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WXPN Welcomes Josh Ritter (Acoustic) with opener Gregory Alan Isakov at the Keswick Theatre
“How refreshing and inspiring it is to encounter a young artist whose achievements match his ambitions.”—The Washington Post
“100 Best Living Songwriters”—Paste Magazine
The Beast In Its Tracks, the new album from renowned singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, was released on 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.”
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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 theBoston 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.”
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Following a sold-out spring 2013 tour, this upcoming acoustic tour presents Ritter’s songs stripped down, intimate, and close up.
* Tickets are $25 & $35
Buy tickets: http://www.axs.com/events/245470/josh-ritter-tickets?aff=KEZ_PATCH
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