I stumbled on Ryan about a year ago and I think the album Run Like A Bull is fantastic piece of songwriting from start to finish. I’m not familiar with his other work but the song off this album that drew me in was Let’s Go Crazy but after reading this article I went back to It Won’t Stop . Very haunting to say the least but whole album is a great collection of story telling songs…
I'm glad you found Run Like a Bull. Let's Go Crazy gets the hooks in deep. I think that's been an entry point for a lot of people. You should check the other albums, too. I think they reward a lot of listens.
Bravo Seth. I can understand why you're attracted to the poetry of country music. I'm not at all familiar with Ryan Culwell, but your interpretations of his three songs are fascinating. My taste runs more to Lucinda Williams, but I want to be open to other voices. It's a pleasure to follow your writing. What's happening with your Ulysses piece? ( I loved that.) My very best, Carol
Well now I want to know you're interpretations. I didn't put on a Marxist lens, but that's basically the blue-collar interpretation. You could probably say the trucker and the Eric Garner voice are stuck in the impossible position of making a living when corporations have stolen their means of livelihood and use the law to make sure no one else can get access to the profits.
I stumbled on Ryan about a year ago and I think the album Run Like A Bull is fantastic piece of songwriting from start to finish. I’m not familiar with his other work but the song off this album that drew me in was Let’s Go Crazy but after reading this article I went back to It Won’t Stop . Very haunting to say the least but whole album is a great collection of story telling songs…
I'm glad you found Run Like a Bull. Let's Go Crazy gets the hooks in deep. I think that's been an entry point for a lot of people. You should check the other albums, too. I think they reward a lot of listens.
Bravo Seth. I can understand why you're attracted to the poetry of country music. I'm not at all familiar with Ryan Culwell, but your interpretations of his three songs are fascinating. My taste runs more to Lucinda Williams, but I want to be open to other voices. It's a pleasure to follow your writing. What's happening with your Ulysses piece? ( I loved that.) My very best, Carol
Carol! I would put Ryan in the same camp as Lucinda Williams.
The Ulysses piece will probably be included in a collection of poetry when I get around to sending it out to publishers. Good to hear from you!
Thanks for reading, John-Ruben. It's good to hear from you.
Well now I want to know you're interpretations. I didn't put on a Marxist lens, but that's basically the blue-collar interpretation. You could probably say the trucker and the Eric Garner voice are stuck in the impossible position of making a living when corporations have stolen their means of livelihood and use the law to make sure no one else can get access to the profits.