At 19, Joshua Ritter, born in Moscow to parents Robert and Sue, left the state to pursue his education and music career in ...

Muses are a fickle beast, and Josh Ritter knows it. Next month, the folk rock artist (and novelist) will release his new album “I Believe in You, My Honeydew” — an ode to his muse, and one of his ...

As one of the most thoughtful singer-songwriters around, Josh Ritter isn't one to write angry, over-the-top, knee-jerk breakup songs - even though his new album, The Beast in Its Tracks, was written ...

8 p.m. Thursday. State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland, $35 in advance, $40 day of show. statetheatreportland.com Help singer-songwriter Josh Ritter celebrate the 20th anniversary of his “Hello ...

Three decades have passed since Josh Ritter arrived at Oberlin College as a closeted freak. These days, the renowned folk singer, songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author is on a tour that ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Few modern songwriters balance storytelling, wit and emotional depth quite like Josh Ritter. Over ...

JOSH RITTER has been a solo artist for more than 15 years, but not until his seventh studio album, 2013’s The Beast in Its Tracks, did Ritter sound so unaccompanied, so alone. Chronicling his recent ...

In every musician's career, there are the songs that stand out among the rest. Maybe it's a song they were nervous to share with the world, the song that changed everything, or the song that was ...

Unlike some of his albums there’s a fair bit of filler, and one song, “Wild Ways” which is downright icky, a lame gospel-tinted FM radio rocker about “a higher calling”. There are others where, ...

Maybe it’s the little “by” on the cover, but it seems like Josh Ritter has taken some kind of quantum leap here. On his sixth studio record, the title — So Runs the World Away — is spelled out, and ...

On his 2015 album “Sermon On the Rocks,” singer-songwriter Josh Ritter painted a directionless picture, much of it through the voice of a female narrator. He admitted months after the record’s release ...