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Musicpix had the opportunity to visit with Serena Ryder during her sound check prior to her solo acoustic performance at the Vogue Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. Touring in advance of her first major label release in the U.S. on September 15, 2009 entitled “is it o.k.” (which has already been certified Gold in Canada), Serena’s performance was the perfect set up for Jakob Dylan’s band The Wallflowers. Serena Ryder is an incredible talent. Her three octave vocal range and soulful emotive phrasing has her poised to enjoy a very long and fruitful musical career.  SEE(and hear) THE MUSIC at Musicpix’ exclusive interview/performance of “What I Wanna Know.”

Serena started off her July 28th set with only her voice echoing “Melancholy Blues”…no guitar, no band, no nothing and we were wowed.    She rolled into “Dark as the Black” and then introduced her next tune “Sweeping the Ashes” as a song she wrote on a bus while she was waiting on a friend to return from dinner.  “Brand New Love” followed after Serena decided to take her boots off and express pure, raw emotion.  “My next song is about being a little angry…not Alanis angry…just a little pissed off” said Ryder as she launched into our favorite song of the set “A Little Bit of Red.”  The audience then got to experience “What I Wanna Know” which was performed prior to the show exclusively for Musicpix during sound check.  She polished us off with a stomping, clapping rendition of “SING,” a song that was selected by students across North America to support music education.

Don’t miss Serena’s show…her solo performance was pretty incredible so we can only imagine what her show will be like supported by her full band.

The Tour

Thu 08/13/09   London, ON  Grand Theatre   
Fri 08/14/09   Salmon Arm, BC  Fairgrounds   
Sat 08/15/09   Redmond, WA  Marymoor Amphitheatre             
Sun 08/16/09   Salmon Arm, BC  Fairgrounds   
Sat 08/29/09   Omaha, NE  Lewis And Clark Landing   
Fri 09/11/09   Amherstburg, ON  Fort Malden Park   
Sat 09/19/09   Boston, MA  Paradise Rock Club             
Sun 09/20/09   South Burlington, VT  Higher Ground - Showcase Lounge   
Mon 09/21/09   New York, NY  HighLine Ballroom             
Sat 10/03/09   Birmingham, AL  WorkPlay Theatre   
Wed 10/21/09   West Hollywood, CA  Troubadour             
Thu 10/22/09   San Francisco, CA  Cafe Du Nord             
Fri 10/23/09   Portland, OR  Hawthorne Theatre   
Sat 10/24/09   Seattle, WA  Chop Suey   
Sun 10/25/09   Spokane, WA  The Big Dipper    
Tue 10/27/09   Denver, CO  Bluebird Theater             
Thu 10/29/09   Minneapolis, MN  Varsity Theater             
Fri 10/30/09   Chicago, IL  Schubas Tavern   
Sun 11/01/09   Ann Arbor, MI  Blind Pig   
Mon 11/02/09   Grand Rapids, MI  The Intersection             

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