Ryan Traster

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2010 Flowers Studio, Minneapolis, MN – Ryan Traster (Ryan Traster [vcl/ac gt], Michael McGarthwaite [el gt/banjo/ steel], Marc Perlman [bass], Peter Anderson [drums/percussion], – Carly Rosenbrook, Danny Wolf [vcl].  Producer: Ed Ackerson)
001 STARING AT THE LIGHTS
002 THE TOURISTS
003 BOTTOMS UP
004 SOCIAL GODS (LONELY, LONELY)
005 BIG CITY DREAMS
Tracks above issued on EP The Tourists
2011 Man's Game Studio, White Bear Lake, MN – Ryan Traster (Ryan Traster [vcl/ac/el gt], Michael McGarthwaite [el gt/ banjo/ mandolin/ lap steel], Nick Johnson [bass gt], Peter Anderson [drums/percussion], Jim O'Neill [organ/vcl], Aaron McCabe [horns], Nick Costa, Naomi Dornfeld, Sam Sanford [vcl])
006 GOOD HEARTS DIE YOUNG
007 JUNKIE BONES
008 GUTTER TRUTH
009 CHRISTIAN BURIAL
010 WHEN WE WERE WILD 
Tracks above issued on EP Good Hearts
2012 Man's Game Studio, White Bear Lake, MN – Ryan Traster 
011 CRUEL LOVE   DLR 014
012 AS WE GO UP, WE GO DOWN DLR 014
2013 Safehouse Sound,  Burbank, CA – Ryan Traster (Ryan Traster [vcl/ac gt], Michael McGarthwaite [el gt], Daniel Brummel [bass gt], Peter Anderson [drums], Joe McGrath [percussion/vcl], Jason Borger [keyboards], Jonny Leroy [vcl])
013 LUCKY LUCIA  digital single [rel. March 19]
014 TURNING PAGES
015 WAYWARD LIFE
016 BROOKLYN SUMMER TIME
017 CORONADO BLUES
018 MY LOVE, THE AUTHOR
019 SURFACE DEEP
020 BEND OF THE BOW
021 WHEN THE MORNING COMES
022 HOWLIN' AT THE MOON
023 KEEP US CLEAN 
Tracks above issued on album Get Easy
2016 Flowers Studio, Minneapolis, MN – Ryan Traster (Ryan Traster [vcl/gt], Andy Holmass [ac gt/ piano], Michael McGarthwaite [el gt]., Nick Johnson [bass/piano], Peter Anderson [drums/percussion], Ed Ackerson [keyboards/vcl], Suzy Henningsgard [vcl])
024 LIKE A COMA
025 DISSONANCE
026 WASTED HEARTS
027 NOUVEAU FRISSON
028 GURU  
Tracks above issued on EP Broken Pop
2019 St. Paul, MN/ Vancouver, WA – Ryan Traster (Ryan Traster [vcl/ac gt/ bass], Michael McGarthwaite [el/slide gt], Nick Johnson [bass/vcl], Alexander Young / Peter Anderson [drums], Ed Ackerson [keyboards], Savannah Smith, Willie Wisely [vcl])
029 OLD WORLD, PRESENT TENSE SSR 016   
030 NEW AGAIN SSR 016   
031 HOW DARK IT'S BEEN SSR 016   
032 LOST IN A SOUND SSR 016   
033 LIBRA SSR 016  
034 ENDLESS SUMMER BLUES SSR 016   
035 KANSAS SSR 016  
036 BUSY MIND, LAZY MOUTH SSR 016  
12 April 2020 The Spider Ranch,  Joshua Tree, CA – Ryan Traster
037 COOLER  digital single [rel. May 1]
2 May 2020 The Spider Ranch,  Joshua Tree, CA – Ryan Traster
038 OBSIDIAN REEFS  digital single [rel. June 5]
2020 The Spider Ranch,  Joshua Tree, CA – Ryan Traster
039 THE BEAST  digital single [rel. Aug, 14]
040 LIZZY DREAMS  digital single [rel. Sept.  4]
041 SHELTER BLUES  digital single [rel. Oct. 16]
2022 Flowers Studio, Minneapolis, MN – Ryan Traster (Ryan Traster [vcl/gt], Michael McGarthwaite [el/slide gt], Andy Holmaas [gt], Nick Johnson [vcl/bass], Peter Anderson [drums], Chris Walla [keyboards], Naomi Dornfeld [vcl])
042 THE NIGHT'S GOT YOU SED 7509 
043 MOROSE EMPIRE SED 7509  
044 NOUVEAU FRISSON, AMEN SED 7509  
045 THE SEVENTH DAUGHTER SED 7509  
046 ONE CLICK SALVATION SED 7509  
047 FANGS SED 7509  
048 IT'S ALL ABOUT HER SED 7509  
049 BLUE BLOOD SED 7509  
050 HOME AGAIN SED 7509 
2021-2023 unknown – Ryan Trasher (Ryan Traster [vcl/ac gt], Michael McGarthwaite [gt/bass], Kyle Patrick Cregan [percussion], Christa Buckland [vcl])
051 RIVER SONG
052 AWAKE, AGAIN
053 DRONE CHANT SONG
054 RIVER SONG (INSTRUMENTAL)
055 AWAKE, AGAIN (INSTRUMENTAL)
056 DRONE CHANT SONG (INSTRUMENTAL)
Tracks above issued on EP Morning Meditations At Lester's Creek
2025 Flowers Studio, Minneapolis, MN – Ryan Traster (Ryan Traster [vcl/gt], Cole Diamond [percussion], Tim O’ Reagan [vcl])
057 MR. BLUE  digital single [rel. Aug. 15]
2026 Minneapolis, MN/ Catskill, NY – Ryan Traster, *with Michelle Vidal (Ryan Traster [vcl/ac gt], Michael McGarthwaite [el gt], Kevin Bowe [baritone gt/vcl],Andy Holmaas [gt], James Wyatt Woodall [steel], Nick Johnson [bass], Peter Anderson [drums],James Tyler O’Neill [keyboards/bass/ drums], Michelle Vidal [vcl])
058 LITTLE TOWN BIG HEARTACHE
059  MOONSHINE SMILE
060 BOOTS FULL OF RAIN
061 THE WELL
062  LIFERS*
Tracks above issued on EP Lifers




ALBUMS
Ryan Traster ? Get Easy: Lucky Lucia; Turning Pages; Wayward Life; Brooklyn Summer Time; Coronado Blues; My Love, The Author; Surface Deep; Bend Of The Bow; When The Morning Comes; Howlin' At The Moon; Keep Us Clean  – 29-07-14
Blackbird Record Label SED 7509 Low Miranda:  The Night's Got You; Morose Empire;  Nouveau Frisson, Amen;  The Seventh Daughter;  One Click Salvation;  Fangs;  It's All About Her;  Blue Blood;  Home Again – 30-09-22



EPs
Ryan Traster no # The Tourists:  Staring At The Lights; The Tourists; Bottoms Up; Social Gods (Lonely, Lonely); Big City Dreams  – 10-08-10
Acclimate Music ? Good Hearts: Good Hearts Die Young;  Junkie Bones;  Gutter Truth;  Christian Burial; When We Were Wild – 25-10-11
Dead Letter ? Broken Pop: Like A Coma; Dissonance; Wasted Hearts; Nouveau Frisson; Guru  – 30-09-16
Slow Start SSR 016 Choses Obscures:  Old World, Present Tense;  New Again;  How Dark It's Been;  Lost in a Sound;  Libra;  Endless Summer Blues;  Kansas;  Busy Mind, Lazy Mouth – 19-07-19
Blackbird Record Label ? Morning Meditations At Lester's Creek:  River Song;  Awake, Again;  Drone Chant Song;  River Song (Instrumental);  Awake, Again (Instrumental);  Drone Chant Song (Instrumental) – 13-10-23
Dead Letter ? Lifers:  Little Town Big Heartache;  Moonshine Smile;  Boots Full Of Rain;  The Well;  Lifers (w. Michelle Vidal) – 17-07-26

SINGLES
Dead Letter
DLR 014 Cruel Love / As We Go Up, We Go Down – 10-07-12