http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3452440983/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ I have a friend, Ryan Culwell, who writes and performs songs out in Nashville. It’s been a few years and a move across the country since he released anything, but here is the latest thing: Golden On the Plains. I think it’s pretty great. Next month, he’ll release a four song EP called Winter […]

An Open Letter of Recommendation for Ryan Culwell

Around this time of the academic year, I am flooded with requests for letters of recommendation. Students need an authority to be witness to their character and aptitude as they apply for scholarships and internships. It’s in this spirit that I write the following, unsolicited recommendation for the songwriter Ryan Culwell. May 13, 2011 To Whom […]

Ezekiel

By Ryan Culwell mystiplexed: Broke my hammer pounding words And sounding warnings seldom heard Forging bells out of rhyme While something older has occurred People swaying to my sirens And the rhythm of my work Singing oh how we love these love songs While I cut their heads off with my dirge

The New Fugitives – Ryan Culwell

I sometimes wonder if anybody else in the world has friends like I do.   The New Fugitives – Ryan Culwell

Day One of Rehearsals for Ryan Culwell’s Heroes on the Radio. The quote from Robert Penn Warren wound up on the same page, but seems fitting in retrospect.  Fitting and true.