Josh Ritter
Ricky Ross has an interview with American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, plus he selects music to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy.
New & classic Americana and alt country including an interview with American singer-songwritter Josh Ritter. He talks about how Bob Dylan inspired him to pick up a guitar, the impact Gillian Welch made on his music and the break-up of his marriage that became the subject of his new album.
Exactly 50 years ago tonight John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Ricky looks at the music that was in the country chart in November 1963 and plays some of the artists that subsequently recorded songs about the death of the President. Featuring The Byrds, Emmylou Harris, Okkervil River, Son House and Buck Owens.
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Josh Ritter interview
Duration: 26:53
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Southern
Shout It
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Buck Owens
Love's Gonna Live Here
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The Byrds
He Was A Friend Of Mine
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Sienna
Give Me Your Love
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KT Tunstall
Made Of Glass
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Son House
President Kennedy
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Okkervil River
The President's Dead
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The Mermaids
There You Are Again
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Bob Dylan
What Good Am I
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The Lone Bellow
The One You Should've Let Go
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Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go/Abraham, Martin And John
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John Grant
Glacier
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Bob Dylan
Girl From The North Country (feat. Johnny Cash)
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Gillian Welch
Revelator
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Josh Ritter
New Lover
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Josh Ritter
A Certain Light
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Josh Ritter
Hearts Ease
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Josh Ritter
Thin Blue Flame
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Mississippi John Hurt
Louis Collins
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Josh Ritter
Folk Bloodbath
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Josh Ritter
The Appleblossom Rag
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Tift Merritt
Feeling Of Beauty
Broadcasts
- Fri 22 Nov 2013 20:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland except Extra
- Sun 24 Nov 2013 20:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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