #1 song in the land, “Smalltown USA.” What a huge hit for him! So glad to be a part of it and be able to play at the same event as him. Stay tuned……….

I’m so excited to get the chance to open for Justin Moore this Thursday July 30th at Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, KY. This is really a dream come! I can’t believe it. We came so close to being able to open for Little Big Town in March with all of the votes sent in by you - the fans - on Eventful.com. Now, just a few months later we DO get to open for a major act, thanks to the wonderful folks at 95.1 WGGC for contacting me about the event. They will be hosting “95 Live” there in the Park at the Reagan Amphitheater. Admission into the Park is $10, unless you go to WGGC’s website (www.wggc.com) and download a “Goober Member” card, then you get in for $5. There are 3 acts total, all acoustic I’m told. We perform at 6PM Central, and Justin Moore closes out the show at 7PM. I’m so excited, I cannot even wait. It’s so neat to be driving down the road and here “Smalltown USA” on the radio, and think, “I get to open for that guy.” This is not the only time we will be hooking up with Justin, either. We will also be with him at the Kentucky Apple Festival Sat. Oct. 3rd in Paintsville, KY.  We play earlier in the day at 4:30PM Eastern, while he is set to hit the stage at 8PM later that night. Again very exciting! Thanks so much for your continued support. I really appreciate it! Keep telling everyone you know about the new CD ‘Thank God For You And Me’ and requesting the music at your local radio station. Thanks a bunch! See ya on the road….

The CD is now here and available for you to purchase through the online store of my website. You can purchase an actual copy of the CD by sending a check or money order to the P.O Box listed on the store tab, or a digital download through DigStation. Just click on the DigStation logo on the store tab to either purchase a single song or full album digital download. Roughly one week from now, Sat. May 30th, we will be having a ‘CD Release Party’ at Green Valley Restaurant (503 East Highway 60) in Irvington, KY. It will be held from 6:30-8:30PM EST where you will be able to hear a sneak preview of the CD in its entireity. Also, if you eat at the restaurant between 6:30-8PM, you will be able to enter a drawing for a chance to win a free CD, along with a signed t-shirt or an autographed picture. Hope you can make it out for this special event.

Looking forward to participate in this year’s Relay For Life River Jam on Saturday June 13, 2009. It will be held near Little Dave’s Restaurant in downtown Brandenburg. We are scheduled to perform from 1-5PM Eastern Time. The event will start at 10AM, and plenty of activities will take place throughout the day: Including a Poker Run, 8-Ball Tournament, and Classic Car Cruise. There will also be plenty of food, door prizes and a 50/50 drawing. ‘Perfect Alibi’ will be concluding the night, taking the stage from 6-10PM Eastern. This event is for a great cause and we hope to see a big crowd in attendance! For further details you can log onto www.littledavesky.com.

I am set to perform at the Irvington Railroad Heritage Festival on Saturday May 16th from 3-4PM Eastern Time in downtown Irvington near the Train Depot. Hope to have some advanced copies of the new CD to sell that day. And hope to see you there!

I am proud to announce that after 8 months of hard work in and out of the studio, the new CD release date is near! We have an approximate release date of May 19th. We will let you know if it is somehow sooner than that. Check back on the home page for updated info. We will be setting up an online store that will allow you to purchase the CD online. I had planned on having advanced copies in time for the Irvington Railroad Festival on May 16th. But unfortunately, we may miss that date by 3 days. You can see a picture of the cover on the home page of the website. Again check back soon for more details….

I am excited to announce that 2 of my songs, “Never Got To Say” and “Good Old Days” will be included on the Melodical Hearts ‘Music That Matters: KY, WV, and VA’ Compilation CD, which will also include major artists such as Taylor Swift, Bryan White, Kevin Sharp, Wayne Warner, and Lila McCann. Once the disc is complete, I will have copies to sell at my shows. This is such an honor to be included on this Compilation CD.

Melodical Hearts was created to bring awareness to foster care, adoption, addictions/abuse, illness, and many other relevant societal concerns. If you would to know more about the Melodical Hearts Foundation or the Compilation CD, you can click on the Melodical Hearts logo located on the home page.