Highly influenced by Folk and Americana, Liz directs her music with a spirit rooted in tradition as well as the contemporary. With a soulful voice, she renders folk songs with a modern twist and approaches song writing with a sense of progression. .....PLEASE SEE BLOG FOR FULL BIO...
REVIEWS...
'Her voice certainly has a haunting quality tipified by the likes of Joni Mitchell...' (Alex Lawson, Sandman Magazine Oct. 2007)
'...hauntingly familiar but at the same time excitingly original.' (Sidmouth Folk Week)
'In my opinion Liz is a highly skilled performer who, in a similar manner to a champion ice-skater, makes her note-perfect playing and singing appear effortless.' (Mike Parrot, for the FAB folk club in Essex 2006)
'...it's clear that Liz Ryder fully merits a prominent place in the new wave of British folk performers.' (Celf Cambria Arts, Tregaron)
'Her multi-instrumental skills add atmosphere and texture to her solo work, and her distinctive, bell-like vocals easily encompass the demands of her varied material. Her latest album "On the Neon Highway" fulfills the promise of her earlier recordings amd marks this young singer/songwriter as a name to watch out for.' (Acoustic Routes, Cambridge)
'...her distinctive stroking right-hand touch on guitar reveals much that's borrowed from her harp technique, and she uses a brave range of open tunings. Her chosen traditional folk material aside, there's a new maturity about her songs, especially apparent in 'House of Changes' and '44th Street', but it's her voice that registers above all, with a phenomenal range that she's quite unafraid to exploit to the full...' (Celf Cambria Arts, Tregaron)
'Comparisons are always a little unfair, but if pressed I would say that her pure tone and vocal range remind me at times of Joni Mitchell, while the imagery and language in some of her songs has echoes of the late Sandy Denny.' (Roland Walls, The Black Swan Folk Club, York)
MORE REVIEWS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.LIZRYDER.COM
LIZ RYDER, 'ON THE NEON HIGHWAY' OUT NOW !!!
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