Tag: josh ritter

August 25, 2010 by

Josh Ritter – “The Curse” This song, about the love between an archaeologist and her mummy, was the song that broke Josh Ritter out of a writing slump. After his last record, he said in an interview, he was out of ideas, until this story-song hit him in the middle of the night and eventually… Read more »

Josh Ritter – Change of Time

March 29, 2010 by

Josh Ritter – “Change of Time” Josh Ritter continues his journey into the heart of American music with this latest song, from his upcoming record So Runs The World Away. Originally from Moscow, Idaho, Ritter invented his own major at Oberlin College, studying American history through narrative folk music. His landmark 2006 record The Animal… Read more »

Joe Pug

March 22, 2010 by

Chicago’s Joe Pug dropped out of playwriting school the day before his senior year, packing up his car and heading to Chicago. Working a carpentry job and writing songs, he quickly churned out an EP, Nation of Heat. An innovative marketing scheme that sent copies of the record to anyone that asked gained him some… Read more »