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Josh Ritter is a Country and Folk act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, John Prine and In the Dark. Those roots explain a lot about how Josh Ritter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dawes, Jason Isbell, The Milk Carton Kids, Ray LaMontagne and The Tallest Man on Earth, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Arlo Guthrie, The Frames, Hilary Hahn, Dire Straits and Glen Hansard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Josh Ritter, reaching back through Johnny Cash and forward to Arlo Guthrie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Josh Ritter connections
Josh Ritter grew out of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, John Prine and In the Dark, shares an orbit with Dawes, Jason Isbell, The Milk Carton Kids and Ray LaMontagne, went on to shape Arlo Guthrie, The Frames, Hilary Hahn and Dire Straits. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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