Ryan Chatelain

So if you look at the date of the previous entry, you'll see that I've neglected this blog. While I make no promises to post here daily or weekly or whatever, I'll try to do a better of job of…

Hi, everyone! 

I'll be back in New Orleans at the Neutral Ground Coffee House on Monday, July 2nd at 8 p.m. I hope to see you there. 

A couple of things that will be a little different…

Thanks to everyone who came out to the first-ever Make Music Roselle Park last Thursday. And also a big thanks to everyone who helped me turn that idea into a reality. I was really pleased with how it went…

I'm playing three shows in a little under a month's time coming up. Here's more about them:

Friday, June 8 -- Restaurant Week in Kenilworth, NJ
The town is doing its first-ever Restaurant Week and is featuring live…

I haven't done one of these Throwback Thursday posts in a while. Sorry 'bout that!

Anyway, a while back I was looking at an old version of my website on the Wayback Machine and recovered this old homemade, solo-acoustic…

I’m starting a music festival! 

I’m bringing Make Music Day, a celebration of music recognized in 800 cities across 120 countries, to my new hometown of Roselle Park, New Jersey. 

Basically, Make Music Day is a bunch…

It's been more than two months since I played at the Neutral Ground Coffee House with Brandon and Jose. I meant to do this post a long time ago, but I'm just finally getting around to it. Unfortunately, my…

I had a lot of fun at the Neutral Ground playing with my ol' friends Brandon Pembo and Jose Mora. I plan to share photos and video from the show soon. In the spirit of Christmas, I promised to donate…

Here are some photos from a full-band show I did 15 years ago this week at Keystone Lounge in Metairie, Louisiana. Funny side note to that night: I played a dirty song I wrote in front of my mom. (Awkward!)

Here's a video my wife made of a show I did at the Neutral Ground Coffee House in New Orleans back on May 22, 2009. I'll be back at the Neutral Ground on Friday, Dec. 22, and I'll have some…

Here's a recording of the old band performing "Cold-Hearted Woman" during a rehearsal several years ago in my mom's living room. That's Jose Mora on lead guitar/backing vocals, Brandon Pembo on bass and Mark Zeller on drums. Give it a…

First of all, happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

For this week's Throwback Thursday, here's a pic from a show at the Louisiana Music Factory in the French Quarter just after my CD came out in 2004. (I know, I'm way overdue…