Josh Ritter

12,000 Pieces of Paper Make Up This Stop Motion Video

Posted 03.02.2012

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12,000 pieces of paper were strung together to make the newest video for Josh Ritter's "Love is Making its Way Back Home." Ritter's soft singer-songwr...

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Bright Promise

Peter Wilderotter | Posted 11.09.2011

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Peter Wilderotter

Recently I attended a book reading and signing by singer/songwriter Josh Ritter on his debut novel, Bright's Passage. The book is a delightful tome.

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Singer-Songwriter Josh Ritter Has Written Bright's Passage, a Novel. He's the James Franco of Music.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 08.28.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

My grandmother, as ignorant a woman as ever, fled the Czar, believed that "Mr. Ed" really was a talking horse -- here you have to imagine a thick Russ...

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NPR Recommends The Best Summer Books

npr.org | Adam Rathe | Posted 07.31.2011

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Summer is a strange time in the publishing world — most houses are waiting to publish their marquee books in the fall, heading back to school and in...

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Josh Ritter Talks About His New CD

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

You can listen to Josh Ritter's music and think it's bouncy and fun. Or you can dig in. That is, you can spend time with a Josh Ritter CD as you might with a book that happens to be set to music.

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Father's Day Music: 10 CDs No One Else Would Think To Give Him

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

As a showman, Peter Wolf is right up there with Mick Jagger and James Brown. He doesn't put out a batch of unrelated songs, he makes what used to be called "albums," and they take you on a carefully sequenced adventure.

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God Bless You, Josh Ritter

Sally Thorner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sally Thorner

My husband left the Josh Ritter show early, but I stayed until the end -- not only because I was actually enjoying the concert, but because, for two hours, I had my son back.

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Dawn Landes's Secret Sauce has Nothing to do With Josh Ritter

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

Josh Ritter is so incredibly nice that my wife and I couldn't avoid putting his bride under the microscope -- as if, from this distance, we could actually figure out if she's worthy of him.

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Holidays '09: Ten Music CDs I Bet You'll See On No Other Gift List

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

For me, the holidays are the idea time for unexpected gifts -- music that defines a moment, a season, a time in your life. Music that makes you listen, forces you to feel and think, inspires you to dance and dream.

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My Favorite Records of the Decade

Chris Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Campbell

Nothing has given me more pleasure this year and this decade than music. It's my therapist, joy, shoulder, understanding and just about everything else that compliments the emotions.

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New Tunes On Monday: Little Walter, Prince, James Taylor, John Wesley Harding, Paul Carrack, and Matthew Barber

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter died over forty years ago, but his influences still can be heard in many blues-rock recordings that employ the instrument.

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A Sane Holiday Gift Guide: Great Books/CDs/DVDs, Made By People For People, Most Under $20

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

I refuse to contribute to the gloom by suggesting that you scribble gift cards for free backrubs to your loved ones.

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