Nicolas Kieffer

Who is Bart Ryan? Bart is a Nashville-based award-winning producer, performer, songwriter and musician. While his skills on guitar and lap steel have made him an in-demand session and tour Player, as an original artist he is emerging as a unique voice on the American Blues, Roots and Soul scene. Bart was born and raised in Los Angeles, in the shadow of the Hollywood Hills. As a boy, he was mesmerized by the guitar sounds of powerhouse bluesmen like Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and before he was old enough to buy a drink he was up all night playing in nightclubs trading riffs with blues legends like Coco Montoya. In his early twenties Bart hit the road, and landed in Atlanta where he cut his first solo records and toured extensively through the Southeast. After six years in Georgia, opportunities in L.A. brought him home. Soon he was showcasing at Hollywood landmarks like the Roxy, The Viper Room, The El Rey Theatre and House of Blues. He had residencies at the Mint and the Kat Klub, played gigs in Europe and toured Japan. While in L.A., he wrote and recorded three full albums — Ryan5, World in a Bottle and Temptation, and two EP's - Bart Ryan Band and Glory Bound . While never leaving his blues roots behind, Bart was more and more interested in writing and recording great songs. Inspired by everyone from Stevie Wonder to Tom Waits he was forging a uniquely American sound where he mixed his blues roots with striking production and more intimate lyrics. He also recorded and produced music for film and TV, including the Academy Award-winning George Clooney movie, The Descendants, and Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky. Records he produced and co-wrote won a Los Angeles Music Award, an Indie Music Award and a South Bay Music Award. Bart then moved to Nashville, TN, where he built a recording studio from the ground up. While producing and recording some of Nashvilles best artists, Bart focused on continuing to craft his own music with its distinctive songwriting, gritty vocals, and soaring guitar and slide playing. Out of his Nashville studio Bart Cut three full length albums - Rattlesnake, Starlight and Tall Tales, and the just released Messenger. These records have everything from soul-infused power to acoustic heart-break and they have received wide critical acclaim in both Europe and the U.S. Bart will be playing throughout the U.S. and Europe in late 2023 and 2024 in support of the new record. “Bart Ryan has a knack for baring his wounds, and with such smoldering instrumentation, the emotion simply wrings from his soul.” - American Songwriter "Bart Ryan is a voracious singer-songwriter trapped in the body of a guitar master" - John Hopkins, Zac Brown Band.