Our new single "The Fight", from our upcoming album Under the Leaves, was just named a semi-finalist in the 2020 International Songwriting Competition. The song draws inspiration from the likes of French historian René Girard and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, Martin Luther King, Jr., and even Psalm 46, and we're honored to have it recognized! If you haven't heard the song yet, check it out here.

“...My Uncle Phil got all the wires set up, and began dubbing one song at a time directly from the turntable to the cassette deck. You could hear the tell-tale needle drop, the crackle, and those incredible musical colors that lifted themselves up from the grooves. ‘Dear Prudence’ and ‘I’ve Just Seen a Face’ were on there. So were ‘And Your Bird Can Sing,’ ‘I’m Only Sleeping,’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ and a few others. . . . For the next year or two, my dad and I drove around listening and re-listening to that tape-from-vinyl, dissecting the songwriting, making up harmonies, and discussing exactly which clues were most convincing that Paul was indeed ‘dead.’” 

In preparation for our first ever vinyl release, read the full essay on Cameron's relationship with vinyl at The Vinyl District

Our new album, Under The Leaves, performed under the stars. You can sit with your pod of beloved folks at a 2-top or a 4-top table, tables are far apart, overall capacity is kept to 100 people per show, and it’s outdoors under the spring stars in Tucson. Only 100 tickets are available for each of these special intimate shows, so if this sounds like it might be for you, grab a table right now before they sell out!

“'The Fight' tackles the clash between morality and ideology with a brainy intellectualism not often seen in a pop song...Intricate and challenging, Ryan’s acoustic guitarwork creates a steady and solid foundation for Cameron’s lyrics to shine." Read the full article here.

We were invited to be a part of Takamine's 2021 showcase, where we had the chance to share what an important role Takamine Guitars have played throughout our career. You can check out the interview here.

We have a new album on the way. It's called Under The Leaves and it's moving, and fun, and deep... everything you could want from a Ryanhood record. It will be available on CD and vinyl. We've also crafted a companion book filled with essays and stories about the songs, expanded artwork, and more.

The album will officially release in April 2021, stay tuned for more details...

We're playing a Fireside Concert Livestream on Dec 20th. It'll be a chance for some comfort and communion with one another. A nice way to end the year together and ring in the new one. 

It starts at 5pm PST - 6pm MST (AZ) - 7pm CST - 8pm EST 
You can watch it on YouTube... here's the direct link: https://youtu.be/4bnmKQSOh2Y 
 

Our mandolin and ukulele version of The Allman Brother's classic instrumental Jessica has now been watched and shared by more than half-a-million people on Facebook! Who knew such tiny instruments could wield such power?

Check it out on Facebook, YouTube, or add the song to your favorite playlist on Spotify

ps. You can download an mp3 of the song (as well as our entire recorded catalog!) by becoming a supporter of ours over at Patreon!

Ukulele Magazine recently named our mandolin and ukulele duet of Jessica the "Feel-Good Video Du Jour"! Check out the article and video here.

Heads up! ;-)

We've got a brand new hat design now available at the Ryanhood online store (or at our merchandise table at a show). We hope you'll wear it with pride!

Our version of The Beatles' song And Your Bird Can Sing is available today for streaming on Spotify! Click here and listen lots of times (preferably millions) and spread the word! And if you'd like to download the song, become a Ryanhood patron on Patreon and you can download it, as well as the rest of our catalog!

People often ask us "what's the best way to support you guys?"  
We haven't always had a best answer, but we do now...  please join us on Patreon. It's a platform where you can become a Ryanhood patron, helping us to continue to create and tour, AND (as if that wasn't enough) in return you get access to things like exclusive music releases, sheet music, private concerts, exclusive merch, and more!

Those of you tuning in to NPR this past holiday weekend may have heard our song What Is Christmas on the popular radio show This American Life. If you m missed it, you can listen to the episode here (our song caps off the episode at the end), and you can listen to our song What Is Christmas in its entirety here. It's always such an honor to be made a part of our favorite radio show!

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!