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Somerville musician Audrey Ryan
Well, Audrey Ryan thought I meant that the “Paris of New England” is meant for Boston – but of course I meant Somerville, Mass. But I can see her point. And this multi-talented artist fits well into our creative milieu on the banks of the Mystic River. On Ryan’s website it states:
“Audrey Ryan is a one-man-band multi-instrumentalist whose music is quirky and genre-bending. She tours regionally, nationally, and internationally supported by Folkwit Records (UK). She has opened for Suzanne Vega, They Might be Giants, Josh Ritter, Ra Ra Riot, Grace Potter among many others.”
I had the chance to chat with her recently:
Doug Holder: You grew up in Mount Desert Island in Maine. Now you live in Somerville. What brought you here? How do you find the “The Paris of New England” in terms of a home for artists of all stripes?
Audrey Ryan: I never knew that Boston was the “Paris of New England” but I like it! That’s what I’m going to tell people from now on when I’m touring in Europe. Anyway, I was born and raised in Maine and still spend my summers there. I own a small house there (more like a seasonal camp), vote there when I can, have my car registered there. I guess you could say I’m still a Mainard in many respects, except that I live here in Somerville 10 months out of the year. But to answer your question, I moved here after college because my father is from Haverhill and I had family, specifically my now deceased paternal grandmother, who wanted me to live nearby. Plus I had a lot of friends already in the area, which helps when you are starting out a new life in a big city, to have a built in base of friends and family. And plus I love Boston, and more specifically the Cambridge and Somerville area. Always have. I actually spent 3 years of high school at a boarding school up in North Andover, MA (Brooks School) and used to take the commuter train in every weekend and jump on the red line and head straight for Harvard Square, sometimes Davis. So I moonlighted here as a teenager and was quite taken with it, considering I’m otherwise a small-town girl from an island off the coast of Maine.
To answer the second part of your questions, I think the Boston area is a great place to be an artist in that there are plenty of us, and you can also get to dozens of smaller markets within a few hours, which is key as a touring musician. Being based out of Boston I can still gig regularly and maintain a fan base in Portsmouth, Portland, Burlington, NYC, etc., which is ideal. If you live on the West coast or in the Midwest it’s a lot harder, as distances are further. One great aspect of living in the congested East Coast.
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She has opened for Suzanne Vega, They Might be Giants, Josh Ritter, Ra Ra Riot, Grace Potter among many others.” Doug Holder: You grew up in Mount Desert Island in Maine. Now you live in Somerville. What brought you here? How do you find the “The Paris
fragile voice is not as powerful as someone like PJ Harvey, Smith really lives and breathes the songs (acting may have come in handy in his instance), filled as it with regret, weariness and sadness but also a quiet authority akin to Suzanne Vega.
If you stop producing work, it's just you who feels it. by mwendy (61 comments ) June 27, 2011 7:20 AM PDT I guess Suzanne Vega is an out of touch rock star, too? Not. Downloading music without paying the artist is stealing. Period.
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&Nbsp; I think he's a soldier who can't handle the fighting anymore, who wants to know the reason he is out there killing and risking his life for someone he doesn't know. I don't know if they've met, or there is some history because of the fact that she has seen him before, but I love Lady_Paladin's interpretation that she doesn't see him as a real person. He's just another face that may or may not be familiar, but she doesn't allow herself to become emotionally attached to someone. She sees emotion as a weakness. I think she is a woman who never got to be a girl, she was raised to be stoic and wise and emotionless and to be strong and learn to do what was right for her country. She knows nothing else but power, and so she clings to it. She is not necessarily happy, but she needs this power. It is a part of her. I guess I got a little ahead of myself in the last bit. But he just desperately wants to know why. He's always wanted to know who is behind this, he has watched her palace all the time wondering why. I also think he is starting to fall in love with this woman who is surprisingly young, beautiful, vulnerable. Because underneath all of her strength and ice, she is so incredibly lonely. And I think he already sort of knows what will happen to him in the end. He is deserting the army, and he says "You can do what you will", so I think he already knows what he is risking. But he just can't bear to not know the truth. I think the queen, although she thinks she is strong and emotionless, also feels something for this man. She senses that he wants to help her, and I think after all these years of bottling herself up inside her castle, separating herself from emotion, she just needs some little spark of a real life. She decides to trust this young, brave man. However, she "never once took the crown from her head." I think the crown is her sense of strength, her emotionlessness, and all these things she thinks are power. Although she desperately needs some speck of human contact and affction, she is proud. She will not let down her icy barriers. She asks him to sit down while she stands so she will still have some power over him, because she is desperate to keep any sense of strength. She is afraid of losing power to this man who she has so suddenly decided to trust. She is an incredibly conflicted individual. Another example of this power she must have over others and her rejection of weak emotions.
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