josh ritter

Summary: Josh Ritter was born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976 to two neuroscientists. Josh bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From the North Country . Josh started at Oberlin College with the intent to follow in his parents' scientist footsteps, but instead discovered songwriting, and the music of artists like Gillian Welch , Townes Van Zandt , and Leonard Cohen .

Filed under: acoustic, Alt-country, folk, indie, singer-songwriter

Similar Artists: Josh Rouse, Ryan Adams, M. Ward, Joe Purdy, Ray LaMontagne

Upcoming Shows

Sat, Aug 4 2012

Brandi Carlile + Josh Ritter

Providence Phoenix
A Sorrow-ful Unknown Science
Published 9/9/2011 by SAM PFEIFLE
Ode to Joy

Providence Phoenix
Interview: Hilary Hahn
Published 3/12/2010 by JON GARELICK
No strings

Boston Phoenix
Josh Ritter at Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Published 12/2/2009 by webteam
Another much-acclaimed indie-roots act, Josh Ritter, gives a special, intimate show at Bates College’s Olin

Providence Phoenix
Making waves
Published 7/31/2009 by PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF
Six Star General invade Newport

Boston Phoenix
Newport Folk Fest 2009: 50th Anniversary
Published 7/29/2009 by Shaula Clark
This year’s a big ’un for the Newport Folk Fest, which celebrates its 50th