Josh Ritter and The Royal City Band play songs from the new release, The Beast in Its Tracks, during their soundcheck at the Crystal Ballroom. (For the full experience, change the settings below to HD and go full screen!) Via Oregon Public Broadcasting
"I always felt like I was being stalked by that feeling of heartbreak." That's Josh Ritter talking about the beast that exists in the title of his seventh and latest record, The Beast in Its Tracks, an album written in the wake of his 2011 divorce from singer-songwriter Dawn Landes. To the extent that these new songs were written post-divorce, this is Ritter's "divorce album," but that's where comparisions to the likes of Blood on the Tracks and Shoot Out the Lights stop."When I initially started writing," he told us, "I thought, 'I'm going to steer these songs in a really vicious direction.' But then when I wrote those songs, they just felt like zombie songs, they didn't really feel like they had any humanity in them."Eventually, Ritter began to see his experience differently. "I couldn't force myself to forgive, but I could intend to forgive somebody." The result is a collection of songs that are informed by the divorce without being defined by it-- indeed, "Joy to You Baby," one of the songs perfromed during our set, sounds like anything but a breakup song.
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THE BEAST IN ITS TRACKS TOUR
April 13 - Asbury Hall @ Babeville - Buffalo, NY
April 14 – Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH
April 15 – Southern Theatre – Columbus, OH
April 16 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
April 17 – Royal Oak Theatre – Detroit, MI
April 18 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
April 19 – Brown Theatre – Louisville, KY
April 20 – Vintage Vinyl (solo acoustic) – St. Louis, MO - FREE Record Store Day show
April 20 – Plush – St. Louis, MO
April 21 – Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS
April 23 – Pabst Theatre – Milwaukee, WI
April 24 – Capitol Theatre – Madison, WI
April 25 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
April 27 – The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
May 8 – State Theatre – Portland, ME*
May 9 – Calvin Theatre – Northampton, MA*
May 10 – 9.30 Club – Washington, DC* - SOLD OUT
May 11 – 9.30 Club – Washington, DC* - SOLD OUT
May 12 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC*
May 13 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC*
May 14 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA*
May 16 – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA*
May 17 – House of Blues – Boston, MA*
May 18 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY*
May 20 - Byham Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
May 21 - Capitol Theatre - York, PA
May 22 - Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens - Richmond, VA
June 25 - Music Farm - Charleston, SC
June 26 - Knight Theatre - Charlotte, NC
June 27 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
June 28 - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN
June 29 - UAB Alys Stephens Center - Birmingham, AL
June 30 - Manship Theatre - Baton Rouge, LA
July 1 - Tipitina's - New Orleans, LA
EUROPEAN TOUR
July 18 - Big Top - Limerick, Ireland
July 19 - Iveagh Gardens - Dublin, Ireland
July 20 - Festival Big Top - Galway, Ireland
July 21- An Grianan Theatre - Letterkenny, Ireland
July 23 - Village Underground - London, UK
July 24 - Village Underground - London, UK
July 25 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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