Ryan Lee Crosby

Dear friends,

I wish you all peace today. May we all find some joy, ease and connection. If you are going through difficult times, I hope you feel relief soon.

I've been working diligently through the winter on new music…

Greetings and well wishes to you in 2026. 

Around here, 2025 was a fast paced time with many wonderful moments of connection and fulfillment. There was an overflowing of support from my inner circle and beyond, supporting the campaign to…

“At The Blue Front” is out, the vinyl has arrived and the reviews are coming in - lots of articles up now on the features and interviews page.

Listen and grab a copy of the limited edition vinyl records on…

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Photo at the 2025 Bentonia Blues Festival by Ben Foy

It's been a…

Recorded and mixed by RLC 
on a Tascam 464 four track cassette recorder
at Island Park Analog, Rhode Island

RL Crosby - vocal, guitar, bass, organ
Brian West - drums

Wishing peace, happiness and a sense of safety to all. As the year winds down, I have a few shows left before going into winter hibernation. Here's what's next:

• Friday 11/15 “Live From The Living Room” Follow Your Art Community…

The fall is here and with it comes some shows that I'm feeling very joyful about…

In the first half of October, I will be touring Germany for the first time since 2019. Concerts run from the 7th-15th. I hope…

Thank you Beale Street Caravan for having me back to play and talk with Jay B Boyd. It was an honor to appear alongside Willie Farmer and Shaun Marsh in Memphis. Listen here on Public Radio International or at BealeStreetCaravan.com…

New England is the focus this month, with some very special events:

• July 21st Live at the Fallout Shelter opening for Guy Davis, Norwood MA Get tickets here
   
• July 27 Skål, Vinal Haven ME - our first time on…

Footage from the June mini-tour in the Mississippi delta is rolling in - we had wonderful shows in Memphis, Clarksdale and Bentonia. Here is a video of our time at the Bentonia Blues Festival, courtesy of On Base Productions:

After a trip down to Mississippi in April for appearances at the Juke Joint Festival, with stops at The Blue Front Cafe (video here) and Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, the last month has focused primarily on teaching and…

Thanks very much to Dan Forte at Vintage Guitar Magazine for the kind words about Winter Hill Blues. Read it here!

A dozen new tour dates are up on the shows page. Juke Joint Festival, Bentonia Blues Festival, Meadowlark…

A kind and thoughtful review of Winter Hill Blues recently posted on Acoustic Guitar Magazine's website. Read it here.

Thank you so much for Kenny Berkowitz, Blair Jackson and Nick Loss-Eaton.

November was a month full of music, with…

Thank you so very much to Mike Greenblatt for the positive review of Winter Hill Blues in the latest edition of Goldmine Magazine. Read it here.

Many thanks, also, to all the DJs in Australia who helped Winter Hill…

Photo with RL Boyce by Michael Kurgansky

As we move into fall, it is a time of transition. After a thrilling week of playing and recording with Grammy nominated Mississippi bluesman RL Boyce, I know I am looking ahead while…

Lots of new content this week:

• Tune in to The Blues Guitar Show podcast with Ben Martin. We had a lovely discussion about music and process.
• Winter Hill Blues  was reviewed in Acoustic Guitar Magazine and Blues Blast Magazine
• Winter…

This month - two shows up north with GRAMMY nominated Mississippi Hill Country legend RL Boyce!

Sat. August 27th - Atwood's Tavern, Cambridge MA matinee 2-4pm get tickets here
Sun. August 28th - meadlowlark festival, Red Hook NY…

In its second week out to radio, Winter Hill Blues has topped the Roots Music Report's "Acoustic Blues" chart and landed at #14 on the "Blues Album" chart. Thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign, to the…

My video for "Slow Down" debuts this Sunday on Ditty TV's "The Curve." Tune into the hot Memphis television network Sunday night at 10pm CT/11pm ET and again next Monday morning at 10am CT/11am ET to hear and see…

Thanks so very much to Matt R. Lohr for the positive write up of Winter Hill Blues in Living Blues Magazine. After reading this esteemed publication for years, it is an honor to be included. Order your copy here…

We had a wonderful release show in Boston for Winter Hill Blues this week. In advance of the concert, Lauren Daley got to the heart of the album for WBUR/NPR - read it here.

Blake Maddux also got directly…

It was great to talk with filmmaker Ted Reed on The Blues Trail Revisited podcast. Also featured is Clarksdale's Sean "Bad" Apple. Listen here!