Pure raw amazing talent is what has garnered
Canada’s own Serena Ryder such great success and genuine accolades so early in her career. Now after a challenging year of heartache and heartbreak, she has pushed herself as a songwriter and performer to make a uniquely personal and very honest album entitled, is it o.k.
Known for her powerful vocal range, Ryder who hails from the small town of
Millbrook,
Ontario, has already earned a Canadian GOLD record, the 2008 JUNO Award for New Artist of the Year, a #1 holiday single for “Calling To Say,” invitation to perform on Bravo! TV's highfalutin Live at the Rehearsal Hall series and logged sufficient weeks on the Top 200 album chart to rival other domestic artists such as Nickelback and Michael Buble in longevity terms with her late-2006 debut for EMI Music
Canada, If Your Memory Serves You Well.
is it o.k. is also tough as nails where it counts – just listen to the caustic bark Ryder brings to the standout rocker and first single 'Little Bit of Red.’ Other tracks such as ‘All For Love,’ ‘Blown Like The Wind,’ ‘Stumbling Over You,’ ‘When The Truth Just Walks Away’ and title track ‘is it o.k’, uncover a plethora of emotions.
Her immense growth as a songwriter is evident throughout the album, especially as Ryder is able to bring optimism and energy even to the record’s darker moments. The accomplished result is the strength and new conviction evident in one of
Canada’s - hell, the world’s - most intriguing newest songwriting voices. With is it o.k, Ryder has clearly set the bar higher for artists of her generation…including herself.
