Carly Ritter grew up in a musical home with her parents large collection of rock ‘n’ roll records. But it’s when she decided to explore her grandfather’s traditional forms of country music that she truly found her voice. In college while majoring in philosophy, Ritter spent her senior year “in the basement of the music library scouring sheet music for all these old folk songs, spirituals, blues and country songs.” That devotion has paid off with this fine debut. Teaming with Ry Cooder, his son and his son’s wife among others, Ritter now offers up Carly Ritter.
Today we are premiering the video for the single “It Don’t Come Easy”, which Ritter says “speaks to the tension between wanting love and at the same time wanting freedom.” Ritter adds, “I adore ‘It Don’t Come Easy,’ which Juliette wrote and asked me to add a verse. It’s a kind of sad song that speaks to some of the challenges of love. I played it recently at an open mic, and afterwards a man came up to me crying; he told me he had some kind of catharsis when he heard it. That’s one of the great things about sad songs.”
TOUR DATES
2014-05-13 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
2014-05-15 Vancouver, Canada – Media Club w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
2014-05-16 Seattle, WA – Barboza w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
2014-05-18 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
2014-05-20 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
2014-05-22 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
2014-05-23 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
2014-06-11 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive w/ Robert Francis
2014-06-16 Toronto, Canada – The Drake Hotel w/ Robert Francis
2014-06-17 Cambridge, MA – Middle East w/ Robert Francis
2014-06-18 New Haven, CT – Café Nine w/ Robert Francis