Ryland Moranz
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January 22, 1986
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| Background information | |
| Born | Ryland Riel Chambers-Moranz January 22, 1986 Lethbridge, Alberta, CAN |
| Origin | Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada |
| Genres | Singer-songwriter, folk, bluegrass, canadiana, classical |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer, audio engineer, audio researcher, poet, visual artist. |
| Instruments | Voice, banjo, guitar, mandolin, mandola, piano. |
| Works | |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Labels | Tonic Records, Peace Run Records, Norwegian Blue |
| Member of | Moranz & Fremlin, Leeroy Stagger |
| Formerly of | the Rebeltone Sound, Sophomore Jakes |
| Spinoffs | Barney Bentall, John Wort Hannam, The Blue Wranglers, JJ Shiplett, Wild Honey, CR Avery, The Lucky Ones |
| Website | https://www.rylandmoranz.com |
Ryland Moranz (born 1986) is a Canadian folk and country singer-songwriter based in Lethbridge, Alberta,[1] whose 2020 album XO, 1945 was a Canadian Folk Music Award nominee for Contemporary Album of the Year at the 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2022.[2]
Originally from Fort Macleod, Moranz studied music at the University of Lethbridge.[3] During his degree he was awarded the Sakamoto Research Prize and Chinook Research Award for his research on analog/digital mixing practices and perception.[4] The findings of this research were published and presented as a conference paper at the AES (Audio Engineering Society) conference in New York, NY in 2019.
He released his debut album Hello New Old World in 2016 on Norwegian Blue Records.[1] He has toured both as a solo artist to support the album, and as a session musician in Leeroy Stagger' and the Rebeltone Sound.[1]
In 2024 Ryland released his third full-length album, Better/Worse which was recorded in Barnhouse Studios in Qualicum, BC.[5] Musicians on the album included Scott Smith (Barney Bentall, Aaron Prichett) on guitar and pedal steel, Erik Nielsen (City & Colour, Deep Dark Woods) on bass and Leon Power (City and Colour, Frazey Foord) on drums. Better/Worse is the third of Ryland's albums to be produced by Leeroy Stagger.
In 2020 Ryland signed to Vancouver-based record label Tonic Records in anticipation of his album "XO, 1945". He has since released "Better/Worse" (2024) and released his first album "Hello New Old World" (2016) on Tonic.[6]
Ryland signed to Australian booking agency Peace Run Records & Agency in 2023 which led to a six-week tour. A two-month followup tour of Australia and New Zealand followed in 2024.[7]
Ryland is a Deering Banjos artist and plays a Deering Eagle II resonator banjo.[8]
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