“Any album that opens with a song the quality of ‘The Road We Travel’ is destined for greatness. A beautifully crafted song which sets the tone for thirteen tracks of melodic and lyrical grace. Catchy folk-pop at it’s best.â€Peter Shaw, Liverpool Football Club“This album is made for long journeys or mellow sunny mornings. A guaranteed mood-lifter with silky tunes and a rootsy folk twang.â€Chris Keen, United Agents, London“Beautiful full sounding musicâ€Billy Butler, BBC Radio Merseyside“Great live sound, really tightâ€Andy FairweatherLow"The Road We Travel - our record of the week and you can hear why" BBC Radio Leeds Folk and Roots Show Now available on iTunes, Play.com, Amazon.com, in store at HMV and Zavvi. Ryan Myddleton was born and raised in Maidstone, Kent. When his family moved to an isolated pocket of idyllic Somerset at age 12, Ryan found he had time on his hands and no concrete at his feet, thus he abandoned his beloved skateboard and picked up an old battered school guitar. It was his school music teacher who first noticed in Ryan’s voice a twang of Americana and piled upon him a collection of well-used James Taylor LPs. Surrounded by rolling countryside, sunny beach life, rainy beach life, a colourful variety of musicians and free-thinking folk, Ryan became engrossed in the guitar and in the art of song composition. In 2002 he recorded his first demo album, As I Stand, and went on to perform these songs to audiences large and small all over the UK. He settled in European Capital of Culture - the city of Liverpool, and in 2006 began to busk, borrow and car-boot his life away in order to begin recording a full-length album. Recruiting the assistance of old friends Duncan MacKay, James Cross and Ed Sheldrake, Ryan went about recording his collection of recent songs. In 2007 Ryan signed to High Barn Records and soon after the completed album ‘The Road’ was released. Tracks from the album have since featured on various UK radio shows, the title track becoming BBC Radio Leeds MP3 of the week, and can even be heard regularly at Anfield, the home of Liverpool FC, during the half-time interval! Once a solo performer, Ryan now increasingly appears with his gifted band of troubadours at venues across the UK.
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