I am unveiling something new here at Fuel/Friends today that I hope will become a new regular feature, linking us together in the dogged and thoughtful pursuit of music that means something to us personally. Josh Ritter 's team and I have come up with an idea to create a new endeavor called the Fuel/Friends Album Club , modeled after a book club. I am looking for ten thoughtful readers who would like to listen to and absorb the new Josh Ritter record with me, help come up with some [...]
Break-ups have a long long history of inspiring musicians. Usually it results in songs of hate or self-pity. Refreshingly, those emotions seem to have had no role in sparking Josh Ritter and his new album The Beast In Its Tracks (out Mar 5th). Instead the record, written by Ritter and based on the dissolution of his marriage, is a powerful, mature, and self-aware effort without a hint of bitterness. Continue reading »
Americana singer-songwriter Josh Ritter’s seventh LP , The Beast In Its Tracks, is a 13-track collection recorded between 2011 and 2012 following the ending of Ritter’s marriage and was inspired heartbreak that comes with the break-up of a relationship. Sonically, The Beast In Its Tracks draws from American folk and traditional country, bringing to mind Bob Dylan and Neil Young. “Bonfire” has lively melody and rhythms; “Hopeful” stands-out on the album with a fuller sound that incorporates electric guitars, synths and backing; and “Evil Eye” and “New Lover” showcase Dylan influences. Ritter's effortless, poetic wordplay articulates stories of love [...]
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Likely to be his most personal album yet — as it was written during a particularly trying time in his marriage — The Beast In Its Tracks by Josh Ritter is a record we've been anxiously waiting for. But now we don't need to look any further, as the entire LP is currently streaming a week before it officially drops! A bunch of new tunes from a gifted singer-songwriter that has the power to move and captivate with just his voice a couple of guitar strums? Count us in. Stream Josh Ritter's [...]
Josh Ritter - In Your Arms Again
Frank Yang Solange may have initially garnered attention thanks to her surname, but her recent ascension to the forefront of what's being regarded as a new wave of R&B artists has been almost entirely on the back of her own talent; well, hers and Dev Hynes' . The Lightspeed Champion/Blood Orange producer-songwriter was my gateway drug to the work of Ms. Knowles; obviously, I knew who she was, but I suspect like more than few filling the Danforth Music Hall on Friday night for Solange's Toronto debut, it wasn't until her adoption [...]
Even though his Josh Ritter's new album The Beast In Its Tracks was written in the wake of his divorce, it doesn't sound like a breakup album. The album is out on March 5th via Pytheas Recordings, and as NPR Music points out in its First Listen premier of the record, "gentility and empathy are ... Continue reading
Josh Ritter releases his new album, The Beast In Its Tracks, on Tuesday, March 5th. The album is a collection of songs thematically written in response to his divorce. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson writes: The Beast in Its Tracks mostly hovers in a fascinating spot, where Ritter's emotional timeline is concerned: Even in the album's ... Continue reading
When Josh Ritter's marriage ended, he scrawled his thoughts and emotions down and turned them into songs. A raw and honest recording followed.
Josh Ritter stopped by Canada's CBC Radio this week for an interview with Q host Jian Ghomeshi and a performance of two tunes off his new album, The Beast In Its Tracks . We've known at least one cut is a candid reflection on his rise from post-divorce heartbreak since the bittersweet single "New Lover" arrived in December, but now "Hopeful" and "The Appleblossom Rag" find Ritter following that theme deeper into the set. "I wanted to write a really vindictive record, when I first started, because I feel like deep down I like to think [...]
Every week we will be featuring The Sweet Five! What's The Sweet Five you may ask? Well I'll drop you five sweet songs that you should listen to once a week, that will help you get over your mid-week slump and set sail towards the ever-nearing weekend! Ready? Okay! Underwater Seacreatures - X's & O's This is the opening track for the brand new album Women , which dropped only days ago. This [...]
Pick a Piper -- "All Her Colours" (ft. John Schmersal) Because: Pick a Piper is a solo/side project by Caribou's drummer Brad Weber, and it has all the percussive wizardry you would expect, plus a falsetto-gilded guest spot by Caribou singer John Schmersal. The Postal Service -- "A Tattered Line Of String" Because: It's the [...]
The Molson Studio at Hamilton Place was the perfect venue for an intimate Sunday evening with talented songwriter Josh Ritter . The space is cozy, and on this night it was a welcome antidote to the frigid weather outside. Ritter's show is as remarkable for the presentation as it is for the actual music itself. He is quite animated and engages his audience, and he was in a particularly good mood this night. Just as important is the fact that his sound man never lets the music overpower the vocals. When your lyrics are as well-crafted [...]
The following acts have been added to the South by Soutwest 2013 music lineup since the last time we spoke (which was Thursday): Earl Sweatshirt, Flying Lotus' hip-hop side-project Captain Murphy, Chief Keef, Billy Bragg, Josh Ritter, Hanni El Khatib, Dillon Francis, Amanda Palmer, Phosphorescent, Weekend, California X, Mykki Blanco, Future Unlimited, and Tijuana Panthers. These new acts join a lineup which already included Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Vampire Weekend, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Eagles of Death Metal, Local Natives, Angel Haze, Major Lazer, Wavves, [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Black Mountain : 2012-08-25, Vancouver [mp3,ogg,flac] Black Mountain: "Let Spirits Ride" [mp3] search for more Black Mountain posts at Largehearted Boy Blitzen Trapper : 2012-07-08, Minneapolis [mp3,ogg,flac] Blitzen Trapper: [...]
Like the story-tellers of old or an acoustic raconteur weaving lyrically heavy stories of love and loss, Josh Ritter returns with a tale of love rediscovered. Bearing all, the singer revealed that following the breakdown of his marriage, a whole host of songs appeared to him "like rocks in the shoe"; perhaps a strange simile given the soothing and hopeful sound of 'New Lover'. As dangerous a comparison as it is, there is undoubtedly something Dylan-like about the track (circa-'She's Your Lover Now'). When it is done well, simple chord progressions and [...]
Filed under: News , Video , New Music , Exclusive Josh Ritter So, it's Valentine's Day. The easy thing to do would be to post some romantic, lovey-dovey video that fits in with the Kay Jewelers ideal of what this holiday is supposed to be. But let's be real -- this is a rough day for a lot of people. And if you're in the market for a complicated song about regret and [...]
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The third single from Josh Ritter 's upcoming album The Beast in it's Tracks premiered on Grey's Anatomy the other night. Alexandra Patsavas is a great music supervisor and fans of that show are lucky to have her - sometimes I just wish she would have stayed away from Twilight. But she probably can't hear me through all the money she is swimming in. Listen to the first two singles as well if you missed them - " Joy to You Baby " & " New Lover ". And pre-order the new album, out March 5, on [...]
The songwriter and her guitarist played a rare show without a backing band // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Fijn, er komt een nieuw album van Josh Ritter aan. 5 maart verschijnt The Beast in Its Tracks. Een ingetogen album, dat hij opnam nadat zijn huwelijk met Dawn Landes strandde. De eerste single heet Joy To You Baby. Subscribe in a reader
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