Ryan Driver
Ryan Driver
Ryan Driver is a songwriter, improvisor, and multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto, Canada.
He is the leader of The Ryan Driver Sextet and The Titillators.
Besides his own projects, Ryan has sung and/or played piano, flute, analogue synthesizer, guitar, melodica, and/or his simple homemade instruments (thumb-reeds and streetsweeper bristle bass) with frequent collaborators Eric Chenaux, Sandro Perri, Jennifer Castle, Tamara Lindeman (The Weather Station), Alex Lukashevsky, Doug Tielli, Nick Fraser, Rob Clutton, Lina Allemano, Thom Gill, Brodie West, Michael Davidson, Martin Arnold, and many others. Notable appearances have included Hijiori International Music Festival in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan; Angelica Festival of New Music in Bologna, Italy; Heartland Festival in Vevey, Switzerland; Canadian Blast at Trafalgar Square and the Barbican in London, England; Bergenfest in Bergen, Norway; and Tanned Tin Festival in Castellon, Spain. Ryan's extensive recorded output is available mainly through Rat-drifting (Canada), Barnyard Records (Canada), Fire Records (UK), Tin Angel Records (UK), and Apres-Midi (Japan).
www.ryandriver.com
