A gig held at St George's Bristol on Wednesday 30th October. The event starts at 20:00.
An Acoustic Evening with Josh Ritter
http://www.joshritter.com
'How refreshing and inspiring it is to encounter a young artist whose achievements match his ambitions. ' The Washington Post
'The 10 Most Exciting Artists Now' Entertainment Weekly
'100 Best Living Songwriters' Paste Magazine
The Beast In Its Tracks, the new album from renowned singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, will be released March 5 on Pytheas Recordings. Of the record, Ritter says, 'In the year after my marriage ended, I realized that I had more new songs than I'd ever had at one time. Far from the grand, sweeping feel of the songs on So Runs the World Away, these new songs felt like rocks in the shoe, hard little nuggets of whatever they were, be it spite, remorse, or happiness. '
Recorded during 2011-2012 at the Great North Sound Society in Parsonsfield, Maine, The Beast In Its Tracks continues Ritter's longtime collaboration with producer and keyboard player Sam Kassirer. As Josh describes, 'I hadn't composed this stuff, I'd scrawled it down, just trying to keep ahead of the heartbreak. They needed to be recorded like that. We needed to work fast, make decisions quickly, keep the songs as spare as they could be kept, and above all never allow ourselves to blunt the sharp edges. Some of the songs were mean or evil. So be it. '
The new album follows Ritter's 2010 release, So Runs The World Away, of which Bob Boilen from NPR Music declared, 'I've come to expect good records from him...but this one took my breath away, ' while the Boston Globe praised, 'quite sensational marks the finest music he has made. '
In 2011, Ritter made is debut as a published author with his New York Times Best-selling novel, Bright's Passage (Dial Press/Random House). Of the work, Stephen King writes in The New York Times Book Review, 'Shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime . . . This is the work of a gifted novelist. '
support from:
TIFT MERRITT
http://www.tiftmerritt.com
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER
On Sale FRIDAY 14 JUNE
ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL
Great George Street (Off Park Street), Bristol BS1 5RR
Doors 7.30pm
All ages
Tickets £18.50 advance
0845 413 4444
http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk
Bristol Ticket Shop
& all other good ticket outlets
Entry requirements:
http://www.joshritter.com
'How refreshing and inspiring it is to encounter a young artist whose achievements match his ambitions. ' The Washington Post
'The 10 Most Exciting Artists Now' Entertainment Weekly
'100 Best Living Songwriters' Paste Magazine
The Beast In Its Tracks, the new album from renowned singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, will be released March 5 on Pytheas Recordings. Of the record, Ritter says, 'In the year after my marriage ended, I realized that I had more new songs than I'd ever had at one time. Far from the grand, sweeping feel of the songs on So Runs the World Away, these new songs felt like rocks in the shoe, hard little nuggets of whatever they were, be it spite, remorse, or happiness. '
Recorded during 2011-2012 at the Great North Sound Society in Parsonsfield, Maine, The Beast In Its Tracks continues Ritter's longtime collaboration with producer and keyboard player Sam Kassirer. As Josh describes, 'I hadn't composed this stuff, I'd scrawled it down, just trying to keep ahead of the heartbreak. They needed to be recorded like that. We needed to work fast, make decisions quickly, keep the songs as spare as they could be kept, and above all never allow ourselves to blunt the sharp edges. Some of the songs were mean or evil. So be it. '
The new album follows Ritter's 2010 release, So Runs The World Away, of which Bob Boilen from NPR Music declared, 'I've come to expect good records from him...but this one took my breath away, ' while the Boston Globe praised, 'quite sensational marks the finest music he has made. '
In 2011, Ritter made is debut as a published author with his New York Times Best-selling novel, Bright's Passage (Dial Press/Random House). Of the work, Stephen King writes in The New York Times Book Review, 'Shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime . . . This is the work of a gifted novelist. '
support from:
TIFT MERRITT
http://www.tiftmerritt.com
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER
On Sale FRIDAY 14 JUNE
ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL
Great George Street (Off Park Street), Bristol BS1 5RR
Doors 7.30pm
All ages
Tickets £18.50 advance
0845 413 4444
http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk
Bristol Ticket Shop
& all other good ticket outlets
Entry requirements: