Ryland Moranz (born 1986) is a Canadian folk and country singer-songwriter based in

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, Alberta,Eric Volmers
"Lethbridge roots musician Ryland Moranz's sophomore record mixes the personal, political and universal"
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'', February 5, 2021. whose 2020 album ''XO, 1945'' was a

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nominee for Contemporary Album of the Year at the 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2022. Originally from

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, Moranz studied music at the

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. During his degree he was awarded the Sakamoto Research Prize and Chinook Research Award for his research on analog/digital mixing practices and perception. The findings of this research were published and presented as a conference paper at the AES (

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) conference in New York, NY in 2019. He released his debut album ''Hello New Old World'' in 2016 on Norwegian Blue Records. He has toured both as a solo artist to support the album, and as a session musician in Leeroy Stagger' and the Rebeltone Sound. In 2024 Ryland released his third full-length album, Better/Worse which was recorded in Barnhouse Studios in Qualicum, BC. Musicians on the album included Scott Smith ( Barney Bentall, Aaron Prichett) on guitar and pedal steel, Erik Nielsen ( City & Colour, Deep Dark Woods) on bass and Leon Power (City and Colour, Frazey Foord) on drums. Better/Worse is the third of Ryland's albums to be produced by Leeroy Stagger. In 2020 Ryland signed to Vancouver based record label Tonic Records in anticipation of his album "XO, 1945". He has since released "Better/Worse" (2024) and released his first album "Hello New Old World" (2016) on Tonic. Ryland signed to Australian booking agency Peace Run Records & Agency in 2023 which led to a six week tour. A two month followup tour of Australia and New Zealand followed in 2024. Ryland is a Deering Banjos artist and plays a Deering Eagle II resonator banjo.

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* 1986 births Living people Canadian folk singer-songwriters Canadian country singer-songwriters Singers from Alberta People from the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 People from Lethbridge University of Lethbridge alumni 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters {{Canada-singer-songwriter-stub