Josh Ritter joins host Bruce Warren

Josh Ritter is well-known for the storytelling in his lyrics – but you might not know that he’s also a novelist! He wrote his first book a decade ago, and now he’s back with The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All, a story about the 99 year-old Weldon Applegate looking back on the fantastical tales that made up his life. But since this is a novel by Josh Ritter – music weaves its way through the book. He joins executive producer, Bruce Warren, on the next World Cafe to talk about the novel and perform one of the tunes that works its way into the story – the not-yet-released song, “Some Somewhere.”  

*Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” So Tonight That I Might See
Josh Ritter “Some Somewhere” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Josh Ritter “Henrietta, Indiana” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Brandi Carlile “You and Me on the Rock (feat. Lucius)” In These Silent Days
K.T. Tunstall “Another Place To Fall” Eye To The Telescope
Jackson + Sellers “Waste Your Time” Breaking Point
Lord Huron “Not Dead Yet” Long Lost
Foals “Wake Me Up” Wake Me Up (single)
Lo Moon “Dream Never Dies” Dream Never Dies (single)
Death Cab For Cutie “I Will Possess Your Heart” Narrow Stairs
Florence and the Machine “Lover To Lover” Ceremonials

Hour Two
*Son Volt “Living In The USA” Electro Melodier
Alt-J “U&Me” The Dream
Lucy Dacus “Brando” Home Video
Bright Eyes “Four Winds” Cassadaga
The Cranberries “Ode To My Family” No Need To Argue
Mitski “The Only Heartbreaker” Laurel Hell
The Records “Starry Eyes” The Records
Wet Leg “Chaise Longue” Wet Leg
Gorillaz “Feel Good Inc.” Demon Days
UB40 “If It Happens Again” Geffrey Morgan
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Quattro (World Drifts In)” Raise The Roof
The Lone Below “Good Times” Half Moon Light
John Lennon “Instant Karma!” The John Lennon Collection
Leon Bridges “Steam” Gold-Diggers Sound

*Optional Song