Josh Rouse

Josh Rouse is an American singer and songwriter whose work spans folk, roots rock and classic pop. This concert at The Lantern at Bristol Beacon presents songs from a career that began in 1998.

Josh Rouse is an American singer working in traditional and country music, active since 1998. The career opened with the album Dressed Up Like Nebraska, released that year on Rykodisc. Across more than two decades, the songwriting has drawn on folk, roots rock and classic pop.

The new album, Museums and Women, turns passing encounters, characters and scenes from days on the road into songs with a sense of humour, romance and longing. Made in Nashville with Brad Jones, who has worked with Rouse for many years, it presents a hopeful side of the songwriter, with gentle melodies and detailed stories that repay attentive listening.

The concert, at The Lantern at Bristol Beacon, a venue that hosts concerts and shows in Bristol, centres on this songwriting. It offers understated emotion and a performer who still enjoys playing live.