Episode 005 : Josh Ritter, Francine + Burnside Project
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Josh Ritter has just released his third CD, "Hello Starling" on Signature Sounds Recordings, following his 1999 eponymous debut and 2002's acclaimed "Golden Age of Radio." Ritter and his band are out now on tour of the US and Europe.
After his previous band, Poundcake, disbanded in the late '90s, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Clayton Scoble began to bring together musicians for his next musical outlet called Francine. The band recorded and released "Forty on a Fall Day" in 2000 and followed it up this year with the John Dragonetti-produced "28 Plastic Blue Versions of Endings Without You," both on Boston's Q Division records.
New York City's Burnside Project released "The Networks, The Circuits, The Streams, The Harmonies" on Bar/None Records in early 2003. Mixing indie rock guitar and sensibilities with electronic dance music beats and aspirations, the band has had an interesting year as they begin work on their next CD.
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