Josh Ritter brings a wintry serenade to Lawrence

As we mentioned back in November, Americana folk hero Josh Ritter will be hitting the Liberty Hall stage in Lawrence next week. Ritter’s latest album, So Runs the World Away, has garnered critical acclaim and seen an impressive amount of television and movie soundtrack time. He’s also reissuing his 2006 album, The Animal Years, on vinyl three days before the Liberty Hall show. The rerelease includes an acoustic CD version of the album plus B-sides and music videos.

In tow for the show are his long-standing bandmates, The Royal City Band, and special guest Scott Hutchinson, lead singer of the Scottish rock band Frightened Rabbit (whose album The Winter of Mixed Drinks was on my personal “Top 10 Albums of 2010” list).