Josh Ritter to Play City Winery This February

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Josh Ritter has confirmed his solo tour dates for next year, in which he will try out new material.

These "work in progress" dates bring Ritter to City Winery on Thursday, February 2nd, Friday, February 3rd and Saturday, February 4th.

Ritter's album, Sermon On The Rocks (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers), continues to receive critical praise.

Produced by Ritter and Trina Shoemaker (Queens of the Stone Age, Emmylou Harris), Sermon On The Rocks was recorded over two weeks at New Orleans' The Parlor Recording Studio and features Matt Barrick from The Walkmen on drums, Zachariah Hickman on bass, Josh Kaufman on guitar and Sam Kassirer on piano. Of his inspiration behind Sermon On The Rocks, Ritter comments, "I wanted to play messianic oracular honky-tonk."

Over the course of his acclaimed career, Ritter has released seven full-length albums including, 2013's The Beast In Its Tracks, which debuted at #22 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the Top Rock Albums chart. Additionally, in 2011, Ritter made his debut as a published author with his New York Times best-selling novel, Bright's Passage (Dial Press/Random House).

Photo Credit: Laura Wilson