Josh Ritter will play a very special intimate show in the acoustically enchanting Calry Church. Josh will play with a new string band featuring upright bass, mandolin, acoustic guitar and including his friends from Love Cannon. Josh will be reinterpreting some of his older material (Golden Age of Radio, Hello Starling & The Animal Years) as well as previewing new material from his forthcoming 6th studio album due early next year.

Ritter, an American from Idaho, has truly found his place in Irish hearts. Recognised as a superb performer and songwriter, Although writing songs since he was 14, it was at 21 that he was spotted playing in Boston by The Frames, who invited him back to Ireland. He had just recorded his first album and it sold particularly well here. He toured extensively in Ireland building up a considerable reputation and following before returning to the States, where he has repeated his Irish success. His five albums have been very well received.

Josh has worked with artists like Ray Lamontagne and Joan Baez and is influenced by the lyrics of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Leonard Cohen, and by Mark Twain. He can pack out large events like the Cork’s Marquee and Electric Picnic, but this is the kind of show Ritter loves most in Ireland, where he can see the whites of the audience’s eyes.

This Sligo Live performance is jointly promoted with The Model’s New Spaces for Music programme.

Calry Church, The Mall on Sunday 25th October at 8.30pm sharp Doors 7.30pm €25