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Ryan David Green

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accolades

  • 1st Place American Songwriter Song Contest (Best Instrumental)
  • Performed with Andy McKee, Matteo Mancuso, Peppino D'Agostino, Christie Lenée
  • Featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine
  • Endorsed by Takamine Guitars
  • Featured at 30A Songwriter's Festival, Black Bear Music Festival, Tucson Folk Festival
  • Twice named “Best Guitarist” in Tucson Music Awards
  • Official Showcasing Artist at NERFA, SWRFA & NAMM

PRESS & QUOTES

“A Masterful American Roots Guitarist.”
— World Music Central

"Courageous, evocative, and inspirational. Far from a typical guitar hero album.”
— Newsbreak.com

"For fans of both instrumental guitar and singer-songwriter music."
— Acoustic Guitar Magazine

"Green's touch on the guitar is delicate and intentional, adding nuance to already captivating melodies.”
— Peppino D’Agostino (‘Best Acoustic Guitarist’ in Guitar Player Magazine)

“Ryan David Green is a guitar-slinger. Period.”
—Americana Highways

“Ryan evokes feelings of longing and unbridled joy through heart-nestled guitarwork that rivals the greats.”
— B Sides & Badlands

“Ryan is painting pictures with sensational melodic arrangements.”
— Christie Lenée (International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion)

“Lively and immediately gripping.”
— Wildfire Music

“A guitar aficionado, with a touch sometimes so light that it sounds easy, as he bends, taps and cajoles his strings to bring out their magic.”
— Guitar International Magazine

"Ryan’s guitar playing is powerful, unpretentious, and inspirational."
— Peter McLaughlin (National Flatpicking Champion)

“This is a musician doing what he loves for the sake of itself and that is what makes it all shine.”
— Tucson Sentinel

“Don’t let the feel-good attitude in the music distract you from the seriously dexterous guitar work."  
— YabYumWest

"That a guitarist of Ryan David Green's caliber would choose Takamine as their guitar of choice is a source of great pride for the entire family at Takamine who apply their hand-crafting skills and culture of excellence with just such gifted artists in mind."
— David Vincent (Takamine Guitars)

 

 

Bio

Ryan David Green's music has been called "virtuosic acoustic guitar that is remarkably accessible", with fast fingerwork that is always in service of unmistakeable melodies. Performing a blend of instrumental guitar pieces and delicate vocal tunes, Green takes audiences to a place both otherworldly, and somehow surprisingly intimate. 

A graduate of Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music, Ryan David Green has performed on four continents, been profiled in Acoustic Guitar Magazine, endorsed by Takamine Guitars, and twice been named "Best Guitarist" in the Tucson Music Awards (where he currently resides). He was awarded 1st place in the 2024 American Songwriter Song Contest and his original compositions have received numerous film and TV placements, including shows on E!, Lifetime, and ABC Family/Freeform. 

His acoustic-duo Ryanhood (with musical partner Cameron Hood) has performed with a wide-range of artists including Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, and Train, and were named the "Best Group/Duo" in the International Acoustic Music Awards.

His debut solo-guitar album Off and Running released on June 14, 2024.

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