Storytelling has become a major part of Ryanhood shows in the past few years, and we frequently get asked for recordings and videos of those storytelling moments from our live shows. But we haven’t had anything solid to point to—until now. 

We are so pleased to present our first TED talk, “How bad things can make us good people”! 

Recorded live at the 2019 TEDx Tucson [R]evolution Conference, our first time on the red circle wove the songs “I Didn’t Put Anything Into Your Place” and “Second City” with stories of personal heartbreak, large scale disaster, and how we can find hope for our whole culture by choosing to face our own hard places. 

Here’s the official TEDx YouTube video description: 

Poets from Ernest Hemingway to Kanye West have taught us that we can, over time, become stronger right at the places where we’ve been wounded. But does “stronger” always mean “better”? While many of our greatest heroes were been born of intense suffering, many of our strongest villains were born the same way. What causes some people to pass on their pain on to others in warfare, racism, and abuse, while some seem to transform their pain into great art, compassionate wisdom, and restorative justice? 

Join Cameron Hood and Ryan David Green of Tucson, Arizona’s indie-folk duo Ryanhood as they use virtuosity, heart, and humor to explore the gifts of heartbreak, loss, and failure. What does it mean to truly transform pain? And how is it that bad things can make us into good people? 

Check out Beachcomber Magazine's recent article, in which Cameron gets to muse about the record that most changed his life. Read it here.

Ryanhood is this month's Artist Spotlight over at Takamine Guitars. We're big fans of the guitar maker, and you can read a wide ranging interview we did with the guitar maker discussing all things acoustic guitar. Check out the full interview here!

We’ve been invited to speak and perform at TEDx Tucson on Sep 21! More than 500 of Tucson’s most impassioned TEDx enthusiasts will come together to immerse in "ideas worth spreading”. It will be an all day event, taking place at the Berger Theater, and you can get more information and tickets here.

Hand drawn by our very own Uncle Cameron, this Ryanhood coloring book is perfect for kids and adults alike. This saddle-stitched (stapled) booklet features 15 unique coloring pages depicting the duo in all of their extra-musical adventures, such as: 

- Ryanhood on the moon 
- Ryanhood riding horses 
- Ryanhood riding dinosaurs 
- Ryanhood under the sea 
- Ryanhood enjoying a jumping castle 
- Ryanhood planting a garden under the watchful eye of a brachiosaurus 
- and more!

We're thrilled to be returning to perform at the 2019 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, NY on Aug 2, 3 and 4th, alongside BoDeans, Stephen Kellogg, and many other amazing acts. Tickets are on sale now!

WHRB 95.3FM (Harvard Radio Broadcasting) reviewed our recent live performance at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. Check it out here!

We are thrilled to be invited to perform at the first annual Opelika Songwriters Festival on May 24-26. We'll be playing alongside Shawn Mullins, Tony Lucca, Dan Navarro, and many more amazing songwriters.

We're proud to announce that we're officially a part of the Takamine Guitar family. What an honor to be in the company of so many of our heroes. Come on out to one of our a live shows and you'll see/hear us rocking out with our Takamine P7DC and EF341SC guitars.

We're thrilled to be opening up for Kevin Griffin at his upcoming City Winery shows in New York City, Washington DC, and Atlanta. Kevin is the frontman for the band Better Than Ezra, and has penned countless hits for other artists as well. But on top of all of that, he's one of the most-fun artists we've ever had the pleasure of playing with (we had the honor for opening up for him in Denver in 2016). Check the shows page for details and ticket links!

We are Official Showcase Artists at the 2018 FAR-West (Folk Alliance Region West) Conference in Woodland Hills, CA. We will also be playing a few late night 'guerilla' showcases as well. Hope to see some old friends at the conference, and look forward to meeting new ones!

The Yearbook whole album lyric video is here! 

With our previous album, Start Somewhere, we found that listening to a whole album while reading the lyrics was actually a wonderful way to experience a record. So following in those footsteps, we're proud to present the long form YouTube video for Yearbook.  

Click here to check out a playlist of the individual videos from the Yearbook.

We're hitting the road again this August, including a stop at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (where we were voted 'Most Wanted Act' last year!) Full details on all of the performances at ryanhood.com/shows.

We're honored to officially partner with D'Addario, whose guitar strings we've used for many many years. We grew up seeing our favorite guitarists in posters and magazine ads for D'Addario strings, and now, to become official D'Addario artists ourselves is somewhat surreal. For those who are curious, Ryan plays EXP12s on his guitar and EXP75s on his mandolin, while Cameron uses EJ17s on his guitar and EJ88Ts on his ukulele.

We're honored to be featured in the Sep 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine. The article explores the ways in which acoustic duos approach composing and arranging for two guitars. Here's a short snippet from the article:

“If you’re playing a second guitar part, a good question to ask is, will it be missed if it’s not there?” says Green. “You know you’ve come up with something good, something essential, when a song begins to hinge on your contribution, your additional voicings.”

Read the complete article here!

Here's some beautiful footage from our performance at Australia's National Folk Festival this past April. We had a wonderful time during our first trip down under!