New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Just over a year ago, Ryan Beaver independently released his breakthrough album Rx to great acclaim. Today, CMT premiered a video for his most recent release, "You Were The Rain," which premiered on the Amazon
Music Original Playlist Love Me, which was one of two playlists (Love Me/Love Me Not) released for Valentine's. The playlists are now available for streaming exclusively on Amazon Music—both Amazon
Music Unlimited and Prime Music.
Watch the video for "You Were The Rain" via CMT:
https://www.cmt.com/videos/ryan-beaver/1677893/you-were-the-rain-amazon-music-original.jhtml
"For this video we wanted to come up with a cool concept that helped express the song in a great and simple way," explains Beaver. "It's been a blast bringing this song to life with Amazon Music."
So far in 2017, Beaver has stayed busy on the road with Dan Layus and announced a show at Chicago's Windy City Smokeout's main stage on July 15. He was also nominated for AIMP's Rising Independent Artist-Writer of the Year award.
At the end of 2016, UPROXX named Rx the second best country album of 2016 and said "every once in a while, as a critic, you'll encounter a record that should've been a massive blockbuster that just doesn't hit. Rx was one of those — it's chock full of wry lo-fi country gems like "Jesus Was A Capricorn," or the devastating steel guitar-driven title track..."
Stereogum premiered his single "Dark" and called it "the strongest country song I've heard all year." NPR
Music shared the album's closing song "If I Had A Horse" as a "Songs We Love." Jewly Hight said "'Horse' concludes Beaver's new album RX, with stark, demo-like vulnerability… The remainder of the dozen tracks perform similarly visceral emotional work, albeit with a livelier combination of
Music Row proficiency, singer-songwriter/ roots-rock earthiness and digital punch."
Rolling Stone Country named Beaver one of "10 Country Artists You Need To Know," and also premiered his single "Rum and Roses."
This year, CMT included Beaver as part of their LISTEN UP series of 17 artists to watch in 2017.
Ryan Beaver will be touring throughout the year with additional tour dates to be announced.
Tour Dates:
6/11: Nashville, TN - CMA Fest
7/15: Chicago, IL - Windy City Smokeout
9/28: Peoria, IL - Tailgate & Tallboys Festival
