Editing Josh Ritter (section)

=== 2003–2009: ''Hello Starling'', ''The Animal Years'', and ''The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter'' ===
In 2003, Ritter shared top billing with the [[French Kicks]] at Sepomana, the annual music festival produced by [[WRMC]] 91.1 FM. Ritter and [[Ron Sexsmith]] headlined the Friday night singer-songwriter event at the Hotel Viking at the 2004 [[Newport Folk Festival]]. He also appeared at [[Oxegen 2005]], and has headlined with artists such as [[Joan Baez]], who later released her own version of Ritter's song "Wings" on her album ''[[Dark Chords on a Big Guitar]]''. He was signed by a British label, [[V2 Records]], in 2005 and ''[[Hello Starling]]'' was subsequently re-released. He began performing and touring in a [[Crossover (music)|crossover]] duo with the [[classic]]al violinist [[Hilary Hahn]] in 2005.

In 2006 Ritter released his fourth album ''[[The Animal Years]]''. 2006 also saw the release of Ritter's first full-length live album and DVD ''[[In the Dark – Live at Vicar Street]]'' which was recorded over two nights in May 2006. Ritter released his fifth album, ''[[The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter]]'', in 2007. Both ''The Animal Years'' and ''Historical Conquests'' received a warm critical reception<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/ritterjosh/historicalconquestsofjoshritter?q=josh%20ritter |title=Reviews for The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter by Josh Ritter |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/ritterjosh/animalyears |title=Reviews for The Animal Years by Josh Ritter |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref> with [[Stephen King]] calling ''The Animal Years'' the best album of 2006 in his column for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://ew.com/article/2007/02/01/stephen-kings-top-music-picks-2006/ | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | first=Stephen | last=King | title=Stephen King's top music picks for 2006| date=February 1, 2007}}</ref> In support of ''Historical Conquests'', Ritter appeared as a musical guest on such high-profile television shows as ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' in America and ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'' in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008d3jg |title=BBC Two - Later... with Jools Holland, Series 30, Episode 5 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2007-12-01 |access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref><ref>[http://elbo.ws/video/3rcUsFatXw4/]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401044557/http://elbo.ws/video/3rcUsFatXw4/|date=April 1, 2008}}</ref>

Ritter re-issued his second and third albums, ''[[Golden Age of Radio (album)|Golden Age of Radio]]'' and ''[[Hello Starling]],'' on April 7, 2009 and January 17, 2010, respectively. Each re-issued album was packaged as a two-disc deluxe edition. The deluxe editions contain both the original studio album as well as solo acoustic versions of all the original tracks, live and remixed bonus songs, and never-before-seen photos and artwork. The deluxe editions also feature liner notes written by Ritter fans, including [[Dennis Lehane]] and [[Cameron Crowe]].<ref>[http://www.joshritter.com/news.php?nid=192] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428075852/http://www.joshritter.com/news.php?nid=192|date=April 28, 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://www.joshritter.com/news.php?nid=215] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206161317/http://www.joshritter.com/news.php?nid=215|date=February 6, 2010}}</ref>

In Autumn 2009 Ritter toured with Love Canon String Band, where he reinterpreted his songs with a band composed of banjo, double bass, mandolin and guitar. This tour included three nights in Whelans Dublin, where he performed his albums ''Golden Age of Radio'', ''Hello Starling'', and ''The Animal Years'' in full.<ref>[http://www.joshritter.com/news.php?nid=203] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123194127/http://www.joshritter.com/news.php?nid=203|date=January 23, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Ritter also provided the soundtrack for the documentary film ''[[Typeface (film)|Typeface]]'', by [[Kartemquin Films]].