Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder (born December 8, 1982) is a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, she grew up in Millbrook, Ontario. Ryder first gained national recognition with her ballad "Weak in the Knees" in 2007. An accomplished songwriter and musician, she also possesses a three-octave vocal range and is considered a mezzo-soprano. Her timbre has been described as slightly nasal with a raspy lower register.\n', '

Serena Lauren Ryder is the daughter of Barbara Ryder and Glen Sorzano. Her father, a Trinidadian musician who immigrated to Canada in the early sixties, was a founding member of the West Indian band the Tradewinds led by the Guyanese Dave Martins. Sorzano was a talented musician, songwriter, and vocalist who appears on three of the early Tradewinds records: Jump Up With The Tradewinds (1967), The Caribbean Tradewinds (1967), and Caribbean Souvenir (1968) Ryder was raised by Barbara and her s…