Midwest Rock & Roll Ryan Hurd

• 1 Midwest Rock & Roll 03:51
• 2 Single In The Same Town 03:31
• 3 Die For It 03:24
• 4 Lighthouse 03:42
• 5 This Party Sucks 03:01
• 6 Youth 03:04
• 7 All Night Long Days 02:45
• 8 Funerals 04:41
• 9 California 1972 03:56
• 10 Go To Bed Sober 03:02
• 11 Paul. 05:09
• 12 The Last Song I’ll Ever Write 03:01
• Total Runtime 43:07

Info for Midwest Rock & Roll

Singer/songwriter Ryan Hurd has amassed more than one billion on-demand career streams, received numerous award nominations, including two Grammy nominations, and has multiple No. 1 hits as a singer and songwriter His debut album reached top five most-streamed country albums and received critical acclaim. Midwest Rock & Roll marks Hurd's sophomore album, paying homage to his Midwestern roots and exploring the consequences of leaving home behind to chase a dream.

On Midwest Rock & Roll, Ryan collaborates with Mark Holman and Randy Montana. It arrives three years after Ryan’s debut studio album Pelago which hit #11 on the country charts. The number taps into hometown nostalgia with Ryan crooning: “You set your own heart on fire when you grow up where its cold / darkness and teenage desire yeah that’s Midwest Rock & Roll.”

Ryan Hurd

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Ryan Hurd
One listen to “Michigan For The Winter” is about all it takes to get a handle on Ryan Hurd and his unique approach to country. It’s set in the Midwest, instead of country’s stereotypical South. It’s a song about personal retreat and reflection, instead of the usual big summer party tune. Hurd loaded the lyrics with cinematic, scene-setting images and delivers it with a grainy vulnerability, longing to rekindle a broken relationship but perfectly capable of moving forward alone. And with that song, the world gets to know Hurd, a Nashville-based singer/songwriter whose brand of country is just a sliver outside the norms of Music Row.

A rough-cut romantic, he’s simultaneously amiable and distant, respectful and edgy, commanding and supportive. There’s a lot of complexity wrapped up in Hurd, who’s balanced his budding Sony Music Nashville recording career with a songwriting portfolio that includes hits by Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and Lady Antebellum. Hurd didn’t necessarily set out on that path – getting his name on theater marquees was not his original intent – but by following his inner voice, he’s become a Next Big Thing contender, lauded by the likes of Rolling Stone Country, Pandora, VEVO, CMT and Esquire while making the rounds of some of music’s iconic showrooms: The Troubadour in Los Angeles, the Bowery Ballroom in New York City and The Exit/In in Nashville, just for starters. “I kind of have already done everything in country music, and I'm still a brand new artist,” he says with a profound appreciation. “I've written hit songs, I've been to all the awards shows with Maren Morris, and I've gotten to tour with Thomas Rhett and Florida Georgia Line. It's sort of like I've already experienced what it means to be an artist in Nashville.”

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