We're in that sort of time again. This Tiny set recalls the mid-sixties topical folk ghosts of baby Bob Dylan, Peter La Farge, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Buffy St. Marie, and a host of revered others. Ritter, Isbell, and Shires do the occasion justice. Welcome back. We need you now.
@@petercallaghan9851 nothing wrong with signaling your virtue if that virtue is disgust at government agents taking children from the arms of their mothers. Anyway, your own comment is signaling a virtue. A twisted, repulsive virtue, but you're signaling it nonetheless.
@@_yak You know nothing of my involvement in refugee placement in Australia. I am talking about getting your hands dirty, not singing a song and then going for a latte. I worked in refugee camps on the Thai/;Laos border for 4 years. Singing did fuck all.
@@gregormiller4037 Thanks, I haven't gotten warm with all of their songs, but they are brilliant (well, among the greatest even, he as a guitarist and she as a singer) and very loud live, haha! Made Up Mind was kind of my soundtrack moving to another town :') Thanks for this one, this I hear it right now and walk down memory lane. Cheers!
I click anytime I see Jason and Amanda. Great performance for all of them! Everyone getting mad because Ritter is “preaching” needs to relax. This is what this country was founded on, speaking your voice. Whether you agree or disagree with his political thoughts, you can’t deny this was a brilliant performance!
What I also love is this: Since his last tiny Desk Concert, Josh has written stunning songs that are also funny (Getting Ready To Get Down e.g.), groovy (New Lover), romantic (Lights), rocking (Old Black Magic) and raw (Dreams). But he chose to use this particular spotlight less to put on a show and more to make a statement for empathy and values. And with the seriousness and kindness they all three show, I think it's the right thing to do in these times.
If you watch this Tiny Desk performance by Josh, Amanda, and Jason it will make you a better person. Never knew Josh before this.......now I know him and I am the better for it.
I saw Josh when he was one of the acts for a benefit Steve Earle does for his son who is autistic. Jason and Amanda were also on the bill, but Josh totally blew me away. He is a national treasure!
People who listen to this music see Jason and Amanda as a duo who make beautiful music together. But you watch this and the Highway Women and you realize that Jason and Amanda are gifted musicians who make everyone they work with sound better, more powerful and so much more melodic. Amanda on that fiddle and Jason on the guitar, put them with anyone and suddenly you have a power group! Great set, thank you.
Agreed on their talent but I believe Josh's lyrics are always stealing the show. Most brilliant story teller I've ever heard. There's a reason most of his classics are acoustic solos. I don't get much from backup musicians that have worked with him... Unless they're backing up/ colab vocals like with Bob Weir.
Gotta love that 5 string Violin, the C string adds so much more depth to the composition. Those low tones, perfect for the seriousness of Ritter's lyrics.
Mikerphone good call man,not many of us even noticed the fifth string,only that the fiddle ,looked full and sounds outstanding,I’m from Alabama,so is Amanda and Jason,probably call that a fiddle.Glad to be enjoying this beautiful noise with you,Mike.
@@kyzor-sosay6087 It's hard to miss for me. Didnt even look, i heard it. Grew up playing folk and bluegrass in a a string group. A decade in a band made up mostly of violin players will forever imprint the sound of that instrument in your mind. It used to be that you'd use fiddle for folk but now the word fiddle is synonymous with violin playing in nearly every genre. And that's fine, its just jargon anyways. Cheers buddy.
@@kyzor-sosay6087 Amanda is from Lubbock and Mineral Wells, Texas. She was rocking it with Thrift Shop Cowboys and Texas Playboys long before Jason and her were together. (That's not a dig at Jason, his music is important to my life. I just get tired of people always linking her and Jason together professionally. They're both rockstars on their own terms, and together... you already know.)
Excellence is a rare thing these days but this group has it all.. Passion, power, excellent musicianship and lyrics that cut straight to the heart. Thank you Josh, Amanda and Jason
Imagine! Never heard of this guy before never heard anything about him or his music and what's in 2 minutes on like Throne back he has almost exactly the same voice and rhythm in this song as Jim Croce oh my God he is amazing wow mind blown new fav looping💥👊😁♡
saw Josh RItter over a decade ago at the State Theater in Northern VA and he stayed around afterwards to sign merch, talk to folks, etc. He struck me as being a genuinely decent person. Obviously a really good musician too!!! Glad to see he's still both.
The lyrics remind me of Bob Dylan and others who have expressed the feelings of many who are embarrassed and frustrated by our past and present political situations. I am praying for the families who sought refuge only to have their families torn apart. Surely, we can do better! Music does touch the soul and can bring about changes. May God bless you & your efforts to wake people up!
What an amazing group. Three of the most talented singers, instrumentalists, and songwriters in music today. I love how down to earth Josh is and how Jason can just take the side seat for Josh's singing while slinging subtle licks. And Amanda is just the consummate fiddler with such a beautiful counterpoint of a voice. I don't know about those pants, though, Josh. :) :)
Gospel of Mary was hitting me hard. This is great lyrics. I will have to translate this one into Norwegian and sing it my self. This song a great protest wake-up call towards all the injustice and suffering innocent people in many countries are put in. Thank you for this one !!!!!!
I know this comment is a year old, but did you ever translate the song? I'm currently learning Norwegian and memorizing songs is my favorite way to study, so if you happen to have the translated lyrics I would love to read them. Tusen takk!
The Gospel of Mary reminds me of the stories of our Somali housemaid in Yemen who escaped Somalia with her three daughters, who ate worms and bugs in the forest as they made their way to the nearest UN encampment. A year before she's been living in Dresden, Germany. There but for the Grace of God...
10:35 starts Gospel of Mary which is both a tragic story of refugees, and a call to change The whole set is as well, but Gospel of Mary feels the most powerful on my listens
Saw Josh over ten years ago in Exeter England and more recently in London. His songs have walked with me in many stages of my life ‘wings’, and ‘thin blue line’ held me in the darkness, they still make me cry whenever I hear them. Intelligent, moving, articulate Life affirming , life changing, thank you Josh.
Bob, Morgan, & Anya: bringing the Tiny October harvest - what a trio here: such lyrical might, storytelling care, and musical craft, and such natural chemistry. Powerful, beautiful stuff. Then, such sincere conversations in between songs, good stuff, once again. Thank you.
You should hear the song “The goddam anthem” that Ritter’s testing on live audiences. I heard it in Spokane. That thing will get him on top of Drudge Report if he publishes it lol.
Artist have set quiet for far to long. They carry the voices of the masses. Thank you Josh for speaking out against the outrage that now tries to pass it's self off as our government.
@@joelmiddaugh8229 I'm not naive, I know our government has been horribly corrupt throughout our history. How ever the trump regime with the complacent republican party have brought us to a new low, a new level of cruelty and corruption. Saying all our government's throughout our history were just as corrupt is not a valid excuse to stand idly by and do nothing. Personally, even though I'll readily admit to the corruption of the past I feel no other administration has had the same blatant hatred for anyone who dares to be different from them than what we saw from the trump administration and what now passes for the republican party. These are truly evil men and women.
@@goat2558 personally, I think your falling for appearances and they are all bad. I dont know what logic in the world would make you think Trump is any worse than Bush Jr, for example. You're just outraged by the appearance. The last Republican started a war based on a lie, got thousands of innocent people killed, and the last Democrat promised hope and change then put kids in cages at the border and drone bombed the middle east and Syria more than any other president.
Respect to you and greetings from Ukraine. I also bury my eyes when I sing, although my wife says that it’s not beautiful. But we don’t give a damn about that?
Man got chills since discovered these guys ♡ like 17 minutes ago into this video omffffg! I could just MeLt into every syllable of every word...& ever strum of every note played on each instrument...*new Experience...Shazam I'M new #1 fan!!! ♡
@@hannahferrell7534 Thank you for your concern. I'm relatively safe now. There's hardly any bombing here. The place where I left is one of the most shelled in Ukraine. My city is Kharkov.
Its good to see someone willing to speak up and sing about what is going on or how he perceives it.Strange that other folk singers dont do this-although I do! Not the point here but these were some of the best and bittersweet songs of this confusing and crazy times
Andrew Ongais it really has nothing to do with letting her be herself, she’s a dope fiddler but this is a separate issue. It literally ruins the varnish and it’s super lazy to not just wipe it down. One of violins cost me the price of an SUV, not wiping it down is like never getting an oil change. Now does that make sense?
Lil & could easily pass for Jim Croce sight unseen ,just voice, music styly and John R I could pass for Jim Croce I'd be like willing to bet it was if I didn't know better now wow
@@psalmer5690 is it art if it was made for money and not for art? I don't know. Passion for art has diminished i feel and is replaced with a passion to sell what is being called art for money. Maybe i was mistaken and art is flourishing but artists are not
I see art flourishing everywhere and artists doing about as well as they ever have or better. It just rarely surfaces in the commercial market, but that’s a consequence of technology, without which you and I would not be having this conversation, nor would we have easy access to artists like a Josh Ritter and Jason Isbell. I guess it’s all how you want to look at it.
