Ryan David Green and Cameron Hood
Photo courtesy of Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center at Yavapai College
submitted by Yavapai College News
The Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center launched the second half of its 2024-25 Cabaret Series with what it does best: Close contact with musicians who possess virtuoso talent and have a whole lot to say.
The upbeat folk duo Ryanhood performed Jan. 31 on Yavapai College’s Prescott Campus.
Ryanhood — individually, lead guitarist Ryan David Green and guitarist/lyricist Cameron Hood — are a pair of crowd-pleasing Tucson musicians who found success taking the long way around. The duo got their first break as street performers at Boston’s Quincy Market, where a college booking agent warmed to their clever songwriting and intricate harmonies.
He put them on the college touring scene, where Campus Activities Magazine named them “one of the most requested acts by college buyers all across the country.”
Over the past decade, Ryanhood has performed more than a thousand shows in 47 U.S. states.
Their latest album, Under the Leaves, resembles their live performances: driven by strong guitar-driven music with a feel that is at turns energetic, hopeful and quietly moving.
The two musicians still live in their hometown of Tucson, where they have collected more than a dozen Tucson Music Awards including Best Folk Band and Best Rock Band.
More information on the Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center and events is available at
www.ycpac.com.
