Ryan Humbert

"Old Souls, New Shoes" Promotional Video - Featuring live footage and much more. By Dave Green for Greene Light Productions.

The Ryan Humbert Band Performing "Hand Me Down Heart" on the Cleveland Fox 8 Morning Show.
Akron-Ohio based singer-songwriter Ryan Humbert has a habit of writing catchy songs that defy the boundaries of normal genres. Releasing two studio albums within two years (Nothing to Lose, Hangman) as well as a live CD (One Night Only: Acoustic Live) and two EPs (The Well Whatever Demos, Before You Leave), Humbert has proved he can build powerful albums that span many styles of American music.
Whether it's the broken heart sing-along "Hand Me Down Heart", the painful and defiant ballad "Losing My Touch", The stalker-worthy power-pop chorus of "Keeps Me Coming Back For More", the south-of-the-border send off of "Heading South", the power-pop joyride "Misery Loves Company", the 80's dance groove "Sideways" or the raise-your-hands-in-the-air powerhouse "These Are The Days", Humbert's music will have you singing along in no time, no matter what kind of groove you choose.
Over the past three years Humbert has played over 300 shows, either acoustic or with his band, including opening slots for Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, The Gin Blossoms, Foreigner, Josh Ritter, Dave Mason, Allen Toussaint, Alana Davis, The Push Stars, Raul Malo, The Subdudes, Red Wanting Blue, The Damnwells, Tim Easton, Maia Sharp and John Eddie numerous times and more. The RHB has played such notable Ohio venues as Blossom Music Center, The House of Blues, The Beachland Ballroom, The Kent Stage, The Barking Spider, Northside, Wilberts, The Hi-Fi Club, The Lime Spider, The Akron Civic's Lock 3 Live, The Happy Dog and many more.
The RHB had the honor of playing for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2006 American Music Masters Series in honor of Roy Orbison, one of Ryan’s favorite singers. They were the only band from N.E. Ohio asked to perform. More recently, The RHB was the featured band at the ribbon cutting ceremony of VegiTerrenean, the Akron restaurant of Pretenders lead singer Chrisse Hynde. In September 2007, Ryan portrayed Hank Williams in a sold-out five-night run of the Canton Cabaret’s “Hank Williams: The Concert That Never Was” performing 22 Hank Williams songs.
The masses have taken notice too. In 2005 The Canton Repository said "Nothing to Lose" was one of the Essential CDs of the year. In 2006 Ryan was nominated in the "Best New Artist" category for the Cleveland Scene Music Awards. The RHB was also nominated for "Best Americana Band" by the 2007 Cleveland Free Times Music Awards. Recently, Ryan was nominated for the Akron Area Arts Alliance Rising Star Award, which recognizes those who enliven and enrich the Akron area arts and culture community.
Humbert is currently in Nashville, TN working with producer Lij (The Living Things, Glenn Tilbrook, Bonnaroo) on his nation debut record, "Old Souls, New Shoes" featuring RHB bandmates Emily Bates and Ben Evans as well as Audley Freed (The Black Crowes, Jimmy Page, Dixie Chicks), Steve Bowman (Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind), Roger Alan Nichols (Seal, Rodney Atkins), Daniel Tashian (Josh Rouse, Patty Griffin), Dave Jacques (John Prine, Patty Griffin), Jen Gunderman (The Jayhawks, Last Train Home) and Chris Carmichael (Steve Earle, Toby Keith). The album is being mixed by Grammy-winner Jamie Tate (Taylor Swift, Jack Ingram).
Humbert takes pride in sporting good old fashion rock and roll swagger, with touches of pop, r&b, folk and more. His music will leave you with a tear in your eye, a bruise on your leg, and a hangover the next morning. www.ryanhumbert.com
Reviews:
"Keeps Me Coming Back For More will make Rob Thomas jealous and may just be the best power-pop ballad I've heard from anybody all year."
- Bill Gruber / Music & Program Director / 91.3 The Summit WAPS-FM
"Singer-songwriter Ryan Humbert's third album, Old Souls, New Shoes, is as polished, well-crafted and sheerly listenable as any disc on this list. Stylistically it veers from lowdown Southern rock ("Redemption") to '80s new-wave dance ("Sideways"), jaunty '70s pop ("Old Souls, New Shoes") to contemporary should-be hits ("Keeps Me Coming Back For More," "People Standing Still"), all united by his distinctive, expressive voice. A native Stark Countian now based in Nashville, 27-year-old Humbert is a major-league talent."
- The Canton Repository - Noteworthy New CDs
“Humbert is a dynamo...eager and rapid-fire...a catalyst for and enthusiastic supporter of the N.E. Ohio music scene.”
- Cleveland Free Times
“Ryan Humbert may be just 27, but his knowledge of roots music borders on the encyclopedic. Whatever that intangible ‘it’ factor may be that defines musical inspiration, Humbert has it in spades.”
-Canton Repository
“Hangman gets loud again with the electric-white-blues of "Redemption." After this disc, he has nothing to atone for.”
- Cleveland Scene
“The hardest working man in the N.E. Ohio music scene.”
- Mimi‘s Music News
“Akron singer-songwriter Ryan Humbert demonstrates a mastery of ”Americana” that rivals almost anyone’s.”
- Cleveland Free Times
“One Night Only: Acoustic Live finds Humbert hosting a rollicking, unplugged revival surrounded by a choir and four-piece band. (On the covers on the record) Humbert sings as if he owns these tunes. He does, however, own a handful of weary-hearted originals that more than hold their own against the standards.”
— Cleveland Scene
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