What I Like - Music: Josh Ritter
Drake and I both love music. I like Loreena McKinnett, for instance, while his tastes run more to classic country, punk rock, and Stravinsky, so between us we cover a lot of melodic ground. But one taste we share is for lyrical songwriting accompanied by acoustic instruments – folk music for want of a better term.
The singer-songwriter tradition of American music has roots at least as deep as Stephen Foster and 20th Century masters like Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Townes van Zandt, and many others, but the 21st Century is proving to be a new frontier for some very exciting songwriters. Our favorite is a 33-year-old native of Idaho named Josh Ritter. With five studio albums since 1999, Josh is neither prolific nor especially well-known, but we truly believe he is the best guy out there writing songs today. And he’s an amazing performer.
If you haven’t heard his music, probably the best place to start is with his 4th album, The Animal Years, although his 2nd, The Golden Age of Radio, is almost as fine. He writes about love, America, music, and other things far more surreal and brings a freshness and intelligence to every note and word.
Here are three of his more unusual performances from Youtube. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
The singer-songwriter tradition of American music has roots at least as deep as Stephen Foster and 20th Century masters like Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Townes van Zandt, and many others, but the 21st Century is proving to be a new frontier for some very exciting songwriters. Our favorite is a 33-year-old native of Idaho named Josh Ritter. With five studio albums since 1999, Josh is neither prolific nor especially well-known, but we truly believe he is the best guy out there writing songs today. And he’s an amazing performer.
If you haven’t heard his music, probably the best place to start is with his 4th album, The Animal Years, although his 2nd, The Golden Age of Radio, is almost as fine. He writes about love, America, music, and other things far more surreal and brings a freshness and intelligence to every note and word.
Here are three of his more unusual performances from Youtube. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
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