Josh Ritter Releases Deluxe 2-Disc Edition of ‘Golden Age of Radio’, Offers Free MP3

Josh Ritter has announced that his Golden Age of Radio album has been re-issued as a Deluxe 2-Disc Edition, which features a bonus disc containing each song from the album recently re-recorded by Josh, solo acoustic, exclusively for this release.

You can listen to the entire 2 disc set here, and while you’re there, make sure to download the FREE MP3 from the bonus disc as well. [...]

Josh Ritter: Live at Ram’s Head Live 3-26-09

Here’s a bootleg of a recent Josh Ritter show, recorded live at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore on March 26th, 2009. That’s just a few days ago… like last Thursday.

This bootleg was taped by Peter W. King, who is someone I have never met before in my life. I would, however, love to buy Peter W. King a beer because he did a fantastic job of capturing this show. From what I can gather, he used a Studio Projects LSD2 microphone, which is a pretty hefty stereo mic. I’ve always wondered [...]

Josh Ritter Talks Bruce Springsteen & Covers “The River”

BruceSpringsteen.net is now featuring never seen before video of Josh performing a cover of Springsteen’s “The River,” recorded exclusively for Bruce’s Hangin’ Out on E Street video series. This is a series where up and coming artists inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen talk about his influence on them and perform one of his songs.

Check out the interview and performance videos below, and then make sure to grab two live concert versions of Josh performing “The River” in the Dig-It section. [...]

From Washington to E Street in 24 Hours

First of all, did you all watch the We Are One – The Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on HBO? Or even better, did any of you attend? Pretty hefty price tag for a party, if you ask me… but hey, I guess even Presidents gotta party.

And speaking of Springsteen, he did a fine version of “The Rising.” That song has made a nice transition from it’s original 9/11 meaning. I mention Bruce’s performance because he’s the topic of this post today [...]

Top 6 Mellow Songs of 2008

It’s close to the end of 2008… this is the time of year where a bunch of “Best of 2008″ lists come out. Rolling Stone magazine just released their Top 50 Albums of 2008 list, and LargeHeartedBoy.com has compiled a great “Best of 2008″ compilation from various other blogs.
I’m going [...]

Josh Ritter: Girl in the War

I remember it distinctly… I had my iPod on shuffle… I was brushing my teeth… this gorgeous song came on and I had to find out who it was. To be honest, I didn’t even know I HAD this song in my iPod. I played the song over and over again, wondering [...]