Josh Ritter Tickets : The Vinyl Record Came Packaged With A Cd Version Of The Album As Well

Josh Ritter is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band. Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics.

In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.A year and a half after recording Josh Ritter, Ritter recorded his second album Golden Age of Radio for $1000 and self-published it. The album was recorded in three different studios: Soundgun in Philadelphia, Electric Cave in New Hampshire, and a friend's basement studio.

While promoting Golden Age of Radio, he met Jim Olsen, head of independent record label Signature Sounds, who offered to remaster and re-release the album after hearing Ritter play. The song "Me & Jiggs" was subsequently released as a single in Ireland, where Ritter was quickly becoming a word-of-mouth success, first opening for The Frames, then headlining his own shows. Ritter's third record, Hello Starling, produced by former Frames guitarist Dave Odlum, debuted at #2 on the Irish charts.

Ritter's sixth album, So Runs the World Away, was released April 23, 2010 in Ireland and May 4, 2010 worldwide.The vinyl version of the album had an earlier release on April 17, 2010 as a part of Record Store Day celebrations. The vinyl record came packaged with a CD version of the album as well.To promote the album, Ritter made the song, "Change of Time" from So Runs the World Away, available for free download from his website on February 8, 2010.The song also appeared in the March 23, 2010 episode of the television series Parenthood.

In support of the new album Ritter toured with his newly named The Royal City Band - starting with six dates in Ireland - including a sell out performance at the newly opened 2100 capacity Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin and continuing with an extensive tour of the United States. So Runs the World Away largely garnered positive reviews. "Change of Time" was featured on the Parenthood soundtrack in August 2010, and quickly became a fan favorite. The song also features in the trailer of a upcoming 2011 Natalie Portman film, The Other Woman.

On February 15, 2011 Ritter reissued The Animal Years on vinyl and as a two-disc deluxe edition on CD. The deluxe edition contains both the original studio album as well as a solo acoustic version of the album. The bonus disc includes four b-side recordings, two videos, new artwork, and liner notes by author Tom Ricks.

During his early 2011 tour, Josh Ritter released an EP album of previously unreleased material from the So Runs the World Away recording sessions, titled To the Yet Unknowing World . Ritter began streaming the EP for free on his website as well as made it available for digital purchase on February 8, 2011.To the Yet Unknowing World hit Apple's iTunes and record stores February 15, 2011.

In February 2011, Ritter and his band continued their extensive tour in support of So Runs The World Away touring American and Europe. On February 12, 2011, at a show in New York the band were introducted onstage by The US Office stars Rainn Wilson and John Krasinski.During his European tour in April 2011, Ritter released his third live album, Live at The Iveagh Gardens. The limited edition two CD and one DVD set is a live recording of Ritter's performance of 21 songs at the Dublin venue on 18 July 2010.