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Josh Ritter: “Change of Time” - In my dream, we were in Jamaica, staying at a small hotel that was the Negril equivalent of the Bel Air --- so discreet that beach walkers could stroll past
Josh Ritter: Animal Years - Josh Ritter writes songs that speak of our time and speak to our time and aspire to last for all time. He's very ambitious. He had a following
Josh Ritter: Fever Breaks - A Josh Ritter CD. Produced by Jason Isbell. With the 400 Unit as the recording band. If these names mean anything to you, this is terrific news. If these names are unfamiliar,
Josh Ritter: Please Explain This ‘Historical Conquests’ - Josh Ritter brings out the English major in his listeners. We pore over his lyric sheets, snuffling for truffles --- and we're smart to do that
Josh Ritter: Reader Reviews - Four times a week, the daily newsletter reminds you what’s new on the site, and then, in Friday’s Weekend Edition, I free-associate and share bright thoughts you’ve sent me. (The
Josh Ritter: Sermon on the Rocks - I’m one of Josh Ritter’s Top 10 fans, but you’d never know it from the way I react to his CDs when they’re first released. I resist them. Mightily. Instead
Josh Ritter: So Runs the World Away - I’m one of those rabid fans who thinks Josh Ritter belongs in the same sentence as Springsteen, Simon, Dylan and Cohen --- but the first few times I played his
Josh Ritter: The Beast In Its Tracks - I love silent days crafting sentences alone, but if you put a gun to my head and told me I’d have to trade my maid’s room for the stages of
Josh Ritter: The Cheat Sheet - Josh Ritter is a poster child for this site --- a great talent who produces real art and deserves to be better known. I’m a fool for his songwriting, his
Josh Ritter: The Gathering - In a parallel life, I’m in a band with Zach Hickman, Sam Kassirer, Josh Kaufman and Ray Rizzo. I’ve been voted one of the hundred best living songwriters. You hear my
Josh Ritter: The Historical Conquests - Guitars jangle. A piano ripples incongruously. And that's all the warning you get before “The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter” blasts into music so alien to
Katy Perry: ‘Firework’ - 250,000,000 views on YouTube. That’s larger than the population of Pakistan, the sixth largest country in the world. That massive number makes “Firework,” by Katy Perry, the tenth most popular video
Kenny White: Long List of Priors - If this were Twitter, I could make the case for Kenny White in less than 140 characters: Do you like Randy Newman? Then you’ll love Kenny White. Which is to say:
Kraftwerk - It starts tonight. It’s the place to be. Sadly, it’s sold out. All eight nights. 2,500 tickets gone in a flash. Better believe some very cool people will be standing
Lana del Rey: “Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” - I could say I’m paying particular attention to love songs on WFUV because I’m writing a novel that’s a love story about sophisticated people and very raw emotions and I’m
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) - November 7, 2016. Leonard Cohen fell in the night and died. A year later,, when I mentioned the anniversary, friends said the same thing: "It can't be a year." I
