Lively Irish music for the whole family from the best and brightest musicians in the tradition!

In challenging times, may the gift of song and music rise to warm our hearts and soothe our souls. This St. Patrick's Day Ryan will play for you music inspired by the ancient wisdom flowing through the Celtic lands ~ Irish songs of hope and rebellion, Scottish dream songs, whiskey ballads, live looping and his very own originals!

Ryan was indoctrinated at birth into a lifetime love of Irish music by his father John who sang the old ballads in his deep voice whenever he had the chance and a captive audience. He took up guitar and whistle at a young age and began to play ballads after his first visit to Ireland as a young teenager in 1986. During the early 1990's, he had the wonderful opportunity to live in Ireland for 6 months as part of a Bachelor's program with Lewis & Clark College and busked the streets of Galway and Dublin while studying James Joyce with Senator David Norris and absorbing the rich culture and music of the East and West of the country.
In the mid 1990's, Ryan was one of the founders of Celtic Rock band Blind Rafferty which played all around the Pacific Northwest for 6 years and recorded two albums. Currently he offers solo concerts in Celtic and original music along with live looping and mythological storytelling and plays in the Celtic roots group Hills & Hollows.

He is a lineage teacher of Qigong, Taiji (Tai Chi) and internal martial arts and holds regular classes and workshops in Portland, Oregon. Ryan guides the semi-annual One Root Sacred Ireland journey to the SW of Ireland and orchestrates a deep and fun tour of the land which includes music, local storytellers and guides and daily health building Qigong practice.

Website:

https://www.qiofsound.com/