Thorny — Immersive Ambient Music
Welcome to Witherwillow Sound, the web home of synthesist/bassist
J.D. Ryan (Thorny).
Latest news...
New performance video:
Live Wire Sessions
Cambridge, MA
May 9, 2026
Gig calendar coming soon...
I have some great shows lined up for the late summer and fall in the northeastern US. Check back soon, as I'll have a gig calendar page up, soon.
On May 10, I played a show on Cambridge Community Television in Cambridge, MA, the Live Wire Sessions. It's a monthly show featuring experimental music of all kinds (the same show had a rock band, another ambient artist and an industrial/noise artist).
It was the first live show where I played the processed fretless bass along with the synths, and I played two tunes from my first album, Mostly Gray - Malformations and a rather different version of Top of the Fog, as well as two that will likely be on my upcoming album, Eclipse and Waking the God.
Big thanks to CCTV, Beth Redmond Walsh, David "Deftly-D" Dodson and the stellar camera crew.