An Evening With... Josh Ritter

Josh Ritter is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and author who performs and records with the Royal City Band. In 2006, Paste magazine named him one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters". His third record, Hello Starling, produced by former Frames guitarist Dave Odlum, debuted at No. 2 on the Irish charts.

In 2005 he was signed by the British label V2 Records, and Hello Starling was subsequently re-released. He released his fourth album, The Animal Years, in 2006, and his fifth album, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, in 2007. In support of Historical Conquests, he appeared as a musical guest on Late Show with David Letterman in America and Later...

with Jools Holland in Britain. In Autumn 2009 he toured with Love Canon String Band, reinterpreting his songs with a band composed of banjo, double bass, mandolin and guitar; the tour included three nights in Whelans Dublin, where he performed his albums Golden Age of Radio, Hello Starling, and The Animal Years in full.