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Another Country with Ricky Ross

Music: Country: Experimental & New

Ricky Ross enters the landscape of Americana and alternative country

Ricky Ross enters the musical landscape of Americana and alternative country. Featuring new and classic tracks, with Ricky taking a closer look at the stories behind the songs

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Another Country with Ricky Ross: Josh Ritter

Josh Ritter and Ricky Ross

22/11/2013

Josh Ritter

BBC Radio Scotland - Another Country with Ricky Ross, Josh Ritter

Ricky Ross talks to American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter.

Ricky Ross has an interview with American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, plus he selects music to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy.

New & classic Americana and alt country including an interview with American singer-songwritter Josh Ritter. He talks about how Bob Dylan inspired him to pick up a guitar, the impact Gillian Welch made on his music and the break-up of his marriage that became the subject of his new album.

Exactly 50 years ago tonight John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Ricky looks at the music that was in the country chart in November 1963 and plays some of the artists that subsequently recorded songs about the death of the President. Featuring The Byrds, Emmylou Harris, Okkervil River, Son House and Buck Owens.

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