A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

Artist Josh Ritter

Idaho singer-songwriter Josh Ritter continues to gain more attention with each release, and his most recent, 2007’s The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter, keeps the streak alive. Produced by longtime collaborator Sam Kassirer, Historical Conquests features brash, expansive guitar songs periodically laced with orchestration and sprinkled liberally with biblical and historical references. Folk-rock loves to be intellectual, and Ritter is no different, another smart songwriter whose aims leer back toward approachable referents like early Wilco.

Updated 07/01/2009

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