Joey Ryan had just graduated from Berkeley and was poised to attend graduate school to study neuroscience when he abruptly announced to his family that he wanted to pursue a career in music instead.
Unwavering in his vision for his future, Joey explains: "I realized that the truths I was interested in discovering through science were actually more accessible through music."
Born and raised in Los Angeles to a teacher and a psychologist, Ryan experienced a unique perspective on life at an early age when his father nearly lost his life to cancer, resulting in a uniquely intellectual yet emotional viewpoint on life, love, and human nature in his songwriting.
JOEY RYAN
DISCOGRAPHY
2010
KENTER CANYON (EP)
 
 
 
PERMANENT ACOUSTIC (SINGLE)
AMAZON EXCLUSIVE
 
 
2009
AS IT MUST BE (EP)
 
 
2008
WITH ITS ROOTS ABOVE AND ITS BRANCHES BELOW (ALBUM)
 
 
2007
2005
GOOD ENOUGH (ALBUM)
 
 
 
VIDEO
Joey Ryan contributes an original song to international probiotic company Yakult's first national US television commercial campaign "True Love."
 
NEW RELEASE
JOEY RYAN PERMANENT
 
AMAZON EXCLUSIVE
ACOUSTIC VERSION FEAT. KENNETH PATTENGALE
 
 
Permanent (4:43)
PURCHASE ON
Recorded live in studio at Four Six Productions
Eagle Rock, CA
 
Joey Ryan - Guitar & Vocals
 
Kenneth Pattengale - Guitar & Vocals
 
Photograph by Megan Baker
VIDEO
Joey Ryan called upon director/photographer Brendan Pattengale to create a music video for the single Broken Headlights from Kenter Canyon.
 
NEW RELEASE
JOEY RYAN KENTER CANYON
 
Joey Ryan's "Kenter Canyon" was produced by Tony Berg (Jesca Hoop, Aimee Mann) and features performances by Sara Bareilles, David Rawlings, Z Berg, Matt Chamberlain, David Mansfield and Patrick Warren. With harmonies by Bareilles, the opening track “Broken Headlights” pays tribute to the shockingly clear Los Angeles air after it rains, gracefully likening it to the confessions of a long-hidden love. The disc sets a new standard among the already rich and bountiful catalog of the young performer.
 
 
Broken Headlights (w/ Sara Bareilles) (3:19)
Walls Come Down (3:50)
Queen Jane (w/ Dave Rawlings) (3:30)
Tipperary (3:48)
Permanent (w/ Z Berg) (4:26)
 
produced by Tony Berg
 
Recorded and Mixed by Shawn Everett
at Zeitgeist Studio, Los Angeles, CA