Ryan Lee Crosby

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!

Thanks to It's Psychedelic, Baby Magazine for the exclusive video premiere of "Slow Down" off Winter Hill Blues. Check it out here and pre-order the album (with exclusive perks through my website)!

https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2022/04/slow-down-by-ryan-lee-crosby-new-album-winter-hill-blues.html

Yesterday - my song "Down So Long" was featured as part of a story on WBUR's Radio Boston about the state of live music in town, along with a mention of the "Winter Hill Blues" album release party on 5/22…

Tickets are available NOW for the Winter Hill Blues album release show in Boston! Order yours here.

Sunday, May 22nd at the Rockwell Theater in Davis Square, Somerville
Hosted by ONCE
with special guests Ilana Katz Katz and Possum…

With the start of 2022, I find myself returning to the idea of cycles. Part of this reflection includes considering what attracts us to music and how sound creates meaning in our lives, as both listeners and musicians. 

We might…

It was an inspiring weekend in Memphis. On Friday, I played live on the air both at Radio Memphis and also at WYXR. On Saturday, I played two sets at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts (one solo and one…

Brand new song premiere at American Blues Scene:

"Ryan Lee Crosby traveled from his native Boston to Memphis, TN to record his upcoming album, the dirty, electric Winter Hill Blues. With a street date of June 14th, 2022…

This fall, I will be traveling to Bentonia and Memphis for shows with Grammy nominated blues musicians.

Friday, September 24th for the Blue Front Cafe 73rd Anniversary Party with Jimmy "Duck" Holmes.

Saturday, October 9th I will be opening for…

Thanks to Jim Beaugez for the shoutout in his fine new article on Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and the legacy of the Bentonia Blues. Read it here in the Smithsonian Magazine.

"Holmes has lately taken on the role of educator, lecturing…

Pleased to share this article I wrote about the Bentonia blues for the Music Maker Relief Foundation. It took some time and a lot of love.

"A Tiny Town With a Global Presence"

Read it here.

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