Album Lounge: The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter
The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter
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Josh Ritter, one of the finest songwriters America has ever known, is playing a show in Little Rock tonight! If you can't tell, I'm super stoked about seeing him live for the first time.
If you're not familiar with Josh, here's the skinny. His lyrics are pure poetry in the most literal meaning of the word. Think Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, and Springsteen's Nebraska. Give the guy a listen, and I guarantee he will light a fire in your soul.
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If you're not familiar with Josh, here's the skinny. His lyrics are pure poetry in the most literal meaning of the word. Think Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, and Springsteen's Nebraska. Give the guy a listen, and I guarantee he will light a fire in your soul.
You can check him oujavascript://Previ... MORE
So someone distracted me the other night and I missed Josh Ritter performing on Letterman. Although I guess I can't complain since God gave us YouTube so now we don't miss anything. I believe I've mentioned this is not my favorite song (okay, I might have said I hate this song) but it has grown on me. Let's face it, any song that has the line, "Did I mention how I love you in your underwear?" is bound to grow on me. My main objection was he sounds like Bob Dyl... MORE
More melodic, musical and lyrical hooks in this one tune than most artists can create in an entire album.
I saw a post of Josh performing Springsteen's "The River" (which is awesome)
http://mog.com/zoot/blog_post/106549
here is a track off the new album, from the same party. Imagine Josh just sittin' in your living room playing some of his latest stuff. How cool.....
Someone was nice enough to point out that you can listen to Josh Ritter's new album streaming on his website. (Thanks Bicycleshed!) So this week my background music at work has been The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter. As I turned it on again this morning I thought to myself, "Ya know, I think I'm gonna have to buy this." (Thanks alot Bicycleshed!) At the same time, my office mate Casey says to me, "Mimi, I think I'm gonna need a copy of this." Luckily, today is... MORE
I just picked up Mr. Ritter's latest, and am still absorbing it. It came with a bonus disc, that really only has one full length tune. Wildfires comes in at a respectable 4:48. Great track too. But the snippet of a song 'Naked As A Window' kinda grabbed me. Here it is...






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