Artist: Josh Ritter
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #71 Sep-Oct 2007
Josh Ritter – In the moment
Josh Ritter is intimidated by our waitress. “Excuse me…” he says, trailing off as the striking young woman in an expensively plain black-sheath dress — who we’re not even sure actually is our waitress — turns and walks in the opposite direction. “I’m always this way,” he says with a rueful laugh. “I don’t do [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #63 May-June 2006
Josh Ritter – Dances with wolves
Josh Ritter says his new album, The Animal Years, reflects his last few years living like a hunter-gatherer: Try to eat, try to sleep, drive to the next town, set up, play music, move on, try to eat again. There should be darkness in those nights upon nights being swept out the door after the [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Josh Ritter – Moscow skyline
“I’m writing something for Johnny Cash,” Josh Ritter says. “I didn’t have anyone else to say it to.” It’s Friday morning, September 12, Cash is gone, and Ritter, hanging out in Boston the day before a gig, yearns for an audience. He writes and then posts to the message board on his website: “What I [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
John Wesley Harding – Knitting Factory (Los Angeles, CA)
Listening to music at 7 p.m. in Los Angeles typically is a trapped-in-your-car-in-traffic experience. That’s how it was for many trying to make it to this early-evening concert as two movie premieres and one movie premiere protest closed down Hollywood Boulevard by the Knitting Factory. Those fortunate enough to elude the roadblocks, however, were treated [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #39 May-June 2002
Josh Ritter – Golden Age Of Radio
Idaho native Josh Ritter, who currently lives in Boston, has a wonderfully evocative, raw voice that echoes with rock ‘n’ roll’s past, and a savvy lyrical sense that enriches its present. Whether with unfussy backing from his band or just the adept pulse of his guitar, Ritter’s voice is touched by the influence of Bob [...]
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