Returning with their fourth studio album The Book of Broken Glass, marking their first new collection since 2020’s Good Gracious! Bad People, Sarah and the Safe Word are here to put on a show. Their cabaret-rock musings, a staple across their discography, culminate to create their finest masterpiece across the 13-track project. The Book of Broken Glass opens with the theatrical “A Wake: Violet Makes Her Wish,” a short piano ballad that sets the tone of the album before leading into the blistering, anthemic “Ruby Off The Rails.” Across the record, lead vocalist Sarah Rose’s intoxicating growl and prowess act… Read more »
This week I have Tyler Fortney who is a musical director, songwriter, and a producer. He’s worked with bands like: The Neighbourhood, She Wants Revenge, The Wanted, Atreyu, Almost Monday etc… I met him when he first played bass for band American Eyes and we talk about how far he’s come in his career this week and what he has coming up!
Will the Stormy seas subside, or is this just the first of many legal tsunamis on the horizon? We’re navigating the Trump legal monsoon, from Stormy Daniels to Georgia’s investigation into Trump’s 2020 election interference and his 11,780-vote treasure hunt, to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probe into Trump’s classified material handling and potential FBI obstruction.
This week I have long time friend/songwriter Jeff Sahyoun, he’s the man of all trades, and I first met him in 2010 while I was living in Utah when he was in the band Letlive. We would eventually tour together several times over the years and I got to know his story better about how he came to be with his new project Erase Theory. We talk all things Jeff !
This week I have up and coming drummer “Tosh The Drummer” he’s coming up quick in the alternative scene, while starting out playing funk and rock, he’s still very young and has a bright future ahead of him, I met him in Singapore and we struck a friendship and I waned to get to know him and his background better this week on my show, he also talks about all the things he has coming up.
This week I have singer/songwriter Josh Johnson from rock band Tyler Read. We talk about how we shared a guitar player at one time (Chris McPeters from Tyler Read/The Bigger Lights) and we talk about all things Josh and what his career has been like in and out of Tyler Read, they went on hiatus for a little while and now are coming back. Hear it all this week on Ryan Seaman & Friends.
This week I have singer songwriter Alaena on my podcast this week, we talk about how she got started in the metal world as a hired keyboard player for lots of metal projects, and how she made the shift in becoming solo in the alternative world, I hear her inspirational story along with other stories told along the way.
This week I have Gavin Caswell from the band Senses Fail, I’ve known Gavin since 2006 and met him when he was working for SideOneDummy on Warped Tour, he’s been in a lot of cool bands over the years as well as working behind the scenes, I get his full story and we share stories from our time on the road together all coming up this week!
This week I have the man of all trades Dorian Neidhardt, he works for Meinl Cymbals as an A&R person as well as Tama Drums over in Germany! He also is a drum tech, tour manager, and play drums for River Becomes Ocean(I had his singer Marvin on the show before). He was my tour manager for bands Icon For Hire & IDKHOW in Europe, and we’ve been great friends ever since. I learn about how he got started to how he ended up where he is today, we also share stories from the road together.
I have long time friend and singer/songwriter Em Whitehurst from the band Survival Guide, I met her when she was the lead singer for pop punk outfit Tsnumai Bomb and alternative band The Action Design. We first toured together in 2002 on Warped Tour (One of my first tours) and eventually my old band I Am Ghost would buy her tour van, lots of stories about Em and more this week.
