Singer/songwriter Joshua Radin will make waves with his “Underwater Tour” at The Ridgefield Playhouse

 

               From Ohio via New York and California, Joshua Radin is a uniquely word-of-mouth success story. This singer/songwriter started playing music when he moved to New York City just after attending Northwestern University. Then he bought a guitar and started learning to play his favorite Beatles and Bob Dylan tunes. This artist’s alternative route to prominence began when his sitcom star friend Zack Braff gave Joshua’s demo featuring his very first composition, “Winter", to a TV producer -- who promptly used it to score a scene of the sitcom Scrubs in 2004. Joshua Radin will be in concert with his new “Underwater Tour” at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Wednesday, July 25, at 8 p.m. playing his chart-topping hits that include “Winter”, “We Were Here”, "I'd Rather Be With You" and “Simple Times”. Radin’s latest album, Underwater Tour, is being released this month.  Special guests are Tristan Prettyman, a California singer/songwriter, former model and surfing enthusiast, who has five albums to her credit including Twentythree and Hello…x, and also Scars on 45, an English indie rock band whose first full length studio album, Scars on 45, was released this past April 2012. Toscana Ristorante (43 Danbury Rd., Ridgefield) is offering a free glass of house wine with dinner the night of the show when tickets are shown. This event is part of the Doyle Coffin Architecture Singer/Songwriter Series with media sponsor WFUV 90.7fm.

                           Hollywood types have found Joshua Radin’s music to be refreshingly evocative which has led to Radin’s songs being heard more than 100 times on TV shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters and American Idol as well as in many films and commercials. Critics have praised Radin's "whispery, silver-bell voice" and his "poignant and refreshingly frank” themes. In the the UK, Radin’s single "I'd Rather Be With You" shot to #2 on the radio charts. This past year Radin released The Rock and The Tide produced by Martin Terefe (Cat Stevens, Ron Sexmith). Joshua has appeared on Ellen, the Today Show and Conan O'Brian.

                “It's just the greatest music. He's a really talented guy. He's like the new Paul Simon,” raved Scrubs star Zach Braff of Joshua Radin whose debut album We Were Here, drew critical acclaim and a four-star review from Rolling Stone.

                       For tickets ($28), call or visit the box office at The Ridgefield Playhouse, (203) 438-5795. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT; ridgefieldplayhouse.org.