Kelley Ryan

Kelley Ryan spent a decade as the driving force behind the rootsy Los Angeles-based power pop collective astroPuppees, who issued four albums over the years of 1996-2005 -- two on the Hightone label and two on Ryan's own Manatee imprint. Her work attracted notice from the likes of singer/songwriter Marti Jones and Jones' husband, producer Don Dixon, as well as new wave icon Marshall Crenshaw, all of whom guested at one time or another on astroPuppees tracks. In turn, Ryan co-wrote two songs on Jones' 2002 album My Tidy Doily Dream, and did the same for Crenshaw's 2009 album Ja...