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Woven Not Stranded

by LIam Ryan

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Afrodisiac 04:19
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Get Jive! 04:38
Get Jive! Liam Ryan 2020 Get up! Get jive! Put your hands up and feel alive Get up! Get Jive! Put your hands up Put your hands up CHORUS: Be-bop and groove Bip-bop and move Come on round Come on round Come on round Be-bop and groove Bip-bop and move Come on down Come on down Come on down Come on down Get up! Get loose! Shake your mind up and jump the blues Get up! Get loose! Shake your mind up Shake your mind up
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Soul Refrain 05:04
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Royal Blues 05:57
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Soul Refrain (Mudshark Monday) Liam Ryan 2021 Hey, come inside. The bar is seething And the smoke is heavy The lights are on at Harbour View Hotel. The hi heels and the low-slung are down It’s 12 Bars from Mars, Zambezi Nights Tiger Town Clarry’s saxophone is singing my name Everybody’s listening Its’ a soul refrain It’s a Mudshark Monday - Dixie Chicken and China White And all that jive talk getting us so so high Watch the dancers on the floor Moving like a wave And listen to that band Taking us out to The Edge. Searching for the perfect groove. Where nothin’s moving and everyone’s on the move. Hear the sound of that slide guitar Lowell and Farrell caught that train “Oh Atlanta!” It’s a soul refrain. Chorus: Hear that sound? It’s a soul refrain Everybody’s listening It’s a soul refrain It’s a room full of blues It’s a soul refrain Do you hear that sound? It’s a soul refrain

about

Woven Not Stranded is the third in the M2M trilogy and a homage to my musical roots - from playing disco in Auckland clubs 6 nights a week, years of touring playing rhythm and blues and jazz and, before all of that my love of classical music and my early days playing violin in orchestras. It's eclectic; it's all here. The title, Woven Not Stranded, is a nod to my inspiring grandmother Elsie who was a weaver and poet. She practised her art in the middle of nowhere up the Awatere Valley in the South Island NZ. I often feel the same solitude working on my music in the provinces - especially in The Time of Covid. And yet we all remain connected. By the strands of whanau and aroha that bind us. Woven Not Stranded.

credits

released December 11, 2021

I am grateful for the spirit of the many musicians on this project. All phenomenal people, great players and exceptional ambassadors for music, every one. Thank you.

Guitar: Nick Granville, Dean Hetherington, Chet O'Connell, Regan Perry.
Bass: Peter Stroud, Liam Ryan
Saxophone: Alex Nyman, Hayden Baird
Horns: Rodger Fox, Jack Harre, Mike Booth
Drums: Steve Garden, Josh Sorenson
Hammond, pianos, synth and strings: Liam Ryan
Harp: Midge Marsden, Haggis Macguiness
Vocals: Sarah Spicer, Liam Ryan
Percussion and voice Artist: Amir Yussof
Flute: Greg Latham

Producer: Liam Ryan
Mastering: Mike Bloemendal
Photography: Harry Harrison
Artwork: Mike Dunn/Tribal Brands

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Liam Ryan New Zealand

Christchurch born, Liam Ryan, made his name as keyboardist and songwriter with Kiwi band The Narcs in the 1980s (Heart and Soul, Diamonds On China).
He has released 3 solo albums on his IMNZ label, Torch Music: Mississippi To Mauao (2007), Pacific Riviera (2010) and Woven Not Stranded (2021).
His Masters Degree researched The Rise of Rhythm and Blues in Christchurch 1960 -1970.
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