FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2017
Door Community Auditorium
3926 Hwy. 42 • PO Box 397
Fish Creek, WI 54212-0397
Fish Creek, WI 54212-0397
(920) 868-2728
DCA Presents Songwriter
Double Bill July 15: Josh Ritter and Brett Dennen
On Saturday,
July 15, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present two extraordinary singer-songwriters,
Josh Ritter and Brett Dennen. Ritter and Dennen, who have never appeared in
Door County before, will take the stage at 8 p.m., performing separately in
double-bill concert format.
Beloved by fans
worldwide for his ebullient performances and inventive songwriting, Idaho
native Josh Ritter has released seven albums over the course of his career.
They’ve drawn acclaim from fans, critics, and fellow writers alike—novelist
Stephen King called Ritter’s landmark album “The Animal Years” “the most
exuberant outburst of imagery since Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.’”
The New York
Times calls Josh Ritter “a slinger of serious ideas and high-flown imagery.”
Ritter is
joined at DCA by folk-pop songwriter Brett Dennen, who honed his craft at
summer camps in the Sierra Nevada foothills. With a knack for hooky melodies
and joyful lyrics, Dennen has made a name for himself nationwide. He is fresh
off the May release of “Por Favor,” an intimate and revealing new album produced
by Dave Cobb, fresh off his Grammy-winning work with Chris Stapleton and Jason
Isbell.
According to
NPR, Dennen is “capable of cranking out big, beautiful pop songs … [capturing] both
the ornate and the simple.” Paste Magaazine agrees, writing that Dennen creates
“nimble grooves, creamy choruses, and vocal performances of immediacy and
genuine feeling … carefree soulfulness that recalls Van Morrison.”
The July 15
concert is made possible with support from major sponsors Al Johnson’s
Restaurant & Butik, Bob and Paula Cummings, and Peninsula Pulse.
Josh Ritter and
Brett Dennen will perform at DCA at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 15. Tickets for
the concert range from $35 to $65. Advance reservations are recommended and can
be made through the DCA box office, located at 3926 Highway 42 in Fish
Creek. The box office is open Monday-Friday, 12:00-5:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in person, on the phone at (920)
868-2728, or online at www.dcauditorium.org.
