Ryan Culwell

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Ryan Culwell | image = Ryan_Culwell.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|04|25}} | birth_place = Perryton, Texas | genre = Americana, Country, Folk, Heartland rock | instrument = Vocals, Guitar | website = {{URL|ryanculwell.com}} | caption = Ryan Culwell at Rough Trade in Brooklyn, NY on April 24, 2018 }}

'''Ryan Culwell''' is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist based in Nashville, Tennessee. His third full-length album ''The Last American'' was released by Missing Piece Records on August 24, 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/ryan-culwell-channels-springsteen-on-new-song-can-you-hear-me-w521513|title=Listen to Ryan Culwell's Haunting Eighties Rocker 'Can You Hear Me'|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 June 2018}}</ref>

== Biography == Growing up in the Texas Panhandle, Culwell's family labored in oilfields and the trucking industry. Hoping for a different life, Culwell went to college to study economics, but eventually left to pursue his musical career while working odd jobs on the side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ryan-culwell-mn0002082694/biography|title=Ryan Culwell {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=28 June 2018}}</ref> Through the years Culwell has worked as a roofing salesman, landscaper, tree cutter, and pedal tavern driver.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Ryan-Culwell-Returns-With-First-New-Album-in-3-Years-THE-LAST-AMERICAN-out-824-20180615|title=Ryan Culwell Returns With First New Album in 3 Years THE LAST AMERICAN out 8/24|last=Desk|first=TV News|access-date=28 June 2018}}</ref> In 2006 he released his debut ''Heroes on the Radio,'' and in 2015 he released his second album ''Flatlands.''<ref name=":0" />

Culwell's music has been compared to that of Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, and The War on Drugs, and he's played shows with Patty Griffin, Hayes Carll, Ashley Monroe, Billy Joe Shaver, and Amy Speace.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wideopencountry.com/wide-open-country-weekly-must-listens-june-20/|title=Wide Open Country Weekly Must-Listens: Ben Danaher, Lydia Luce and More|date=June 20, 2018|work=Wide Open Country|access-date=28 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.missingpiecegroup.com/ryan-culwell/|title=Ryan Culwell|website=Missing Piece Group|access-date=28 June 2018}}</ref>

== Discography ==

* ''Heroes on the Radio'' (2006) * ''Flatlands'' (2015) * ''The Last American'' (2018) *''Run Like A Bull'' (2022)

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