Friday, December 20, 2019

Let me stay with you a while, and tell old, old stories...

We are adding second shows in Brooklyn, DC, and Seattle for the Book of Gold Thrown Open tour! They are on sale now.

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Second Nights Added In Brooklyn, DC, Seattle
We are adding second shows in Brooklyn, DC, and Seattle for the Book of Gold Thrown Open tour! They are on sale now. Full list of tour dates below. 

Thank you all for an amazing year.

- Josh
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UPCOMING SHOWS
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Center for the Arts
Solo
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Academy Of Music Theatre
Solo
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Bethesda Episcopal Church
An Evening with...
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Sanders Theatre
An Evening with...
SOLD OUT
Murmrr
An Evening with...
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Murmrr
An Evening with...
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Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
An Evening with...
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Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
An Evening with...
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Carnegie Lecture Hall
An Evening with...
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Fourth Presbyterian Church
An Evening with...
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Fountain Street Church
An Evening with...
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Buskirk-Chumley Theater
An Evening with...
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Bluebird Music Festival
Solo - with Colin Meloy, Jade Bird, Dave Simonett and Adia Victoria
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First Congregational Church
An Evening with...
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Herbst Theatre
An Evening with...
SOLD OUT
The Old Church
An Evening with...
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The Old Church
An Evening with...
SOLD OUT
Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
An Evening with...
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Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
An Evening with...
TBD More Dates To Come
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

A Book of Gold Thrown Open

I was thinking back to some of my favorite concerts over the years, and I realized how many took place in spaces that were special in their own right. Cathedrals, synagogues, strange and storied theaters, each bring a special kind of glow to the performance.

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Josh Ritter
 
Special Tour + New Song
I was thinking back to some of my favorite concerts over the years, and I realized how many took place in spaces that were special in their own right. Cathedrals, synagogues, strange and storied theaters, each bring a special kind of glow to the performance.  

I was also feeling the urge to play some of my quieter, more narrative songs that I may not always get the chance to perform during larger rock shows.  

So I decided to put together a tour that would allow me to play these songs, and some new ones that I've been writing, in some of these beautiful spaces. I decided to call the tour "A Book of Gold Thrown Open."  

I'll mainly be solo, but it'll be a fun chance to have a few special guests and accompaniment. And most of all, I'm looking forward to singing these songs.

I hope you can make it! Rock on, and thank you. 

- Josh

A BOOK OF GOLD THROWN OPEN TOUR DATES:

Presale starts tomorrow, December 11 at 10am local, sign up on joshritter.com now to get the password. General onsale this Friday, December 13 at 10am local.

March 12 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Bethesda Episcopal Church

March 13 - Boston, MA - Sanders Theatre

March 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Murmrr Theatre

March 17 - Washington, DC - 6th & I Synagogue

March 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Lecture Hall

March 20 - Chicago, IL - Fourth Presbyterian Church

March 21 - Grand Rapids, MI - Fountain Street Church

March 22 - Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theater

April 21 - Los Angeles, CA - First United Church

April 22 - San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theatre

April 24 - Portland, OR - The Old Church 

April 25 - Seattle, WA - St. Mark's Cathedral
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New song! "The Gospel of Mary" (feat. The Milk Carton Kids)
I wrote "The Gospel of Mary" last summer, but returned to it, added to it, amended it, and basically worried over it like an injury. Like many, I have been horrified by the Administration's treatment of our fellow human beings, shocked by the lack of empathy, and furious and bewildered by the depths to which we seem to have sunk.

This isn't a song that I wanted to wait for a record to release. If it works as a song, it's because the story is true.  

I have been performing it now for a little while, and got the chance to play it with Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires for a Tiny Desk Concert. But I wanted to record it and I got the opportunity to work with the Milk Carton Kids one afternoon in Los Angeles. I want to thank them for being so great and for working on this important song with me.

- Josh
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UPCOMING SHOWS
Date Location/Venue Details
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John Henry's Friends Benefit
Solo - John Henry's Friends Benefit show with Steve Earle, Jason Isbell + more
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Center for the Arts
Solo
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Academy Of Music Theatre
Solo - with Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Bethesda Episcopal Church
An Evening with...
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Sanders Theatre
An Evening with...
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Murmrr
An Evening with...
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Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
An Evening with...
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Carnegie Lecture Hall
An Evening with...
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Fourth Presbyterian Church
An Evening with...
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Fountain Street Church
An Evening with...
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Buskirk-Chumley Theater
An Evening with...
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Bluebird Music Festival
Solo - with Colin Meloy, Jade Bird, Dave Simonett and Adia Victoria
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First Congregational Church
An Evening with...
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Herbst Theatre
An Evening with...
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The Old Church
An Evening with...
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Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
An Evening with...
TBD More Dates To Come
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