Ryan Berg

Ryan Berg, who has become well-known around DFW music venues in the past year, comes to Lakeside at 7:30 pm on Friday, August 31.

Ever since the 25-year-old Texas State product’s debut album, “The Velvet Ears,” Berg has risen to local stardom.

Songs from the album received extensive play on Dallas local radio station, 91.7 KTX, in 2017, and Berg was voted as the listeners’ runner-up favorite in 2018. 

Now a new album, inspired by folk music, is nearing release.

“It is more of a holistic album that deals with issues bigger than myself,” he told Allison Plake of The Dallas Observer recently.

After playing The Granda and The Rustic, Berg is introducing his new tunes in more intimate venues. 

“When you have a crowd that is captivated in those types of intimate settings, I feel my music translates a little better,” Berg explained.