Ryan Groff - People In The Midwest CD

Artist: Ryan Groff Title: People In The Midwest Catalog#: Parasol-CD-105 Regular Price: $10.00 Official Release Date: September 2007	Tracklist:
	1. Lake Water
	2. Haiti [listen]
	3. Polly
	4. Landlocked [listen]
	5. Gasoline
	6. Harrison St. [listen] [FREE MP3]
	7. Lines
	8. Fatal Flaw

Shows:
RYAN GROFF:
JANUARY 5 CHICAGO, IL @ THE NEW UNCOMMON GROUND (1401 Devon)
w/ Miles Nielsen
JANUARY 18 URBANA, IL @ CANOPY CLUB w/ Casey Reeves
JANUARY 23 CHICAGO, IL @ THE NEW UNCOMMON GROUND (1401 Devon)
w/ Cameron McGill
JANUARY 25 ROCKFORD, IL @ THE KRYPTONITE CLUB w/ Miles Nielsen
MARCH 7 DOOR COUNTY - VENUE TBA w/ Bill Camplin & Dorothy Scott


The album:
People In The Midwest is the debut solo album from local scene leading man Ryan Groff, frontman for regionally-acclaimed Americana-Folk-Rock act Elsinore. Joyful, transcendent songstories with a spiritual vibe, some sporting a sweet seventies soft-rock vibe, others exploring more ’00 experimental pop idealism. Ryan’s songwriting runs a bit more expansive than your normal human. He lets the instrumentation simmer somewhere between restrained and minimalist and puts front and center a voice (what a voice!) that recalls icons like Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith (and Thom Yorke and Freddie Mercury and Morrissey).

Bio:
Ryan Groff is 26 years old, classically trained in voice and piano, and vocalist and guitarist for alt-country band Elsinor, which he founded in 2002. Ryan had recorded solo stuff before but it was during the People In The Midwest sessions that his new compositions really seemed to evolve. What started as a lo-fi Christmastime recording project became something much more. With friend/engineer/producer Jeff Janczewski at the helm Ryan’s songs quickly came to life, better than they had imagined. So they started borrowing better equipment and trying out unique studio scenarios, putting a ton of brain-power into the production of the songs. Within weeks, the re-recordings and new mixes came together and the good vibes were truly major. Meanwhile Parasol got wind of these goings on and made an offer. The happily-ever-afters of this particular fairy tale have become People In The Midwest. With his solo album Ryan realizes he has some exploring to do, musically and professionally. He’s hearing more deeply the music created by his heroes: The Beatles and Jeff Buckley, Radiohead and Elliott Smith, and hearing the personal song- and studio-craft behind the songs. Along with recording and touring with Elsinore look for Ryan to perform his solo material around the Midwest, with larger scale touring in the near future.