Joy to the freeway, Joy to the cars...

photo by Laura Wilson   Hey everyone! Tickets to our spring Beast In Its Tracks US shows are now available. Dates and links below. We’re trying something new where every single ticket comes with a digital download of the album (delivered on March 5th). It’s been awhile since the Royal City Band and I have been to some of these spots and we can’t wait to get back there. Joy to the tour bus! And, a reminder that the “Joy To You Baby” 7” vinyl is available now at US independent record stores, viajoshritter.com, and at Amazon.com. It’s limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies and includes an exclusive non-album track you can’t get anywhere else. Best! Josh PS: Hey DUBLIN! We are coming back to Iveagh Gardens on July 19th! Tickets are on-sale now. PPS: London tickets are on sale now, too! Amsterdam goes on sale this Saturday.   Warm Up Shows In Cold Climates (do not include the album download): February 13 – The Egg – Albany, NY - Tickets February 14 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT - Tickets February 15 – Le Cabaret du Mile End – Montreal, QC - Tickets February  16 – The Blacksheep Inn – Wakefield, QC - SOLD OUT February 17 – Molson Canadian Studio – Hamilton, ON - Tickets February 18 – Starlight Social Club – Waterloo, ON - Tickets The Beast In Its Tracks Release Tour (every ticket includes download of the album): March 13 – Granada Theatre – Dallas, TX - Tickets March 14 – SXSW – Austin, TX - Details TBA March 16 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ - Tickets March 18 – Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA - Tickets March 19 – Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA - Tickets March 20 – The Fox Theatre – Oakland, CA - Tickets March 21 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR - Tickets March 22 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC - Tickets March 23 – The Neptune – Seattle, WA - Tickets March 24 – Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA - Tickets March 25 – Wilma Theatre – Missoula, MT - Tickets March 27 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO - Tickets April 14 – Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH - Tickets April 15 – Southern Theatre – Columbus, OH - Tickets April 16 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON - Tickets April 17 – Royal Oak Theatre – Detroit, MI - Tickets April 18 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN - Tickets April 19 – Brown Theatre – Louisville, KY - Tickets April 20 – Plush – St. Louis, MO - Tickets April 21 – Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS - Tickets April 23 – Pabst Theatre – Milwaukee, WI - Tickets April 24 – Capitol Theatre – Madison, WI - Tickets April 25 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN - Tickets April 27 – The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL - Tickets May 8 – State Theatre – Portland, ME* - Tickets May 9 – Calvin Theatre – Northampton, MA* - Tickets May 10 – 9.30 Club – Washington, DC* - Tickets May 12 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC* - Tickets May 13 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC* - Tickets May 14 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA* - Tickets May 16 – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA* - Tickets May 17 – House of Blues – Boston, MA* - Tickets May 18 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY* - Tickets * – the Felice Brothers support May 8-18 dates   Copyright (C) 2012 Josh Ritter All rights reserved.

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The Beast in Its Tracks

Hey everyone, I have a new album coming out on March 5, 2013. It’s called The Beast in Its Tracks. You can hear a song from it right now at joshritter.com I wrote and recorded this record in the 18 months after my marriage had fallen apart. All heartbreak is awful – my broken heart wasn’t unique. But writing these songs was helping me get through the night and I didn’t have the strength to care or question. It felt like a different record from the start. Far from the grand, sweeping feel of the songs on So Runs the World Away, these new ones felt like rocks in the shoe, hard little nuggets of whatever they were, be it spite, remorse, or happiness. I told all this to Sam Kassirer, my producer and friend. If we recorded these songs, which felt so personal, their starkness needed a corresponding simplicity of production. I hadn’t composed this stuff, I’d scrawled it down, just trying to keep ahead of the heartbreak, and they needed to be recorded like that. Listening to it now makes me very proud. I can’t wait to share it with all of you. Love, Josh Get the limited-edition Joy To You Baby 7" now on limited-edition vinyl and at iTunes Watch the album teaser, pre-order the album and view our album packages, and check out our 2013 tour dates here at joshritter.com Copyright (C) 2012 Josh Ritter All rights reserved.

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Bright's Passage Audiobook

We hope everyone's having an awesome summer. Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band will be out on tour all this month - got your tickets yet? BRIGHT'S PASSAGE AUDIOBOOK Bright's Passage is finally available on audiobook! Josh reads the entire novel on the limited edition 6CD set with an accompanying score composed by Royal City Band bassist Zachariah Hickman. The package also includes a bonus music disc, FIVE ANGELS, featuring Josh, Chris Thile, Tift Merritt, and Josh Kaufman performing five songs about angels live at the Rare Book Room studio in Brooklyn. It includes the previously unreleased song "One Step Down." You can order the audiobook now in the Josh web store as well as select US record stores and Barnes & Noble locations starting on Tuesday July 17th. We'll also have signed copies available on our summer tour... SUMMER TOUR! ...which begins this Saturday in Boise, ID! Tickets for all shows are on sale now. Josh & The Royal City Band will be demoing some new material from their spring recording sessions at these shows. Don't miss out: July 14 - Boise, ID @ The Knitting Factory ^ - TIX July 15 - Alta, WY @ Targhee Fest - TIX July 16 - Boulder, CO @ Chautauqua Auditorium * - TIX July 17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden * - TIX July 18 - Fort Collins, CO @ The Mishawaka * - TIX July 19 - Kansas City, MO - Crossroads - TIX July 21 - St. Louis, MO @ Plush % - TIX July 22 - Kent, OH @ Kent Stage % - TIX July 24 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theatre % - TIX July 25 - Philadelphia, PA @ Penn's Landing # - TIX July 26 - Charlotte, NC @ Knight Theater ^^ - TIX July 27 - Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Amphitheater* - TIX July 28 - Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 % - TIX July 29 - Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater % - TIX July 30 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge ^^  - TIX Aug 1 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle ^^ - TIX Aug 2 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater ^^ - TIX Aug 4 - Boston, MA @ Bank Of America Pavilion * - TIX Sept 8 - Chatham, NJ - Presbyterian Church (solo) - TIX Sept 14 - Carlisle, PA - Carlisle Theatre (Trio show) - TIX Sept 15 - Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre (Trio show) - TIX ^ - Joe Pug supports * - Anais Mitchell supports % - Bhi Bhiman supports ^^ - David Wax Museum supports * - w/ Brandi Carlile # - w/ Rufus Wainwright Can't wait to see you, Team Josh www.joshritter.com          CONNECT MUSIC Bringing In The Darlings CD / 10" vinyl | iTunes BRIGHT'S PASSAGE Now available in paperback! Webstore | Amazon         Copyright © 2012 Josh Ritter. All rights reserved.

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Summer tour!

Hey everyone! We've got lots of news to share with you. There's a whole bunch of new summer tour dates, AUSTRALIA (!), international Bright's Passage readings & releases, and a quick note about Josh's recent hospital stay. Let's get started... SUMMER TOUR Tickets for Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band's summer tour are on sale now. We're really excited to share the stage with Brandi Carlile and Rufus Wainwright on select dates. Plus there's a whole bunch of headlining shows. Including cities we haven't visited in a long time. Can't wait to see you there! June 16 - Croton-on-Hudson, NY @ Clearwater Fest - TIX June 27 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony ^ - TIX June 28 - Vienna, VA @ The Wolf Trap* - TIX July 14 - Boise, ID @ The Knitting Factory - TIX July 15 - Alta, WY @ Targhee Fest - TIX July 16 - Boulder, CO @ Chautauqua Auditorium - TIX July 17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden - TIX July 18 - Fort Collins, CO @ The Mishawaka - TIX July 19 - Kansas City, MO - Crossroads - TIX July 21 - St. Louis, MO @ Plush ^^ - TIX July 22 - Kent, OH @ Kent Stage ^^ - TIX July 24 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theatre ^^ - TIX July 25 - Philadelphia, PA @ Penn's Landing# - TIX July 26 - Charlotte, NC @ Knight Theater - on sale 6/1 July 27 - Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Amphitheater* - TIX July 28 - Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 - TIX July 29 - Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater - TIX July 30 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge - TIX Aug 1 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle - on sale 6/1 Aug 2 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater - on sale 6/1 Aug 4 - Boston, MA @ Bank Of America Pavilion* - TIX Sept 15 - Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre (Trio show) - TIX ^ - Tift Merritt supports ^^ - Bhi Bhiman supports * - w/ Brandi Carlile # - w/ Rufus Wainwright Josh will also be reading from and signing copies of his debut novel, Bright's Passage, at a few special events this summer. Including readings in Ireland, Netherlands, and Belgium. The Irish hardcover edition of Bright's Passage can be pre-ordered here. June 2 - Cork, IRE @ Triskel Christchurch - TIX June 3 - Galway, IRE @ Rosin Dubh - SOLD OUT June 4 - Dublin, IRE @ Dublin Writer's Week Festival/Liberty Hall - TIX June 5 - Belfast, IRE @ No Alibis - SOLD OUT June 8 - Den Haag, NL @ Theater aan het Spui - TIX June 10 - Antwerp, BE @ Felix Pakhuis - TIX AUSTRALIAN TOUR! Josh (finally) makes his return to Australia, where he will be playing 4 intimate solo acoustic shows, co-billing with Simone Felice. Our friends at Warner Music Australia are releasing a special version of So Runs the World Away with Bringing In the Darlings as a bonus disc to coincide with the tour. Copies will be available at all four shows. Tickets are on sale now: July 5 - Brisbane, QLD, AUS @ Old Museum - TIX July 6 - Newtown, NSW, AUS @ Notes Live - TIX July 8 - Sydney, NSW, AUS @ The Basement - TIX July 11 - Melbourne, VIC, AUS @ Corner Hotel - TIX A NOTE FROM JOSH ABOUT HIS HOSPITAL STAY Not to worry, he's fine now. But, Josh posted a blog entry about his recent hospital stay on the newly revived Book Of Jubilations blog. You can read the full entry right here. CABINET OF WONDERS FREE DOWNLOAD NPR has offered up a free download (or stream) of John Wesley Harding's Cabinet Of Wonders @ City Winery show. The show features performances and commentary from Josh, Punch Brothers, Edie Brickell, authors Haley Tanner and Sarah Vowell, and comedian Eugene Mirman. Listen and download the hour long show right here. LOVE IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK HOME MUSIC VIDEO Have you seen the amazing video for "Love Is Making Its Way Back Home"? The video video was created with over 12,000 pieces of construction paper, shown as it was shot, with no effects added in post. Click here to watch it now. Thank you all for your amazing support. We hope to see you this summer, Team Josh www.joshritter.com          CONNECT MUSIC Bringing In The Darlings CD / 10" vinyl | iTunes BRIGHT'S PASSAGE Now available in paperback! NEW MERCH Bringing In The Darlings T-Shirt Hand sewn and screen printed by our friends at Topo Ranch. Limited quantities available. Get yours now. Copyright © 2012 Josh Ritter. All rights reserved.

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Love is Making Its Way Back Home

Hey everyone! To celebrate the release of the Bringing In the Darlings EP (out today worldwide), our friends Erez Horovitz and Sam Cohen at Prominent Figures have made an absolutely incredible handmade video for “Love Is Making It’s Way Back Home.”  It involves over 12,000 pieces of construction paper, shown as it was shot, with no effects added in post-production (seriously). We have partnered with the lovely folks at ETSY.com to premiere the video and show you how it was made.  Watch until the end - it’ll blow your mind: GO WATCH ON ETSY > And here’s a direct YouTube link to the video - spread the word! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzMN0TTpblg To celebrate the video, we are offering a custom 18x24” silk-screened poster through Josh’s new pop-up ETSY store.  Designed by Matt Fleming based on stills from the video, this gorgeous 5-color poster is limited to 100 prints total, and each order will include an actual die-cut paper still from the video hand-selected by the directors.  Go here to check it out: http://www.etsy.com/shop/joshrittermusic Thanks all, and enjoy the new EP! All the Best, The Josh Ritter Team official site: www.joshritter.com facebook: www.facebook.com/joshrittermusic twitter: www.twitter.com/joshritter josh's blog: http://thebookofjubilations.tumblr.com/ youtube channel: www.youtube.com/dougrice iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/josh-ritter/id5117840

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