Josh Rouse + Kathryn Williams

Hailed by NPR as “one of contemporary music’s most engaging singer-songwriters,” Rouse first emerged with his stunning 1998 debut, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, which Billboard proclaimed to be a “dark horse gem.” In the years to come, he would go on to release thirteen more critically acclaimed albums, homing in on a warm, ruminative sound that fused elements of vintage folk, roots rock, and AM pop with a distinctly modern and emotionally insightful perspective.

Q Magazine called his 2003 breakout release, 1972, “the most intimate record of the year,” while Rolling Stone dubbed his follow-up, Nashville, “a landmark album,” and Entertainment Weekly described 2013’s The Happiness Waltz as “a big contender for Rouse’s best work.”

After moving to Spain, where he lived for a little more than a decade, Rouse won a Goya — the Spanish equivalent of an Oscar — for his song “Do You Really Want To Be In Love,” and since returning to Nashville in 2018 with his wife and children, has continued to tour and record at a relentless clip, performing everywhere from Glastonbury to Massey Hall. Rouse will launch his tour in support of Museums and Women in Los Angeles on October 14th, supporting Peter Bjorn and John.