Interview with Ryan Laird

After hundreds of festival circuit gigs promoting two independent albums throughout his teens, and a two year stint studying jazz as a guitar/voice major at Toronto’s Humber College, Canadian singer/songwriter RYAN LAIRD left his rural Ontario home for Nashville. “I made friends quickly, and ended up living in people’s basements and pitching tents in backyards for the first year or so I was in Nashville,” says Ryan. In a bold move, he cashed in his life savings to put up a huge billboard on Music Row in Nashville with a picture of himself holding a note to Country sensation Taylor Swift that read “Hey Taylor – I LOVE your music. Will you produce my album?” This bold move attracted major media attention across North America, with Swift herself taking notice and Country radio personality Blair Garner labeling Ryan “The Voice of Country Future”. Ryan found success at Country radio with his recent top 10 single I'm Your Man. He just wrapped up a tour with George Canyon and is set to begin an Ontario tour opening shows for Country superstar Alan Jackson.