Latest Release
- MAY 3, 2024
- 2 Songs
- Love Is Hell · 2004
- Heartbreaker · 2000
- Ashes & Fire · 2011
- 1989 · 2015
- Gold · 2001
- Ryan Adams · 2014
- Heartbreaker · 2000
- 1989 · 2015
- Prisoner · 2017
- 1989 · 2015
Essential Albums
- Ryan Adams began his solo career close to where he'd left off with Whiskeytown—kicking out rough-and-tumble country and heart-on-sleeve ballads. The difference is how relaxed he sounds, even when rocking out on "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)" and singing duet with Emmylou Harris on "Oh My Sweet Carolina." Collaborators Gillian Welch and David Rawlings keep him in a good-natured mood, and their harmonies help make "Amy" one of the prettiest tunes he'd yet written. Only the near-punk "Shakedown on 9th Street" hints at how musically unpredictable he'd become.
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2014
- 2014
- 2007
- 2007
Artist Playlists
- This mercurial alt-country torchbearer wears many hats.
- A melting pot of old country, classic rock, and thrashy punk.
- A hopeless romantic sticks to country music's backroads.
- The next generation of alt-country heartbreakers.
- 2015
Compilations
- 2009
Appears On
- The Destiny Band
More To Hear
- Slow jams and uptempo grooves for partners reconnecting.
- The pair chat about Ryan’s album Prisoner.
- Tribute to Australia, plus talk of Ryan Adams.
About Ryan Adams
- HOMETOWN
- Jacksonville, NC, United States
- BORN
- November 5, 1974
- GENRE
- Rock