ryan lamey - songs, words, music, voices, guitars, piano & other keys, whiskey
mike turner - piano, accordion, voice, back flips
Influences
in various ways - for various reasons:
david bowie :: kate bush :: jane siberry :: elliott smith :: peter gabriel :: ron sexsmith :: john vanderslice :: jeff buckley :: prince :: aimee mann :: red house painters :: al green :: radiohead :: guns n roses :: kings of convenience :: pj harvey :: rufus wainwright :: et al.
Ryan Lamey is an acclaimed Canadian singer and songwriter based in Manchester, UK. While renowned for the spellbinding and personal acoustic performances that continue to elicit the praise of his peers and critics alike, he is equally known for fronting Manchester's Faker Junior, former Manc-pop band Sloganeer and co-fronting Canada's Queencab.
Sandman Magazine hailed him as a "textured vocal genius [with] brilliant emotional resonance. Shades of Buckley, Radiohead and Elbow creep through the enthralling repertoire fronted by an effortless skip through a plethora of ranges that at times even served us up Michael Stipe." (issue 142).
“Ryan’s got a fantastic voice – great lyricist.” said Martin Coogan (Mock Turtles, Salford City Radio).
Designer Magazine wrote “Just as we were getting bored of male singer-songwriters in Manchester along comes Ryan Lamey who single handedly makes the careers of Stephen Fretwell and Liam Frost pretty redundant. His style is reminiscent of Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley only filtered through a huge pop filter.”
Ryan is currently recording and gigging with Faker Junior whose debut EP “Need To Know” was released in June 2009.
Happy Birthday Ryan!!! Hope you're having a fab day!!! Good luck with the citizenship!!!! As long as you know how many minutes to leave a teabag in to make a flavourful cuppa you should be alright!! xx
The Lamey Turner experience! Helllo how the jiggins are you? I'm come to sing songs in Manc land - March 7th, its a Saturday so you may have fabulous plans already. Taurus bar on Anal Treet, not been before but looks smashing. Please say you will be there. Or not, but would be smashing to see you. Keep on working that magic Mosley x
I LOVE YOU. I've been daydreaming about being at your shows. Listened to Queencab: Live @ The Taproom the other night and my heart skipped. Just sayin.
i hope you are having a ace and top 2009 upto now !!!
and just to remind you that my next fantastic concert night is this sunday on 11th january, at 19:30 - at l.m.r.c.a. railway club, alty (a ace skiffle & dalek show) music, quiz, darts & tombola,... (plus win 'little frank's body').
cost:£4.95p
tonight’s theme.... and for one night only ... it’s .. "skiffle and dalek " night. bring your own washboard, tea chest bass or dalek .
to get tickets for " sunday with sidie " phone mr. alston on 07966 189650 or 0161 652 1217 and they cost £ 4.95p but tickets are limited....
the venue address is "l.m.r.c.a." railway club ( next to metrolink station & level crossing ) 127 navigation road, altrincham wa14 1lj.
Hey Ryan- It is great that you and Mike are gigging alot again. Will try to catch up with you before North American Night. You gonna see Paul Mosely when he plays at Taurus? tb
Just a quick update for you on the goings on of the Mostly Toast world..
The studio in The Northern Quarter is now fully up and running. We are going to open the studio up to singer songwriters every Saturday for what we are calling our "fastrack" service. It's like a drop in centre for musicians to get a song recorded, all for just £20!! Check the blog for more details....
The Mostly Acoustic gigs down at Nexus and the monthly Mostly Toast nights at The Green Windmill are going really well. We've had some amazing musicians playing some great music.
Box Kid (http://www. myspace. com/boxkidband) are still in the studio but the recordings are sounding great and we're really looking forward to getting them mixed, mastered and released!!
To Sophia ( http://www. myspace. com/tosophia ) have already finished their recordings and have an album launch night sometime soon!! They will also be launching a new website in the very near future too!!
We have also embarked on a new project called The Mostly Toast Musicians Co-Operative. Members will receive a range of benefits including 10% discount on all studio bookings, help finding gigs and monthly workshops on a variety of different topics from guest speakers. For more info go to: http://www. myspace. com/mtmusicianscooperative .
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