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Indie Music Spotlight – Top Singer/Songwriter Picks

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman June 7, 2016 1:09 pm Tagged With: Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, indie music spotlight, singer, songwriter

Ryan David Orr – Traffic Lights

For almost two decades, Ryan David Orr has been a major player on the American folk scene. A singer-songwriter and experienced musician, he has traveled all over the United States playing in many of folk music’s legendary venues. For Ryan, performing and writing is a family tradition. His grandmother played sax and clarinet and his mother was a professional folk singer. Growing up in Ashland, Oregon, Ryan traveled with his mother to venues and festivals up and down the west coast. So, it was only natural when Ryan started to join his mom on stage, playing the violin by age seven and learning the guitar at 12.

Ryan’s forthcoming album kopascetic will be available June 13th via digital and CD. Discover more of his music here.

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Joshua is a music business consultant currently serving as COO of Unlimited Sounds, a boutique publishing admin & consulting firm based in Northern California. He also serves as director of Pac Ave Records, a student-run record label. He is an archivist and curator via Indie Music Discovery.com, co-founded with C Bret Campbell in 2011. He is also a Father of 3 and an all purpose jedi... but before any of this, he was and still creates as an indie/DIY songwriter and producer. Connect on IG. Read full bio.

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