Dinsdag, 28 april 2009

Eric Corton over Ryan Adams (nrc.tv rocks)

Eric Corton is de man van het harde gitaarwerk / Rock & Roll.
Zijn grootste 'zwak' is misschien wel Ryan Adams.
Zie Eric bijna 10 minuten lang vol passie vertellen over de muziek van Ryan.
Zelfs bij rocker Eric wordt er een gevoelige snaar geraakt als één van Ryans pareltjes voorbij komt...

http://nrc.tv/video/rocks/article1226705.ece/Ryan_Adams
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Zondag, 12 april 2009

Werewolph.com

Ryan Adams heeft de muziek niet lang de rug toegekeerd.
Na de wittebroodsweken met zijn liefje Mandy Moore heeft hij zich gestort op zijn Death Metal hobbyband Werewolph. De nummers 'Dead People Unite', 'Evil Weekend' en 'Mega Wizards' zijn op Werewolph.com te horen.
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Woensdag, 18 maart 2009

Mandy Moore en Ryan Adams getrouwd

Mandy Moore en Ryan Adams zijn stiekem getrouwd.
Dat meldde de Amerikaanse blogger Perez Hilton woensdag 11 maart.
De actrice en zangeres en de zanger maakten vorige maand hun verloving bekend.

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Maandag, 19 januari 2009

Gibson "Barney Kessel" custom

Ryan speelt tijdens zijn concerten vrij vaak op 'standaard' Fenders (strat- of telecaster) of hij vergrijpt zich aan een Gretsch "Black Falcon". Tijdens de Cardinals tour in 2005 zagen we hem regelmatig met een 'vreemde' Gibson.



Na lang zoeken ben ik via de Gibson "Trini Lopez" custom bij de Gibson "Barney Kessel" custom terecht gekomen.



Barney Kessel was een Amerikaanse Jazz gitarist. Gedurende zijn leven heeft hij ondermeer gespeeld met Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole en George Benson. In 1992 krijgt hij een ernstig herseninfarct. De jaren daarop raakt hij in zware financiële problemen en overlijd in 2004.



De Gibson van Ryan is voorzien van een Bigsby tremelosysteem. De Gibson "Barney Kessel" werd gebouwd van begin jaren '60 tot 1974. De waarde van de Gibson "Barney Kessel" Custom ligt € 3500,-- en € 4500,--.
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Donderdag, 15 januari 2009

This is it?

me- 34-a non smoker and happy, for the first time in my life.. i am excited to finish this wonderful time i have had with the cardinals and whatever new adventures may come after march. atlanta will be my last venture with the band and i am grateful for the time we have had and maybe someday we will have more stories to tell together. i am however ready for quieter times as i think it is very evident i am struggling with some balance and hearing issues.

also, no drama or anything but i am okay to step back from all of this right now and i think i did enough manic blogging when i felt alone and isolated during the last few years of travel. these last few years were the hardest i can remember and the most rewarding but i have loved ones to care for now and i am lucky i have been given a chance to turn around and see just what i am capable of as a friend and as someone who is not gone forever every year- it rendered me incapable of things i needed to be to myself and others- and my schedule sometimes never ended when the shows did- and some of that was my doing. and i lost someone i loved, and i lost myself.
that changed. i got to know just who i am in this little spell of time here recently. and change is the nature of the world and i naturally embrace that.

i won’t be blogging here anymore either- but not for effect- it just is not being kind to myself- i need a life that is mine- i need to grow up and grow in to who i have subtly been working back towards since i stopped all that nonsense and i know also no matter what i choose to do in the music world, because i chose to do things my way and never lie i will always be viewed as an “asshole” ( i hear and have seen things in the past) and i am not, and i know the truth and i know who i am.

also it is kind of ridiculous to blog as i am a musician and anything i say here just gets reprinted at some point out of context. i say NOT FAIR but it doesn’t matter what i say anymore or what is fair anymore really does it- the 21st century media has it’s own rules about what is true and what is not. it is not a life- not one i want to live anyway and i don’t really care to participate in narcissistic over-indulgent behavior anymore- that was never my intention- i just wanted to fight for my right to make music and to be given the benefit of the doubt. now, because i have stood up for myself and fought for myself i am labeled all kinds of awful things. well, i will walk away now and it will not matter what anyone say’s. there are other things i can do in this life, other ways to be creative and to try and help others and be expressive without being demonized for attempting to gain the same things any other human being desires- love- friendship- understanding- and being able to express yourself without constant fear of being mistreated for speaking up

i have friends to make, brand new books coming (two of em’ not counting that one already printed and on it’s way out there and i LOVE writing….yay!) and a whole lot of living and learning to do.
i am excited to step away. i lost more than anyone will ever know (hearing, someone i loved, my sense of dignity, a never ending losing battle with stage fright and now my hearing and balance due to an inner ear issue- people accusing me of not being sober when i am suffering tremendous pain and nausea from my inner ear symptoms- people accusing me of theft (THEFT- ….awful) and this is not much of a life, not glamorous like those ridiculous video’s a long time ago television played and no it is not monetarily as rewarding as people would like you to believe and yes, it is soul destroying. especially when you spend your life trying to write about the really difficult stuff and you stand there losing your way and people yell at you like you were in a circus. when it was your dream to matter and you realize one day, it never mattered- i mean, i am a punch-line and a footnote in what is worse to yell at someone besides “free-bird”. i mean, i lost. and it’s okay because i seriously snuck some pretty neat idea’s in there in the work when i was making those mistakes or they were being made by others. this business is no science.

andf you know, whatever this is- it’s not my dream. and it is a punishing thing to endure when you are getting worse and worse- it’s not my dream, my dream was to try and tap into that energy i saw watching Minutemen vcr tapes when i was just a little shit in NC of mike watt’s crazy shaking leg and his electric fingers- or how sonic youth droned into beautiful clouds those guitars shaking, kim and steve rattling the pulsing lines into feverish thudding imaginary subway cars racing through my heart- and how it felt to just let go and static up a riff and find the sweet spot- but getting yelled at for just being a songwriter- to be called so many horrid things because i chose to love music so much, and also to look for peace and balance in my life- that is not kindness and just not my thing. at least not now.

quitting smoking was a good step and i am happy i also am just now beginning to understand how important it is i take better care of myself in every way right now.
anyway, enjoy these shows and know that i am not abandoning anyone and that i loved playing music in the cardinals and hell, even before i was in a place to try and learn to be well, music was my life source-
maybe i will play again sometime but this is the time for me to step back now, and i wish everyone peace and happiness and if music is your dream, or if just dreaming is your dream, may you find your way through the rough patch with ease and i hope you let go and it takes you all the way there-
loving kindness to all.

R
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Donderdag, 1 januari 2009

Happy New Year to the Internet from Ryan Adams

Happy New Year to the Internet from Ryan Adams Oh my. It's New Year's again. Time is out somewhere huddled in a corner, cigarette ash at length, feeling sorry for itself. You know the feeling surely. What is it about New Year's that leaves us rushing for our lover, before the Times Square Ball begins to chase down the silvery pole on TV and disco is forever burned into our hearts each year this way (does ABBA receive royalty from this?) and all of a sudden everyone I know is in When Harry Met Sally. God I love that movie. Anyway, this New Year's, I did the impossible. I quit smoking (gross). I always read this thing, this "Quitting Smoking" thing on so many New Years resolution lists, but it seems most don't make it. So I hid under the blankets already and did the harrowing three-day OMFG slumber before New Year's. Why? Because I wanted to be through the worst of it before I went to some parties? Nope.

I figured withdrawal doesn’t count, and besides, I always always sleep in and early to bed on New Year’s Eve. I don’t like it. I never kiss the girl. I don’t drink, so there is that—that added annoyance on the streets really, not a bother, just a reminder of what I might have been like in my early twenties on any night ... no good. Nope. I go to sleep before it turns New Year’s. But there is one major reason why: time travel. That’s right. It’s free time travel, and when you are a shut-in reclusive wash-up like myself, you need dreams baby. Big dreams to keep your sails full of hot air.

Now, off with you if you are reading this ... GO HAVE AN AMAZING NIGHT. I will keep the light on if you need to talk. Happy New Year’s from NYC.
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Dinsdag, 2 december 2008

Ryan Adams de stagiaire!

Ryan Adams: Intern at Large



He writes, he sorts mail, he organizes the fashion closet, he gets coffee. Meet Ryan Adams, BlackBook's new most popular intern ever. The alt-country rocker spent an afternoon learning the publishing ropes in our Manhattan office just days before the release of his new album, Cardinology. “As somebody who has been a victim of fashion and guilty of fashion crimes,” says Adams, while coming up with headlines for this issue, “I know that a lot of people are going to ignore the headline and look straight to the story.” See a gallery of his time in the trenches, and check out our intern's very first CD review after the jump.



We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year (Armoury Records)

Not being a fan of Xmas records in general (the staple Sinatra one withstanding—admit it, you own it too, or you should) and being basically a person with a heart made of heavy metal, I have to say overall this record is maybe most probably horrible. Just terrible. In the worst way. Like fancy shoes with tube socks, it boasts a rather incredible roster of Metal Giants and some probably best-forgotten also-rans. On a positive note, Vinny Appice makes an appearance on drums more than once, Dave Grohl and Lemmy and Billy Gibbons rock out in a beautifully nasty way on “Run Rudolph Run,” the Chuck Berry classic. The record may be worth track four, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,” boasting half the second most famous line-up of Black Sabbath (We know them now as “Heaven and Hell”). In fact, Mrs. Dio is Executive Producer of this so I am going to a lame version of hell for the slagging, but, do yourself a holiday favor and enjoy the absurdity of your parents’ lame-ass records and sneak out back for a smoke. The eggnog here is just rotten and please, if you decide to go this one alone anyway, beware the Tommy Shaw slaughter of “Happy Xmas (War is Over).” I hate myself more than ever now in a special heavy metal way after that one and you know, buy a Jesu (brutal-noisy-progressive metal pioneers) record instead this season. It’ll scare Ma like Alice Cooper scares golf courses. Also beware, this product is non-kosher (no Hanukkah songs here…wtf?)////blah.
RA—intern.

As a bonus: Ryan’s headline writing test for our forthcoming “Home for the Holidays” fashion story.
Favorite: “All dressed up, Spiced Up and Nowhere to Go But Home.”
His other suggestions:
1. What the hell did Uncle Bob put in the egg-nog
2. Holiday Chic to wrap yourself
3. Shit we can no longer afford
4. Christmas pier, long walk
5. Put a Bow on This Season’s Holiday Wrap

Be sure to check back Friday for Ryan Adams’ next move at BlackBook.



Photos: Mary Ellen Matthews

Bron: www.blackbookmag.com
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Dinsdag, 11 november 2008

Ryan Adams - 3voor12 in Desmet Amsterdam

Men neme een zanger, zijn gitaar en een aantal mooie akoestische uitvoeringen van zes nummers. Voor slechts 150 man in de kleine zaal van Desmet in Amsterdam speelde Ryan Adams en een deel van de Cardinals een akoestische set van zes nummers voor VPRO's 3voor12 Live.

Setlist: Fix It, Go Easy, Natural Ghosts,
Sink Ships, Cobwebs, Born Into A Light








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Vrijdag, 19 september 2008

Cardinology


Het nieuwe album van Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, "Cardinology" komt uit op 27 oktober. De eerste single, "Fix It" wordt als download aangeboden op 23 september.

Voor de fans die het album op vinyl bestellen ontvangen een speciale 7-inch single als bonus + een download-code voor een MP3 versie van "Cardinology".

1. Born into a Light
2. Go Easy
3. Fix It
4. Magick
5. Cobwebs
6. Let Us Down Easy
7. Crossed Out Name
8. Natural Ghost
9. Sink Ships
10. Evergreen
11. Like Yesterday
12. Stop
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Vrijdag, 1 augustus 2008

Vinnie Vincent

to whom it may concern,

it was brought to my attention yesterday that the 1st two vinnie vincent invasion records have been remastered and made available on CD.

not ever having been a member of the hard rock/HEAVY METAL strawberry milkshake explosion-like awesomeness that was vinnie vincent invasion, i would like the world to know that I still support their contribution of "love kills" featuring mark Slaughter (of heavy metal gods slaughter) on the nightmare on elm street 3: dream warriors soundtrack.

in my continuing everlong journey in exploring the fantasy hot tub dream of HEAVY METAL. i implore each and every one of you to seek out the album "into abaddon" by my new favorite HEAVY METAL band Saviours, although my heart will always belong to Voivod

respectfully not yours or anyones,

ryan adams

p.s. as a former catholic and a lifelong mystic, i have and still hold true to the idea that stealing is wrong. and if the saying "karma is a bitch" is true then for godsakes let it be a b.c.rich "bitch" AND DONT PUT ANY STICKERS ON IT ITS NOT A STATION WAGON ITS A VEHICLE OF ROCK
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Dinsdag, 29 juli 2008

Courtney Love over Ryan Adams

...

Well, I rock slow and steady. By the way, I certainly did NOT, and I certainly do NOT discuss my sex life. If I had slept with someone I won't discuss it; I never have and never will. Occasionally, I mention a snog but that's about it. How indiscreet some people are, I don't understand. In fact, I'm a bit of a total prude about that topic. It's no one's business. It never will be. Back in 03, I pimped my then lizard like foul "boyfriend "onto Mr. Adams, who admittedly knows that record has far too much high-end and not enough mid range. "Luminol" could've been a fine song and there are a few others, but their sheer hamfistedness and steroid jangle.

Honey, it's not my first time at the rodeo. I made a piece of total shit. I cannot bear with the same Gollum; why I pimped him on Ryan whose music is safe and nice to me? I generally like to listen to it and until a few days ago, I considered him a sort of friend - I don't know. Instead of what I was stating was a fun little flirtation I dragged HIM into the darkness with that. I just didn't think I'd be charged nearly a million dollars to finance some indie record, some bogus "career." If he knew about these cards - and I believe he did - I have a really good reason to believe he did, simply because so much was used to pay for his "comforts." I'm certainly not posting the bills, but in any case, I don't like to have "feuds" anymore than I like to stage dive. I'm older now, and it's stupid. Besides, the only real "feud" I ever had was with Mr. Self Destruct back in the 90's and he started it. I just had a far better bon mot than him, which happened
to be the truth. If he hadn't brought up sexual matters, it would have never have occurred, and the food off my table by one very good drummer... just the type of popular dude that splits the minute there's an issue (who also happens to have Merrill Lynch on his father's side and I believe a former attorney for a mother... phaww, and there's no class system in America... There is, I tell ya, there surely is).

...
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Zaterdag, 5 juli 2008

Ryan werkt aan een nieuw album

Our artist enjoyed blogging at Tumblr but is currently working on his new album and forthcoming book of poetry. An art show of our artists paintings is also being planned. Stay tuned. - Mgmt



Bron: www.ryan-adams.com
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Zondag, 1 juni 2008

Strangers Almanac

Toen de Amerikaanse singer-songwriter Ryan Adams in 2000 debuteerde met Heartbreaker kwamen zowel de critici als de liefhebbers van Amerikaanse rootsmuziek superlatieven te kort. Heartbreaker werd de hemel in geprezen en wist vervolgens een breed publiek te bereiken. Whiskeytown, de band waar Ryan Adams tussen 1994 en 1999 deel van uit maakte, verging het heel anders. De muziek van Whiskeytown kon weliswaar rekenen op goede kritieken, maar veel verder dan een cultstatus kwam de band niet. De nu verschenen Deluxe Edition van de band’s derde plaat Strangers Almanac laat horen hoe onterecht dit was. Hoewel Whiskeytown op Strangers Almanac al langzaam uit elkaar aan het vallen was (de band bestond op dat moment nog uit Ryan Adams, violiste Caitlin Cary en gitarist Phil Wandscher en werd voor de gelegenheid aangevuld met sessiemuzikanten) horen we op deze plaat muziek die bijna 11 jaar na dato nog niets van zijn glans heeft verloren. Whiskeytown klinkt op Strangers Almanac als Ryan Adams in zijn beste dagen, plus een beetje extra. Op Strangers Almanac grossiert Whiskeytown in indringende countrysongs met een rauw randje. Muziek die destijds zijn tijd misschien wel wat vooruit was. De Deluxe Edition van Strangers Almanac bevat naast de originele release flink wat bonusmateriaal. Bonusmateriaal dat bestaat uit overtuigende live-opnamen en misschien nog wel overtuigender akoestisch materiaal. Met de Deluxe Edition van Strangers Almanac wordt deze vergeten klassieker eindelijk recht gedaan. Een ieder die hem nog niet in huis heeft doet er onmiddellijk zijn of haar voordeel mee, maar ook voor de fans van de band bevat deze luxe editie meer dan genoeg lekkers om aanschaf te rechtvaardigen.
bron: Erwin Zijleman
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Donderdag, 29 november 2007

"A Rocking night in Amsterjam"

"A Rocking night in Amsterjam"

Na zijn legendarisch optreden in Amsterdam vorig jaar en de lange optredens tijdens deze tour zijn de verwachtingen hoog en gespannen. Het was te hopen dat Ryan’s stemming dit keer wat beter zou zijn dan de laatste keer in Paradio, maar die zorgen waren binnen een minuut totaal verdwenen, hij kwam met een grote grijns het podium van het Rai Theater op. Een prima locatie overigens, niet om lekker aan de bar te hangen of eens een lekker potje te dansen, maar perfect om eens goed te luisteren naar Ryan Adams en zijn Cardinals.
Openingsong Peaceful Valley was erg krachtig en goed gekozen als opener, op Jacksonville City Nights ietwat over de top, live behorend tot mijn favorieten. Tussen de nummers door bleek Ryans goede stemming, het ene onsamenhangende verhaal na een ander. Zo was hij boos dat Puff Daddy met zijn helicopter op zijn golfbaan van kristallen en eenhoornveren was geland, had hij zijn lichaamsgeur die de laatste tijd veranderd was de naam Gary gegeven en speelde daar zelfs een nummertje over (‘the new single). Tevens verontschuldigde hij zich meerderemalen voor zijn goed humeur en vond hij dat ze op een date waren met het publiek (ons haar zat een stuk beter dan de vorige keer).
Hoogtepunten van het eerste deel waren Rescue Blues, waar Ryan plaats nam achter de piano en Jon Graboff de 'gewone' gitaar (his Ax) bespeelde, Why do the leave? (met mondharmonica) en het hemels gezongen The Sun also Sets.
Na het door Neal Casal gezongen Freeway to the Canyon ging het dak van de Rai er bijna af en werden we omver geblazen door de twee klassiekers van Heartbreaker Bartering Lines (op cd heerlijk dreigend, dit keer live in een behoorlijk stevig versie waar Ryans voorliefde voor hardrock tot uiting komt) en Shakedown on 9th street. Even is het jammer dat we zitten en dat ik geen lange haren heb.
Het ingetogen Nightbirds met Ryan aan piano en met het altijd mooie Cold Roses krijgen we een perfect einde van deel 1.
Na een korte pauze komt de band terug om nog twee nummers te doen en dan is het helaas over. Erg jammer omdat de ingrediënten (perfecte stemming van band en een zeer respectvol publiek) er waren om een legendarische show neer te zetten, ze zouden tot 23:00 uur hebben mogen doorspelen. Helaas werd ons dat niet gegund zodat we 'slechts' getuigen waren van een zeer sterke show in Amsterjam.

Peaceful Valley.
Please Do Not Let Me Go.
A Kiss Before I Go.
Goodnight Rose.
Rescue Blues.
When The Stars Go Blue.
Why Do They Leave.
Everybody Knows.
Impromptu song about his unusual smell.
Rip Off.
The Sun Also Sets.
Freeway To The Canyon.
Bartering Lines.
Shakedown On 9th St.
Nightbirds.
Cold Roses.

10:00pm Encore:
Two.
Easy Plateau.
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Dinsdag, 27 november 2007

October Road

Sommigen vinden het een sell-out, feit is dat de twee (nieuwe) nummers van de EP Everybody Knows te horen zullen zijn in de NET5 drama October Road. Het gaat om de nummers Follow The Lights en My Love For You Is Real.



October Road draait om Nick Garret, een bekende schrijver die na tien jaar terugkeert naar zijn geboortedorp. Hij ontdekt al snel dat alles is veranderd en dat ook zijn jeugdvrienden niet meer hetzelfde zijn. Doordat hij over zijn oude vrienden en familie heeft geschreven in zijn boeken is niet iedereen even gelukkig met zijn terugkeer.


Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Follow the Lights
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