Josh Ritter

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Josh Ritter is an American singer-songwriter born in Moscow, Idaho in 1976. Ritter began writing songs while attending Oberlin College. He eventually changed his major from neuroscience and graduated in 1999 with a self-created American History through Narrative Folk Music major.

His style is in the tradition of folk music and ballads - clearly influenced by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen, among others - with an emphasis on simple lyrics.

Ritter appeared at the 2002 Newport Folk Festival, the 2005 Oxegen Festival and has headlined with artists such as Joan Baez. Baez later released her own version of Ritter's song "Wings." Ritter's 2003 full-length album Hello Starling debuted at #2 on the charts in Ireland, where the young man has already developed a loyal following. Ritter was signed by a major United States record label, V2 Records, in 2005 and Hello Starling was re-released. On April 19th 2006, his latest album, The Animal Years was released to stellar reviews. Josh will also be appearing alongside uk electro-indie outfit Gomez on their forthcoming UK tour from the 16th - 26th november 2006

1 Misc
2 Discography
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Misc

Illinois indie rock band The Seething Coast namedrop "Thin Blue Flame" in their song "Washington Park."

[edit] Discography

Josh Ritter (1999; self-released)
Golden Age Of Radio (2001 (original); January 22, 2002 (re-release))
Come And Find Me Remix EP (2002)
Hello Starling (September 9, 2003 (original); February 22, 2005 (re-release))
Hello Starling (Snow Is Gone) (UK single) (May 31, 2004)
4 Songs Live EP (February 22, 2005)
The Animal Years (March 20, 2006 (UK); April 11, 2006 (US))
Thin Blue Flame (US promo-only single) (2005)
Lillian, Egypt (UK single) (May 29, 2006)
Wolves (US promo-only single) (July 25, 2006)
Good Man EP (Ireland only) (August 18, 2006)
Girl In The War (single) (August 29, 2006 - iTunes digital EP; November 27, 2006 - UK single)
In The Dark: Live At Vicar Street (Live CD/DVD; Ireland only) (November 24, 2006)