Friday, January 10, 2014

SERENA RYDER:SINGER/SONGWRITER

Serena Ryder released her 5 th studio album ‘Harmony’ 11/27/2012 and on iTunes in August 2013. With her single’ Stompa’ earlier in 2013. The Canadian born Serena Ryder has been around since 1999, releasing 6 EP’s,  4 Live Performance Albums and now her 5th Studio album.  The Folk/Indie Rock singer is currently getting a lot of radio play right now with her catchy single ‘Stompa’.
Ryder has a 3-Octave range, and is considered a mezzoo-soprano (middle female voice),  with a slightly raspy lower register, who has toured with Areosmith, Melissa Etheridge, and the first time I saw her in concert , she was the opening act for Paolo Nutini in 2008, where I purchased her EP ‘Told You In A Whispered Song’ .

Honestly I forgot about her until I kept hearing ‘Stompa’ on the radio and decided I needed to look her up, and was pleasantly surprised she was the same person I saw in 2008, who I thought at the time was very entertaining. Her last hit was from here previous album “IS IT OK” with the song ‘Weak In The Knees’ , which was released on her EP ‘Told You In A Whispered Song’
Ryders voice is not unique, but her song writing is, and I think we will hear from Ms. Ryder for years to come, with her catchy lyrics and the know how when delivering a memorable tune.

Review by:  Matt Collar of ALLMusic
Serena Ryder's sixth studio album, 2013's Harmony, showcases the Canadian singer/songwriter's soulful and bluesy music mixing Dusty Springfield-esque '60s R&B with a contemporary pop aesthetic. Ryder has a huge following in Canada, where her albums have gone gold and platinum and earned her several Juno awards. Prior to the release of her single "Stompa" -- included on Harmony -- she was not as well known in the United States, but the release ofHarmony will probably go a long way toward raising her profile outside of Canada. Ryder possesses a powerful voice with a throaty timbre and a nasal resonance, making her the perfect vehicle for her brand of soulful rock. Not surprisingly, she's drawn favorable comparisons to both Melissa Etheridge and Adele, and Harmony will do nothing to dissuade such allusions. Admittedly, Ryder fits snugly into the post-Amy Winehouse crew of female vocalists with songs that oscillate between moments of Southern soul, contemporary R&B, and mainstream melodic rock. If Ryder's voice weren't so engaging, or if she weren't so emotionally believable on Harmony, some of the Winehouse/Mark Ronson-esque production via Jerrod Bettis and Jon Levine might cause the average listener, bombarded with a slew of Winehouse-wannabes, to tune out. However, Ryder is such a compelling singer and her songs are, by and large, so catchy that such generalities are easy to dismiss. Primarily, Ryder avoids the retro-tag by delivering a handful of gutsy, organic torch songs like "Please," "Heavy Love," and "Mary Go Round," all of which owe far less to the stylized production and more to the unique sound of her voice and the quality of her songwriting.


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