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Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder (b. 1983) is a Canadian singer/songwriter who grew up in Millbrook, Ontario in central eastern Canada.

Ranging musically between folk, country, roots and adult contemporary, Serena Ryder's three-octave range is powerful and well beyond her years. She studied in the integrated arts program at Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Peterborough, and performed solo as well as with many of Peterborough's bands as a teenager.

Career

Her first independent CD, called Falling Out, was released in December of 1999 on the Peterborough indie label Mime Radio and included the first songs she had ever written.

Other independent releases by Serena include Serena EP (cassette only) 1999; Live at The Market Hall & "A Day In The Studio" 2002; & Serena Ryder Live 2003 (a CD recording of her performance on CBC Radio's program Bandwidth).

In 2005 she released her debut major label CD Unlikely Emergency, which included the song "Just Another Day" which gained significant airplay on many radio stations, including CHUM-FM. The album was released by Hawksley Workman on his Isadora Record Label. Also released on Isadora was Live in Oz, a recording from her tour of Australia, released in limited numbers only at shows.

Serena's brand new album is called If Your Memory Serves You Well and is a collection of notable Canadian songs from the past 100 years or so. The tracks include Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy", Galt MacDermot's "Good Morning Starshine" and The Band's "This Wheel's on Fire".

Appearing as a guest on SBS Australia television's RocKwiz in 2007, she displayed an authoritative knowledge in rock music-related questions, singing many song segments in answer and performed in the closing guest spot with Lior.[1]

A new EP has been announced for release on June 19th, titled Told You in a Whispered Song, which is an acoustic studio collection of a few live tracks, and also some new songs.

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