Josh Ritter tours this spring, haunts our sleep

Writer: Nikki King, photo by Mike Ritter
News, Published online on 26 Mar 2008

Josh Ritter is going on tour; ah, the stuff that dreams are made of. Last time he went on a little jaunt, Ritter let us read his diary. We didn’t even have to go sneaking into his hotel room, digging under mattresses to find it.

Dawn Landes is currently supporting his dates in the Netherlands and United Kingdom. Ritter will then return to the U.S. and join forces with Hilary Hahn. A Grammy-winning violinist, Hahn was the soloist in the score for The Village, among many other ventures. Langhorne Slim and Ingrid Michaelson will also be stopping in for a few dates.

More supporting acts should be posted in the near future on Ritter’s site. Anyone who caught his set at Langerado can attest to Ritter’s supreme mastery of songcraft, further proof that spuds aren’t the only fantastic thing coming out of Idaho these days.

Thanks to Brooklyn Vegan for the tip!

Dates, dates everywhere:

March
26 - Portsmouth, UK @ The Wedgewood Rooms #
27 - Exeter, UK @ Exeter Phoenix #
28 - Liverpool, UK @ Carling Academy 2 #
30 - Norwich, UK @ Waterfront #
31 - London, UK @ Bloomsbury Ballroom #

April
3 - Edinburgh, UK @ The Liquid Room #
4 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club #
5 - St. Albans, UK @ The Alban Arena #
9 - Athens, Ohio @ Ohio University +
10 - Oberlin, Ohio @ Oberlin College +
11 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Cleveland Museum of Art +
12 - New York, N.Y. @ Metropolitan Museum of Art +
24 - Asbury Park, N.J. @ Stone Pony *
25 - Peekskill, N.Y. @ Paramount Center for the Arts *
26 - Washington, D.C. @ George Washington University
27 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
28 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
29 - Towson, Md. @ Recher Theatre *
30 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat’s Cradle $

May
1 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Visulite Theatre $
2 - Asheville, N.C. @ Orange Peel $
3 - Athens, Ga. @ The Melting Point $
4 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Bottletree $
6 - Nashville, Tenn. @ The Belcourt Theatre $
7 - Nashville, Tenn. @ The Belcourt Theatre $
9 - Little Rock, Ark. @ Revolution
10 - Omaha, Neb. @ Slowdown
11 - Lawrence, Kansas @ Granada Theatre
13 - Des Moines, Iowa @ Vaudeville Mews
14 - Madison, Wisc. @ High Noon Saloon
15 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ The Music Mill
16 - Bellbrook, Ohio @ Bellbrook Jamboree
18 - New Holland, Penn. @ Spring Gulch Folk Festival
19 - Commerce City, Colo. @ Mile High Music Festival

July
25 - Calgary, Alberta @ Prince’s Island Park (Calgary Folk Festival)
26 - Calgary, Alberta @ Prince’s Island Park

+ w/Hilary Hahn
* w/Langhorne Slim
$ w/Ingrid Michaelson

* Italicized dates are, unfortunately, already sold out.

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