Josh Ritter
with Dawn Landes
When: Sunday, May 11, 2008, 7 p.m.
Where: The Granada, 1020 Mass., Lawrence
Cost: $16
Age limit: All ages
Categories: Folk, Rock, Singer/songwriter
Description: Besides the fact that he wrote a song called "Lawrence, KS" without ever having been to Lawrence, there are plenty of reasons to dig on the poetic verses of Josh Ritter. Combining the street-poet lyrics and revivalist performances of Bruce Springsteen with the mellow intimacy of Nick Drake, Ritter has quickly established himself as one of the sharpest songwriters on the folk/rock/alt-country/whatever-dude circuit. His latest LP "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter" takes some darker rock-and-roll turns, seemingly capturing each song with a completely different studio approach. Ritter recently indulged in some chamber-folk extravagance with the Boston Pops before hitting the road with his own version of the E-Street Band.
Opener Dawn Landes is a New York-based songwriter and recording engineer who plays a variety of instruments (cheap guitars! pink accordions! glockenspiels! optigons!) and sings sparse, pretty and often sophisticated folk tunes in the vein of Edith Frost.
Event posted March 10, 2008
Last updated May 10, 2008
Josh Ritter :: Besides the fact that he wrote a song called "Lawrence, KS" without ever having been to Lawrence, there are plenty of reasons to dig on the poetic verses of Josh Ritter ... More info
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