Ryan David Orr

Another playlist of folky grooves.

Here is a smattering of folky, groovy tunes that I have been digging on...

But there IS something very special about the live, unplugged show. It's mellow and clean, it has that coffee shop feel that used to be cool

And every moment you saw they had left to lose he told her: "Don't you worry, sweetest lady, I am yours for good."

Aunt Mattie swore you were nothing like her for your age. No corn would grow by the old plantation in spring.

People have asked what the ambient sounds are that are layered in at the beginning and end. They are sound recordings in nature that I captu

Sometimes life feels like a thankless job. He pleads with the sky to show some kind of mercy.

Then I completely stopped myself and said, "No, wait, this is about a man living in constant fear". And it is. It is about a man suspecting

Wow, what a whirlwind. I just drove about 3,500 miles to perform some shows in Western Arizona, California, and Oregon. I got to see a bunch of people I hadn...

Much of the imagery references fantasy, religion and Biblical icons, which juxtapose Adeline's efforts to be free in the same way a prison..

There are way too many great records out there to narrow down the list of favorites to only a few. My top 5 is a constantly revolving collection of albums th...

This song is about the true nature of love and the struggle that humans go through when defining love. Oftentimes love is devalued by peoples' projected judg...

Here are the lyrics for 'Safe In My Heart', one of my favorite songs from the Kaden Hollow album. You can also listen to the song below. V1 The Texaco by the...

Below are the lyrics for "The Floor of This House" from the album Kaden Hollow. After that is a bit of the story and idea that went into the writing. V1 All ...

The video we made for the first single from my new album was recently screened at the Show Low/White Mountains Film Festival. It won Best Music Video and we ...

I grew up bouncing around between various towns in California and Oregon, where progressive ideas from eastern religions, rigorous nutritionists, and general...

Kaden Hollow is a project I have been working on for a long time; off and on for probably 15 years or more. It began as an idea for a series of short stories...