Josh Ritter

Josh Ritter is an American singer-songwriter born in Moscow, Idaho. Ritter began writing songs while attending Oberlin College, eventually abandoning his projected neuroscience major and graduating in 1999 with a self-created songwriting m

Josh Ritter is an American singer-songwriter born in Moscow, Idaho. Ritter began writing songs while attending Oberlin College, eventually abandoning his projected neuroscience major and graduating in 1999 with a self-created songwriting major.

His style is in the tradition of folk music and ballads - clearly influenced by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, among others - with an emphasis on simple yet poetic lyrics.