Ryan O'Reilly & The Raindogs

For our first post, we thought we should give a shout out to a good friend of ours, the unsigned U.K folker Ryan O'Reilly. A huge Dylan fan, his work more recalls Ryan Adams circa-Heartbreaker in its wrenching emotional beauty while also occasionally evoking other baron troubadours like Townes Van Zandt and up to Damien Jurado.

He has just released a brand new record called In The Shadows And The Neon (his myspace has some of tracks from here for streaming) and can be seen around the Southampton area most weeks.

Check out these tracks then get yourself over to iTunes, CDBaby or one of his gigs to pick up the record.

Also, as a quick disclaimer, even though we know and like this gentleman, this is not why we love his music. Even if he was Hitler reincarnated, the guy has got some talent and deserves to rise above the evolutional flood of Americana pretenders. Give him the time and attention he deserves and the afterlife I'm sure will reward such good judgement.


Ryan O'Reilly - Think About Me (from Ryan O'Reilly) - V. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Ryan O'Reilly - I Know That I'll Have Nightmares (from Ryan O'Reilly & The Raindogs Vol. 1)


LINKS
Official Site
Myspace