The 29-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist won a best new artist Juno in 2008 plus two more, had two gold albums and recorded a duet with Melissa Etheridge.
But Ryder's career ascension only exacerbated her long battle with depression -- something that began at age 13 -- and eclipsed with a clinical depression that manifested itself with panic attacks on tour, coming home to lie in bed for weeks, and eventually suicidal thoughts.
"I had a like two year break," she says. "(Depression's) something that we don't talk about. And it's something that we've always been always told, 'Being happy's good, Being sad's bad.' And it's a really stigmatized thing. ... And it's not something that you can help sometimes. You don't see the light. You don't see that you're going to come back ... When I started to get better, the music helped me get back again."
The National's doc director Tom Berninger:"ťA star is born."ť Canadian fans of The National have two reasons to rejoice. The Brooklyn-based indie rockers will release their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, on May 21 following that up with three dates in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. As an added bonus in Toronto ... Read more
Crank up the bass - it's almost summer By now, you've removed your winter tires, dusted off your spring jacket and glimpsed at that elusive orange orb in the sky. Remember summer? It's almost back. When warm weather makes a comeback each year, there's nothing like that first drive. That first ... Read more
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