• Music
  • 16 Sep 03
Josh Ritter @ Lisdoonvarna
Josh Ritter @ Lisdoonvarna
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

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Idahoan Josh Ritter shares a pint with hotpress.com and enthuses about his apparent status as an honourary Irishman - Lisdoonvarna, Whelans’ lock-ins and hangin’ out with the Hansard, Geary, Mundy et al. – it’s all just a part of "Irish hospitality" for the Rittser.

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And be sure to catch him singing ‘The Bad Actress’ off his excellent new album, Hello Starling.

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