Ryan Boldt


Ryan Boldt is a Canadian musician and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Canadian prairie gothic folk band, The Deep Dark Woods. The band originates from Boldt's birthplace of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
In November 2014, Boldt released his debut solo album The Broadside Ballads. The release features a collection of Boldt's renditions of traditional North American and British folk songs.
Other influences on Boldt's performances and songwriting include Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Bob Dylan, The Stanley Brothers, Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, The Band and Leonard Cohen.
Boldt is co-founder of Big White Cloud Recs, a Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia-based record label.

Tours

Boldt has toured throughout Canada, the US and Europe, both as a solo performer and as leader of the band, The Deep Dark Woods. He played Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits Music Festival and Newport Folk Festival. Boldt opened for Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, and played in Lesh's Terrapin Family Band. Boldt has also opened for Blue Rodeo and Merle Haggard; and Robert Earl Keen at Irving Plaza in New York.

Discography

Safe Haven, the 2013 film adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, features The Deep Dark Woods song, My Baby's Got to Pay the Rent, written by Boldt. The film also includes a cameo from the band with Boldt film-credited as the band leader.