Press Kit
Ryan Alvanos is a poet by training, storyteller by trade, songwriter by passion, busker by calling, and whim-blown vagabond by good fortune.
He likes to walk while writing lyrics, and draft after draft, his notebooks fill with lines and strikethroughs until the songs sing themselves.
With the wisdom of a stream’s biggest fish and the whim of an anecdotal angler, Sharp Little Hooks (2014) sheds new light on the old-school art of fly fishing. The recording features The Blue Ribbons—James Rohr, Mike Castellana, Jef Charland, and Tauras Biscus—and is available as a 12” vinyl record, CD, and digital download.
From Here (2011) is a collection of songs that study places and shimmy between East and West, abundance and scarcity, and between taking off and staying put. This album also features a heaping helping of local-crème musicians, including Tom Bianchi, Raleigh Green, Sean Staples, Eric Royer, Dan Blakeslee, and Vance Gilbert.
Ryan is plowing the middle ground between Woody and Waits with songs that stroke your chin and get your itch like big nibs scratching coarse stock.
Sharp Little Hooks, 2014
From Here, 2011
"Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power."
—STEVE MORSE, former Boston Globe staff critic who now teaches a course in Rock History at Berklee College of Music
"To be both as literate and as grooving as Ryan and to have it all in one package is tantamount to his having the sword, the stone, and the kingship all at his poetic fingertips, all at once."
—Vance Gilbert
Prior Venues:
- Club Passim
- Middle East Upstairs
- Lizard Lounge
- Toad
- Atwood's
- Plough & Stars
- Aeronaut Brewing Co.
- etc.
For booking, email
ryan @ ryanalvanos.com
Press Kit
Ryan Alvanos is a poet by training, storyteller by trade, songwriter by passion, busker by calling, and whim-blown vagabond by good fortune.
He likes to walk while writing lyrics, and draft after draft, his notebooks fill with lines and strikethroughs until the songs sing themselves.
With the wisdom of a stream’s biggest fish and the whim of an anecdotal angler, Sharp Little Hooks (2014) sheds new light on the old-school art of fly fishing. The recording features The Blue Ribbons—James Rohr, Mike Castellana, Jef Charland, and Tauras Biscus—and is available as a 12” vinyl record, CD, and digital download.
From Here (2011) is a collection of songs that study places and shimmy between East and West, abundance and scarcity, and between taking off and staying put. This album also features a heaping helping of local-crème musicians, including Tom Bianchi, Raleigh Green, Sean Staples, Eric Royer, Dan Blakeslee, and Vance Gilbert.
Ryan is plowing the middle ground between Woody and Waits with songs that stroke your chin and get your itch like big nibs scratching coarse stock.
Sharp Little Hooks, 2014
From Here, 2011
"Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power."
—STEVE MORSE, former Boston Globe staff critic who now teaches a course in Rock History at Berklee College of Music
"To be both as literate and as grooving as Ryan and to have it all in one package is tantamount to his having the sword, the stone, and the kingship all at his poetic fingertips, all at once."
—Vance Gilbert
Prior Venues:
- Club Passim
- Middle East Upstairs
- Lizard Lounge
- Toad
- Atwood's
- Plough & Stars
- Aeronaut Brewing Co.
- etc.