Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter. He has also produced albums for Jesse Malin and Willie Nelson and collaborated with Counting Crows, Weezer, Norah Jones, America, Minnie Driver, Cowboy Junkies, Leona Naess, Toots & the Maytals, Beth Orton and Krista Polvere.

Adams left the group Whiskeytown and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000. The album was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize.

Adams released Gold in 2001. A video was made for album's first single, "New York, New York". The music video featured Adams performing in front of the city's skyline four days before the September 11, 2001 attacks. The video was played often on MTV and VH1 after the attacks and became Adams's breakthrough to mainstream music consumers.

Following the success of Gold, in 2002 Adams was blocked by his label from releasing his choice for a follow-up. The label opted to cherry pick from the four recorded albums already dismissed as releasable full albums for a mix tape type record assembled without his involvement. Demolition, a compilation of tracks from these recording sessions, was released in 2002.

In 2003, he released the album Rock n Roll, which featured guest musicians including Melissa Auf der Maur and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. Love Is Hell was released as into two EP installments and re-released in May 2004 as a full-length album.

In 2005, Adams along with his backing band The Cardinals produce two albums, Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights, followed by the solo album 29. Also, he joined other musicians in playing a Hurricane Katrina benefit show at Irving Plaza in New York City. Also, three of Adams's songs were featured in the soundtrack of Elizabethtown.

Adams released his ninth album, Easy Tiger, in June 2007 followed by an EP, Follow the Lights in October 2007. Adams also appeared as a guest musician on Cowboy Junkies' 2007 album and DVD Trinity Revisited, a 20th-anniversary re-recording of their classic album The Trinity Session.

A new album with The Cardinals, Cardinology was released in October 2008. In September 2009, Adams debuted a new song online, "Happy Birthday", and began releasing singles, featuring previously unreleased material.

In May 2010, Adams released a metal influenced album, Orion. In December 2010, Adams released Cardinals III/IV, his twelfth studio album, which was recorded in 2006.

In early 2012, Ryan was nominated for a Brit Award for Best International Male. In June 2012, Adams released a live box set chronicling his return to live performances, Live After Deaf.