8Earth Records Artist News
Sept 10, 2005



…an insightful artist, with a political voice, and ethnic island vibrations… is how documentary movie/film director Ron Mann from Sphinx Productions describes reggae/rock/world sensation, Patrick Ryan. 8Earth Records is extremely excited about the international release of the highly anticipated Patrick Ryan LP KNOWLEDGE. Patrick Ryan & 8Earth Records will be working with promoting giant, Musik International, for the 2005 summer/fall release of KNOWLEDGE. Your CMJ charting (college/commercial/public/satellite) radio stations will be heavily rotating the LP KNOWLEDGE, so please be on the look out for current news and artist info. You can find all artist info, future tour dates, lyrics, merchandise @ 8earthrecords.com. Patrick Ryan will have numerous songs released throughout the next couple months world wide. The title track from the LP has already been added to the international NORML Satellite Radio Player. With the national release of Patrick Ryan 5-song EP, FEED YOU HEAD, two songs, I STAND ALONE & NOTHING YOU CAN DO where added to over 150 college/public music libraries throughout the USA. NOTHING YOU CAN DO was also featured on Magnet Magazines Music Sampler Vol. 39 (July '05). Patrick Ryan 's KNOWLEDGE will be available world wide as soon as 8Earth Records has completed it's national distribution deal. So in the mean time, you can purchase the Patrick Ryan KNOWLEDGE LP at 8earthrecords.com, cdbaby.com/patrickryan, and 150 of the best digital download sites. FEED YOUR HEAD EP is available at these fine digital music stores: Tower Records, Sony Connect, MSN Music, Apple I Tunes, PassAlong, BuyMusic, Music Now, Cdbaby, Loudeye, Rhapsody, and many, many, more. Please be on look out for Patrick Ryan being featured in these fine music publications: Magnet Magazine, High Times, Revolver, NME, CMJ, High Times, Heads, City Pages MPLS, and Chicago Sun Times! Without a doubt, one the most original artists of 2005… Eric @ Magnet Magazine. Bigger and better artist news will be developing over the next couple months, so please stay tuned!