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By Jonathan Howe –<\/span><\/p>\n

F<\/strong>or some, the Driftless is a place. For others, it is an idea. For local musician, Ryan Howe, it has always been something a bit more meaningful: home. He has lived his entire life atop the bluffs looking over Lake Onalaska, raised under the shade of towering, verdant oaks, and molded by the cream-colored limestone cliffs that border the mighty Mississippi. These are the images one might conjure up, when imagining an interview delving into a musician who has been inspired by the wondrous, natural world around him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, both the subject and interviewer are planted in office chairs, in front of grainy webcams, trapped inside on a beautifully sunlit day. In parallel universe, one in which there is no pandemic, we might be conducting this interview in the backyard of his residence in Onalaska, or perhaps outside one of the many bars that populate the bustling Coulee Region, or maybe even atop the bluffs at his childhood home in La Crescent. Instead, we are sitting in front of our respective screens and peering at each across a distance of over 150 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"After exchanging pleasantries, and hitting record, we can finally begin to start digging into a story that has been unfurling for 26 years: A native son who has come to roost in the burgeoning music scene that has taken root in downtown La Crosse. To set the table, I decide to keep it simple\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a musician, what is it that you do?\u201d I ask.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

For Howe, the answer to that question comes in three parts. \u201cCompose, educate, and spiritually elevate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Composing music is something that comes naturally for Howe, much in the same way I would sit down at my computer to write an article. \u201cI always knew that writing music was something I wanted to do since I was young,\u201d he says. Whether arranging multi-part choral etudes or improvising over changes on a jazz chart, there\u2019s nothing that captures Ryan Howe\u2019s fascination quite like creating music. However, that isn\u2019t all he does when it comes to putting musical pen to paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cComposing, for me doesn\u2019t just mean writing original songs,\u201d he explains. Howe is constantly working to add his own signature sound to the songs and covers he plays live. \u201cWhen I play covers, I try to add to the arrangements of the songs, further embellishing the structures and adding more texture,\u201d he says. \u201cIf I were producing this [live] music for an album, how would I try to make it reach its full potential in a given moment?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Howe tells me about the changes he makes to the cover songs he performs, \u201cso that people can still recognize the song that\u2019s being played, but in a different manner, with some different musical aspects to kind of alter and add to the depth of what\u2019s being played.\u201d He gives hits such as Stevie Wonder\u2019s Superstition<\/i> and Elton John\u2019s Take Me to the Pilot<\/i> a flavor of his own musical originality, one that his audiences have come to expect and appreciate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Howe performs regularly in the greater La Crosse area, Winona, Rochester, Prairie du Chien, and on a few occasions, venturing up the Mississippi as far as the Twin Cities. While he continues to work on building his brand as a performer, he also strives to grow as a teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I teach people,\u201d Ryan says of his exploits in music education, \u201cI try to figure out, what\u2019s their \u2018why\u2019 behind what they\u2019re doing? If you understand your students\u2019 \u2018why,\u2019 you can better help them achieve their goals.\u201d This approach served him well during his time as a lesson instructor and accompanist at Viterbo University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes, teachers teach to a group or individual in a homogenized, formal system.\u201d He says with a small shake of his head, \u201cAlmost like industrially producing students.\u201d Howe feels that the true potential of a budding musician is best unlocked by a teacher who shapes their methods to the skills and aspirations of their students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Music is also a spiritual endeavor for Howe, who has spent 12 years and counting as a music minister at the Roncalli Newman Center in La Crosse, along with 4 years at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona, MN.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that, at heart, we are all spiritual beings, and we must get in touch with our higher selves. Whatever that means to each and every individual person, that\u2019s their own prerogative, but for me I look at it as music \u2013 you feel something.\u201d It\u2019s easy to see from his expression that, for Howe, music truly is a higher calling. \u201cI just get such a thrill off of that. It warms my spirit when people get locked in, spiritually elevating through music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I switch tack to something more concrete. \u201cWhat about this place inspires your art?\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The way Howe speaks of the place of his upbringing is akin to how a lover might daydream about the object of their affections. \u201cThis place is so unbelievably beautiful,\u201d he tells me. \u201cWhat\u2019s so amazing about the Driftless is the age and ancient nature of this landscape.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ancient is certainly one way to describe the corridor of land surrounding the Mississippi, stretching from central Minnesota down to upper Illinois. A vast chain of ecosystems that was missed by the transformational touch of multiple ice ages thousands of years ago carries a feeling of both antiquity and timelessness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Howe\u2019s praise takes on a note of concern. \u201cThis area has such immensely beautiful and fascinating history, features and cultures behind it. Growing up here has the potential to really spoil people, because if you never leave this area, you think, \u2018Gosh, isn\u2019t the whole world like this?\u2019\u201d He shakes his head before continuing, \u201cAnd that\u2019s just not the case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He talks about the mindfulness he strives to maintain when considering just how special the Driftless Area is. \u201cWhen I\u2019m thinking about this area, I will always try to appreciate it and never take it for granted.\u201d He then focuses on some aspects of the Driftless Area that make it unlike anywhere else in the world. \u201cThe Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge is one of the most diverse waterfowl corridors on planet Earth,\u201d He notes, \u201cand the fisheries here are also pretty good. I love going out and fishing.\u201d Indeed, The region is known the world over for it\u2019s pristine streams that\u2019s home to some of the best trout-fishing out there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having said that, Howe acknowledges that appreciation of this special place can\u2019t be all about taking. Conservation efforts run deep in his family, and it\u2019s always been a prevalent part of his life, whether it\u2019s volunteering for controlled burns or removing invasive plant species from local ecosystems. \u201cI draw so much appreciation and joy and fulfillment from trying to be an active steward of nature and keeping that as part of my lifestyle,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe share this planet. We\u2019re not the only people or things that live here,\u201d \u201cWe should feel obligated to – not just for ourselves but for all life on planet Earth \u2013 keep this planet in as good of shape as possible. That is a soap box that I will never come down off of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWas there any music you wrote that you felt was inspired by your life here in the Driftless?\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe foremost example I\u2019ll mention is A Place to Be<\/i>.\u201d Howe says with a smile. He tells me about how he and his cousin, Garrett Starke, were experimenting with 12-string guitars in non-standard tunings. \u201cGarrett was showing me some of these late-60s, early-70s kind of Indie singers\/songwriters.\u201d\u00a0 Howe explains to me how these artists broke the mold, introducing musical ideas that hadn\u2019t been seen in the mainstream music scene. \u201cLike taking a 12-string and putting it in dropped-D tuning or putting it in a major chord with suspended 4th tuning.\u201d For those not well-versed in music theory these stylistic changes were cast in stark relief next to the wall-of-sound trend of pop music. Howe and his cousin drew inspiration from this phenomenon when writing the beginnings of what would eventually become A Place to Be<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a call to awareness,\u201d says Howe, speaking of the song. As such, he felt it needed to be upbeat and full of energy. The tuning and key of the song reflect that. \u201cI could talk all day about why I think the key of E major in the brightest, happiest, most sunlit key, and the greenest key,\u201d He says with a chuckle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without further ado, we dive into the first verse of the song, breaking the lyrics into couplets.<\/span><\/p>\n

I danced and ran through the tall grass and flowers<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

In the daylight, I felt heaven\u2019s rain showers<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just like the sun raining down on you,\u201d Howe comments. Indeed, the opening lines paint a pastoral scene of sun-soaked prairies nestled atop, in between, and beneath the bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I was younger, I saw those loving spirits play<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

I was younger, living and breathing and dreaming big at the end of the day<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Howe explains, \u201cThis harkens back to my younger days where we grew up with nature all around us on our family homestead, up above La Crescent, MN.\u201d He tells me about a hillside near his childhood home that would qualify as any prairie enthusiast\u2019s dream-come-true. \u201cThe Bowl,\u201d as he refers to it, is an expansive tract of wildflowers, short and tall grasses, and wildlife habitat that his family still maintains and cares for to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the seasons would change, you\u2019d go through different bunches of wildflowers coming up; the milkweed and pale purple coneflowers in June and early July; then you\u2019d have Brown-Eyed Susans and Yarrow and Rattlesnake Master in the midsummer; and in the beginning of September, you\u2018d have all the sky-blue and purple Asters, all the species of Goldenrod coming out.\u201d He said, describing the vivid parade of floral residents of the prairie he\u2019d grown up on. He finishes breathlessly, \u201cIt\u2019s just a non-stop color rush.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The second verse of the song jumps forward in time, from recollections of idyllic childhood memories to a current, more serious reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

I missed those thoughts and that carefree old feelin\u2019<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

It seems I\u2019m stuck, and at times I\u2019m reelin\u2019<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Howe speaks of a natural loss of innocence that came over him as he transitioned from his carefree youth to the rush of adulthood and integrating into society. \u201c[I missed] just the being able to be present, and not having to worry about all these external distractions and voices and thoughts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The changes of growing up did not always come easily for Howe. \u201cI do struggle with Generalized Anxiety Disorder,\u201d he tells me in a moment of vulnerability, \u201cand I have struggled with depression at times.\u201d Howe\u2019s candor regarding his personal wellbeing is not wasted on me, and it comes as little surprise, when one considers the growing percentage of young adults being diagnosed with depression and anxiety, which has been accompanied by a rise in mental health awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n

We move to the next lines:<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m older and I feel a change of pace<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Now we\u2019re older and we\u2019ve got to make the world a place, Where all can be<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is moving faster, life\u2019s moving along much faster,\u201d Howe narrates, breaking down the passage. He notes that sometimes, when performing the song live, he changes the end of the second verse to \u201cWhere all can breathe,\u201d a respectful nod to the recent groundswell of vocal support for racial equity and the systemic violence that movements, such as Black Live Matter, seek to end.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we all deserve, as people, to feel safe, have what we need to survive \u2013 clean water and plenty of good, nutritious food \u2013 a place to roam and run around, to be ourselves, and not be judged.\u201d He adds with firmness, \u201c[not] by the color of our skin, our gender, our ethnicity, what we believe in\u2026 we all need a place where we can just be<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After pausing a moment to let the words sink in, Howe presses on, directing my attention to the song\u2019s bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forget the sand<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Forget the oil<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

And ride the with sun, water, and air<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Howe is not shy when he explains the meaning behind these lyrics. \u201cKind of self-explanatory,\u201d he says plainly. \u201cWe need renewable energy in this country. I cannot say that enough.\u201d The struggle between an aging fossil-fuel industry and upcoming sustainable energy is a sentiment that hits close to home for many in the Driftless Area. Residents of Winona County are already aware of the threat posed by frac sand mining exploits that have loomed over the region in the last decade. This song takes those controversial land practices head on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forget the money<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Forget the power<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Our Mother Earth needs tender love and care<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The second half of the bridge represents a call to action. \u201cThere has been a great neglect for environmental sustainability in how this country consumes and produces energy and food,\u201d Howe points out. \u201cIt falls on the generations [living] right now to really adapt and change the way we live, to be sustainable not just for ourselves, but those who come after us.\u201d While the impact individuals can have may seem small, he believes it\u2019s something we should always be mindful of. \u201cThat\u2019s just being aware, conscious, and good human beings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I know around me, guardian angels fly<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Mem\u2019ries stay true and stoke a fire the never dies<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

This passage tells of Howe\u2019s family and friends who have instilled in him a deep love for the place he grew up in. \u201cThose [things] never go away,\u201d says Howe, ardently. \u201cIf you can hold onto something like that, you\u2019re very blessed and fortunate, and that\u2019s exactly how I count myself.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Always, always remember to plant your roots<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Find the high, firm ground, and in the golden sun unleash your bright, green chutes<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The symbolism in these lines is easy to see. \u201cIt\u2019s as if you\u2019re a tree [or a] plant,\u201d says Howe. \u201cStay out in the sun, stay in nature where we belong as animals.\u201d He explains that he feels that people, himself included, can often get too tied up in the expansive online world we no live in and forget to stay in touch with the world that\u2019s right in front of us. \u201cMarvel movies are awesome,\u201d he concedes, noting a personal vice of his own, \u201cBut going for a canoe trip is much more holistic and therapeutic and inherently healthy for a human being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He segues into the final stanza, a couplet that summarizes the musical climax and gradual descent that follows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m older and I feel a sense of place<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m older and I need to find my space, a place to be<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"These final lines contain the boiled-down essence of the song\u2019s meaning: We all grow older and realize the need for belonging, for community. It outlines the ever-present need to create a place where everyone has a right to exist: a place to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we\u2019ve talked about what you have done already. What\u2019s next?\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Howe is happy to seize this opportunity to talk about his first studio album, Origin<\/i>. It\u2019s a compendium of 9 songs that he wrote, recorded, and collaborated on from 2010-2020 at Carpet Booth Studios in Rochester, MN. A Place to Be<\/i> is among the songs that will be on the album. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of things that can happen in the span of 10 years,\u201d he remarks. \u201cIt\u2019s been a labor of love, and a lifelong dream that\u2019s just starting.\u201d Howe plans to release the album during the summer of 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

He goes on to reiterate how recording the album and his experience as a musician in the region continues to shape his craft. \u201cBeing in a place that\u2019s so beautiful, and such an inherently good place to grow up, it just fostered a ton of curiosity and fascination and wonder.\u201d He believes these attributes will drive him to continue evolving and innovating his sound. \u201cCombining the widespread cultural appreciation of nature\u2019s beauty in the La Crosse area with the artistic talent here in this community\u2026 I just became a part of that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I prompt him about any future project that he hasn\u2019t already started to work on. He stops to think before answering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot about the health of our water systems, as it pertains to soil erosion, farm pesticide run-off in our water systems,\u201d he says. \u201cThere are certain places, in particular Trempealeau County, [where] pesticide run-off is turning parts of the Trempealeau River reddish orange,\u201d says Howe, putting on a pained grimace. He then recites a sort of mantra that he has become fond of: \u201cWhat we do to the water, we do to ourselves.\u201d This is a theme echoed in the music of fellow artist Sophia Landis, who lives in Prairie du Chien, WI, and has been an active advocate of local conservation through her music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Howe also draws inspiration from a more hopeful front as well. \u201cI\u2019ve thought of writing [music] about raptors, eagles, and falcons,\u201d he muses. It\u2019s little secret that the return of raptors, such as Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, and American Kestrels, to the upper Midwest has been one of conservation\u2019s greatest success stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBringing those species back from extirpation [\u2026] that\u2019s always been such an inspiring story to me,\u201d says Howe, and he believes future projects may focus on that story.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Howe\u2019s concern and love for the Driftless Area is certainly a muse for his art, it\u2019s hardly the only source he draws from. He also writes music about his experiences in the La Crosse music scene and his personal life \u201cIf you\u2019re an artist, your music should sound like your life, and I\u2019m trying to do that more and more authentically,\u201d Howe states. \u201cI\u2019m really excited to see what pathways that takes me down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Count this writer as one who is also excited to see what path Ryan Howe\u2019s career takes, as the home-grown songwriter continues to spread his song, fueled by the land he calls home.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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