Ryan Wayne

Out now on a snowy January day in Toronto—a psychedelic, woodwind infused reimagining of the classic White Winter Hymnal—a collaboration with my dear friends and , featuring g the ever talented on winds and Don Kerr on Drums. Mixed by Annelise and Mastered by —thanks to as always

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Out now on a snowy January day - A psychedelic, woodwind infused reimagining of the Fleet Foxes classic, White Winter Hymnal--a collaboration with my dear friends John Bridgens and Annelise Noronha, featuring Jay Hay on Woodwinds and Don Kerr on Drums. Mixed by Annelise Noronha and mastered by Peter Letros at Wreckhouse. Thanks to Beverly Kreller and Speak Music PR as always.

Fleet Foxes

White Winter Hymnal Ryan Wayne, John Bridgens, Annelise Noronha · White Winter Hymnal · Song · 2026

I am so grateful to for 15 years together!

Thanks Glide Magazine for this great review of “Between These Walls” and a nod to the new album (full article linked)

“Between These Walls” only skims the surface of the poetic prowess of Functioning Dysfunctionals, and it should be the only reason you need to go and listen to the rest of Wayne’s latest. The album highlight is vulnerable, infectious, and overall, a testament to Wayne’s fearless artistry.

LISTEN: Ryan Wayne's "Between These Walls" Is Ethereal Indie Rock With Poetic Expressiveness - Glide Magazine Functioning Dysfunctionals is the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Wayne, following his critically

Thanks to Donald Teplyske and Fervor Coulee for this great review: https://fervorcoulee.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/ryan-wayne-functioning-dysfunctionals-review/

"I’ve never understood genre terms like post-rock and new folk (or is that nu foque?), but from absorbing Functioning Dysfunctionals these last weeks, I am ready to offer my own: post-roots rock, transcendental folk.

Maybe just transcendental.

However you choose to describe Ryan Wayne’s latest, it will stick with you. And that is what we want music to do: become part of us.
Especially if we are functioning dysfunctionals." - Donald Teplyske, Fervor Coulee

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Thanks KLOF Mag for the kind review:

"Ryan Wayne has delivered an Americana album that blends and balances so many different influences that it’s almost impossible to categorise. He has woven these songs with the skill of a musician who not only listens but incorporates different strands of music from the last 60 years. Functioning Dysfunctionals distinguishes itself by combining honesty with a pure passion for the form and function of music."

Ryan Wayne – Functioning Dysfunctionals The influences displayed on Ryan Wayne’s Functioning Dysfunctionals make it almost impossible to categorise, but it distinguishes itself by combining honesty with a pure passion for the form and function of music.

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Photo by backstage at the Garrison for the Dave Bookman tribute

Thanks for the great photos by from the Dave Bookman tribute show.

https://damusic.be/cd/ryan-wayne-functioning-dysfunctionals-9187.html
Thanks daMusic and Marc Goossens

"Just like on his debut, Ryan Wayne takes a dive into his psyche and that of his fellow man...The result is a colorful, versatile album full of musical stories, which at least equals its predecessor...(Crow Amongst The Sparrows) which might well have been the surprise of the year...just like last time, we still have to admit we don't know whether this is psychedelic folk, dreamy Americana, singer-songwriter with rough edges or something else that musicologists don't have a name for yet. Oh well, maybe we should just say that Ryan Wayne is slowly becoming a genre in itself" - Marc Goossens

Beverly Kreller

Ryan Wayne - Functioning Dysfunctionals Net als op het debuut, neemt Ryan Wayne ook op de tweede langspeelplaat een duik in zijn psyche en in die van zijn medemens. Het resultaat is een kleurrijk, veelzijdig album vol muzikale verhalen, dat de voorganger minstens evenaart.