"Ryan Sweezey may seem understated when you first see him step onto the stage...but once he starts singing you are gripped with his emotion and the way that he croons each word of his songs. Dude’s voice is smooth like velvet and he plays with a passion that is confident and collected." - Brian Carroll, Red Line Roots

Ryan Sweezey is an acoustically-driven singer/songwriter who blends together classic rock and 90's alt rock influences to create memorably catchy and relatable original music touching on the subjects of love and heartbreak, aging and modern struggle, and anxiety and mental health issues. As a solo artist he specializes in powerful emotive vocals on top of a playing style which makes a single guitar sound like a full band. Ryan has recently shared bills with artists like Teddy Thompson, Steven Page (formerly of the Barenaked Ladies), The Revivalists, and Ryan Miller (of Guster).

Born and raised in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, Ryan spent several years cutting his teeth at open mics and the late-night bar scene around Boston before relocating to Burlington, VT. On top of ongoing recording projects, he performs countless shows around the Northeast both as a solo performer and as front-man of his band Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers. The band currently features Ryan on guitar, Joshua Glass on keyboards, Chris Doncaster on bass, and Eric Belrose on drums. Tom Bianchi, talent buyer for 24HourMusic, writes "Ryan is one of the most consistent and crushing performers I’ve ever come across...With million-dollar pop/rock songs all day long, killer voice, and rock solid guitar skills, Ryan has the potential of a John Mayer-type career."

Brought up with a love for music from a young age, Ryan spent his formative musical years engrossed in the classic rock catalogs of The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Tom Petty before developing a closer affinity to the alt/rock of the 90's and early 2000's. The latter has shone through the most clearly in his original music, as it is most often compared to artists like Matchbox Twenty, Matt Nathanson, and Gin Blossoms. After taking part in band as a sax player, chorus, and drama in high school, Ryan attended Northeastern University where he was a member of the UniSons a cappella group. 

In 2019, Ryan won the Advance Music Singer/Songwriter Contest at Higher Ground from a pool of talent from around the Northeast. He is a seven-time New England Music Award Nominee (Best in Vermont, Best Male Vocalist, Songwriter of the Year) and a four-time Seven Daysies Nominee (Best Pop Artist x2, Best Rock Group, Best Folk Artist).

Ryan has released five studio albums of original music - 2012's No Hollywood Star and 2013's Fall with Brian Maes at Briola Studios in Lynn, MA - 2017's Starting Over with George Woods at The Record Co in Boston, MA - 2020's acoustic Meadowlark Sessions with Dan Kruglak at Meadowlark Studios in Williston, VT - 2022's Out Searching with Christopher Hawthorn at Studio 150 in Burlington, VT. His original music has been featured on local radio stations like The Point FM in Vermont. 

After recording several acoustic covers with Hawthorn that were released digitally, the producer moved to Philadelphia, and Ryan continued to work with him again in-person and remotely on his sixth album Maybe Magic, which was released on October 10, 2025.

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