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Josh Ritter
Rock / Indie / Folk Rock

...in the dark I thought I heard somebody call...



Moscow, Idaho
United States

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Member Since9/21/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.joshritter.com
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Daily concert recaps, set lists, photos, and exclusive behind-the-scenes video clips each day during the December Northeast USA Tour




The latest news from JoshRitter.com...

New Album Pre-Order Packages Are Here!
Order special bundles (cd, shirts, poster - limited edition signed by Josh). More information here!

Josh Now on TWITTER!
Follow along! Go here to subscribe.

Special Boston Show, Other USA May Dates Announced
Orpheum show 5/21 on sale now, plus more! Read about it here.

Josh Writes a Novel!
That's right. And it's being published - read more on Entertainment Weekly's site, here.

New Album Available on VINYL April 17, Two 'In-Store' Shows Announced
Special Record Store Day release! Solo in-store shows at Fingerprints in Long Beach CA (April 16) and at Record Exchange in Boise ID (April 17). More info here.

So Runs the World Away (New Album + Free Mp3)
Josh's new album is announced, and you can download the track "Change of Time" for free. Visit here.

New Tour Dates Added (2nd Town Hall, USA, Ireland)
See the updated tour dates , with more information here. Tickets on sale now.

Hello Starling Deluxe Reissue Edition Now Available!
With bonus solo acoustic version of the album and more. Click here.

See the "Tour Stop with Josh Ritter" Video from Current TV's 'Embedded' Series
Great video segment with concert clips and interview from Josh's hometown concert this past Summer. Watch on Hulu here and on Youtube here.

Free Music for the Holidays!
An album's worth of free music from various artists, including Josh. Click here.

A Special Evening with Josh and Band in Dublin on 27th April (Tickets on Sale 14th December!)
An exciting concert event at Dublin's newest and biggest theatre, the Grand Canal Theatre. More information here.

Josh Tours Europe with The Swell Season
Josh, solo, will tour Europe with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova in February. Tix on sale now. More info here.

December Shows in the Northeast!
Heads up, east coasters. Details here.

The Wiltern & Radio City Music Hall with The Swell Season!
Josh and band are very special guests for three shows (The Wiltern Nov 18 and 19, Radio City Jan 19). More information here.

Josh is 1 on Paste's List of "Live from Paste" Video Performances
The intimate, solo acoustic rendition of "Temptation of Adam" is their favorite. See, hear, and share the video here.

2nd Cork Show Added at The Pavilion (16th Oct)
Due to popular demand! Tickets are on sale now, here.

Fall Ireland Tour with Love Canon String Band
Josh will be touring in Ireland this Fall, with special shows played in intimate venues with the Love Canon string band behind him. Click here for more info!

A Bedtime Story with Mary-Louise Parker
Check out this awesome video on Esquire.com of the award-winning actress reading a bedtime story, "To the Dogs or Whoever" by Josh Ritter. Click here.

Josh "Greens" His July Tour with CLIF/Green Notes
Learn what Josh and the band will be doing to contribute and how you can participate! Click here for more information.

UK Tour with Ray Lamontagne
Josh is special guest for Lamontagne's tour of the UK this September. Learn more here.

July Tour Announced, Horn Players Sought!
Full tour through mid and northwest USA, with a 'call to horns' in each town. See the full dates here on the myspace page, and to learn more about your chance to play onstage with Josh and band, click here.

Help Us Save Paste Magazine
Join Josh and fans in the campaign to save this peerless publication! Visit here, please.

Josh's Secret "The Artists Den" Concert Airing on Public Television
With extended footage, commercial-free, and in HD for the first time. More info here.

June 12: Josh Plays Central Park's SummerStage with The New York Pops
That's right, Josh and the band will play Central Park with The New York Pops orchestra behind them. This is a FREE show. More information here!

2-Disc Deluxe Edition (w/Free MP3) of 'Golden Age' Released
Original album reissued with 4 non-album tracks, gorgeous new packaging of rare photos, an essay by filmmaker Cameron Crowe, and featuring a bonus disc containing all songs re-recorded by Josh - solo acoustic. Click here!

Covering Springsteen (Video) on Bruce's Website
Part of Bruce's 'Hangin Out on E Street' series is Josh covering the Springsteen classic "The River" on BruceSpringsteen.net. See the performance and interview segment here.

JoshRitter.com Gets New and Updated Pages
Now live: all new Gallery page with exclusive photos and more, 'The Band' page with fun bios and links added to the site, all new Music page and more....

New Video ("Real Long Distance") From the Band
Now online to see is a music video Josh and the band made... See it here.

New "Live at the 9:30 Club" Released
Eight songs taken from last Fall's sold-out Washington, DC show - compiled into an official release! Learn more here.

"Temptation of Adam" Video
Solo acoustic performance Josh did of this song during the Juan's Basement sessions now online. Youtube video is here.



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Josh's complete, official discography below. Stream complete albums, link to iTunes, Amazon, and buy cd's directly from joshritter.com


Live at the 9:30 Club
Released: April 19, 2008
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The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Released: August 21, 2007
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Live at The Record Exchange [EP]
Released: January 30, 2007
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In the Dark: Live at Vicar Street (CD & DVD)
Released: November 24, 2007
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The Animal Years
Released: March 20, 2006
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4 Songs Live [EP]
Released: February 22, 2005
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Hello Starling
Released: September 9, 2003
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Golden Age of Radio
Released: January 22, 2002
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Josh Ritter
Released: 1999
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InfluencesLeonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, Billy Collins, Mark Twain
Record LabelSony/Victor (USA), V2 (Int'l), Independent Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Apr 24 2010 8:00P
The Live Lounge at Radisson Hotel Galway
Apr 25 2010 8:00P
Dolan’s Warehouse Limerick
Apr 27 2010 8:00P
Grand Canal Theatre Dublin, Dublin
Apr 29 2010 8:00P
Festival Marquee at CQAF Belfast
Apr 30 2010 8:00P
Ormonde Hotel Kilkenny
May 7 2010 8:00P
Theater of Living Arts Philadelphia
May 8 2010 8:00P
The 9:30 Club Washington, Washington DC
May 10 2010 8:00P
Ram’s Head Live Baltimore, Maryland
May 11 2010 8:00P
Carolina Theatre Durham, North Carolina
May 12 2010 8:00P
McGlohon Theater Charlotte, North Carolina
May 13 2010 8:00P
Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
May 14 2010 8:00P
Bijou Theater Knoxville, Tennessee
May 15 2010 8:00P
The Vic Theatre Chicago, Illinois
May 17 2010 8:00P
Brown Theater Louisville, Kentucky
May 18 2010 8:00P
Diesel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 19 2010 8:00P
Town Hall - 2nd Night Added! New York, New York
May 20 2010 8:00P
Town Hall (Sold Out!) New York, New York
May 21 2010 8:00P
Orpheum Theater Boston, Massachusetts

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THE RETURN TO DAVID LETTERMAN

Josh Ritter and the band returned to The Late Show with David Letterman on January 22nd, 2008. Watch their performance of "To the Dogs or Whoever" below, and be sure to pass it along...



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JUAN'S BASEMENT


Performed and filmed in July 2007 in "Juan's Basement" (literally), these videos are among the first live performances to be seen or heard of Josh and the band tackling the songs of The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter.

For more on Juan's Basement and their great work, visit here.


"Mind's Eye"

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see also: "To the Dogs or Whoever"

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Over the clatter of piano and strum of an electric guitar that opens his fourth studio album, Josh Ritter leaps into rapid-fire lyrics that reference Joan of Arc, Calamity Jane and Florence Nightingale, all of whom seem to be stuck together in the belly of a whale. As the follow-up to last year's critically-acclaimed album The Animal Years, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter is his most adventurous, fresh, and freewheeling work to date.

While The Animal Years was a meticulously crafted and stately paean, for Conquests the artist radically revamped his working methods and his sound. “I needed to be somebody different,” the singer says. “The air of gravitas around me was getting oppressive. For some reason it seemed like there was a premium being placed on earnestness and that can be pretty stifling. There was a lot of talk about true love and righteous indignation. I wanted to write about gunslingers and missile silos.” The result is an often raucous, occasionally dizzying affair, with pounding keyboards, strings, horns, and his new producer and long-time collaborator Sam Kassirer, leading the charge. About the recording conditions in the Maine farmhouse where the record was made, Ritter enthuses, “You should have seen it up there. It was January and twenty below. We had horns in the attic, we had strings in the barn, we had a gaggle of people shooting targets with bb guns in the woods. It was a full house and everyone was there to throw themselves at the music. There was no holding back.”

The artistic leaps Josh Ritter displays on Conquests are not without their stepping-stones, however. On a conceptual level, Paul McCartney’s Ram served as an ever-present reminder to enjoy the process of writing. Ritter was attracted to the free-spirited quality of the solo album McCartney made at his own farmhouse—amidst the Beatles’ tumultuous breakup: “It sounded like he had something to prove, but also like he didn’t really care. In terms of my favorite records, Ram is more about the philosophy. If this guy can do this after what he came through, then, okay, maybe I could try something like this too. It really loosened me up.” Stepping farther back, he cites Buddy Holly’s apocryphal "The Apartment Tapes" as a major influence. “A friend passed me Buddy Holly’s Apartment Tapes. The tapes are plain and genius. Buddy sang ‘Learning the Game’ and ‘That’s What they Say’ in his apartment in New York City and you can hear his wife bumping around in the kitchen and the whole thing feels clear but not simple. Those recordings feel like a Raymond Carver story. I listen to him and remember that it doesn’t have to be all nine-minute songs. That guy can get more across in a couplet than some people are lucky to learn in their whole life.”

Given the new lyrical and musical trails that he is blazing, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter proves that one can still cross any number of Rubicons all the while not taking themselves too seriously. Historic indeed.








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Josh Ritter's Friends Comments
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Eliot Pyls

Eliot Pyls



Mar 11 2010 11:07 AM

hi there!

what about touring the south of france?
Lucy Silag

Lucy Silag



Mar 10 2010 11:09 PM

I wish you would come to Iowa City!!
Nadine

Nadine



Mar 9 2010 8:49 PM

Hey Josh! Liked your show in Hamburg last month! Very good sound!
The Sycamore Tree

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Mar 9 2010 5:44 PM

Hi Josh,

thanks for the add... Im the one from the Admiralspalast in Berlin with the red jacket- remember? check out our music... Julie
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Budget Media



Mar 8 2010 10:38 AM

Looking for Cd Duplication- call us! Contact Budget Media Ph: 01 8999076 E: sales@budgetmedia.ie
Mata Macdonald

Mata Macdonald



Mar 8 2010 7:15 AM

Great sounds, heard you play in Stornoway beside the big castle!
Russ Barrnett

Russ Barrnett



Mar 7 2010 7:35 PM

absolutely brilliant, Josh
The Strawberry Jam

The Strawberry Jam



Mar 6 2010 8:18 AM

Jam
Travis McDaniel

Travis McDaniel



Mar 6 2010 7:59 AM

(temptation of adam is a very well done song). your ear for lyrics is inspiring. keep it up. stick to your true lyrics, its all amazing. And thank you for replying to me by post card. Im very flattered you took the time to write me. That means a lot!! your truly a successful musician.
Travis McDaniel
Kevin Rowe

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Mar 5 2010 2:00 PM

hey, just stopping by to say hi -and show some love to your page :o) I have a cheeky question - I'm going to be touring around your State soon - what's it like where you are? I'm moving the US on the success of my latest album and will be touring this summer. Just spreading some love your way - :o) Get back to me - Kevin
stephen cloak

stephen cloak



Mar 4 2010 9:47 PM

you were amazing in Madrid that was one of the best concerts i have ever seen honestly :-) The next morning I was singing your song on the way to the metro. I'm sure everybody thought i was crazy but i just didn't care
Mike Davidson Recording

Mike Davidson Recording



Mar 3 2010 11:20 PM

MDR is giving away 6 hours of free studio time to New England’s
best independent bands. To read more and submit to the Indie Spotlight, follow
this link: http://mikedavidsonrecording.com/indiespotlight.html

Good luck!

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AKA / CHRIS CANNON/ i tunes



Mar 3 2010 2:21 AM

Hope all is well... have a great week... peace Chris Cannon
dguerrero

dguerrero



Mar 2 2010 11:36 PM

Released on Itunes and Amazon MP3 by Dennis Guerrero a Two Song Album in honor of Andrew Chang who died last may from Brain Cancer at the age of 32. Titled Me and Andy features a song called West Long Branch. All Profits will go to cancer research.
Pepe López

pepe lópez



Mar 2 2010 5:29 PM

cheers
Boy Prophet

Boy Prophet



Mar 2 2010 2:43 PM

Hi I am just commenting you to ask if you would be so kind as to listen to my songs and decide which song i should release as a single on i-tunes,i decided that the people who have been kind enough to add me or accept my adds should get to decide,so please listen and then leave a comment or a message saying which song you think and i will note it down and the song with the most votes will be released.Thanks to you for the friendship and if you reply doubly so.
Love Sam
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Tyler Boone(VOTE!!)

Tyler Boone(VOTE!!)



Mar 2 2010 5:55 AM

HEY!!! HELP ME OUT AND GIVE ME A VOTE ON MY MYSPACE FOR "I CAN DREAM!" IT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY PROFILE!!

ALSO GIVE ME A VOTE HERE ON, "YOUR NEXT RECORD" TO MAKE MY NEXT RECORD WITH SLASH !!

http://www.yournextrecord.com/contest.php?sid=181&aid=25326&mid=56504&mtype=1

THANKS SO MUCH!!

AND BTW...IF YOU WANT SOME MP3'S JUST SEND ME YOUR EMAIL!!!!! =D
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Mar 2 2010 2:19 AM

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Tahel Klein

Tahel Klein



Feb 28 2010 2:36 PM

Thank you very much :)
The O'Marleys

The O'Marleys



Feb 28 2010 12:16 PM

Hi. Greetings and thanks for adding us. Check out our new single, The Rocky Road to Dublin on iTunes.
Crystina Maez

Crystina Maez



Feb 26 2010 2:28 PM

Smile! Life is beautiful.
Clara Claytone

Clara Claytone



Feb 26 2010 2:07 PM

Thanx Josh for your amazing and powerful music !

I discovered you last night in Paris, Le Bataclan, and I'll keep the memory of a wonderdul performance.
Hope you'll come back in France soon. :)
ERI Jams

ERI Jams



Feb 24 2010 6:36 PM

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Thursday March 4 8pm
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Friday March 12 9pm
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We're Not Here For A Long Time, We're Here For A Good Time
Luise

Luise Weigert



Feb 24 2010 1:14 PM

"..from London to Düsseldorf, may we meet in even more exotic locations!" It was nice to meet you, at the end the evening wasn't that sad - sold out, no tickets left..
L.L.
Michelle

Michelle Reed



Feb 24 2010 5:44 AM

For Kathleen that lost her war against breast cancer. She was my friend for 45 years.
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