Josh Radnor with Michaela Anne at Woodward Theater – Cincinnati, OH
Get your tickets to see Josh Radnor with Michaela Anne in Cincinnati, OH. Happening on Friday, May 9, 2025 at Woodward Theater. Doors open at 8:00 PM.
In early 2022, exiled from his Los Angeles home and reeling from an intense breakup, actor-writer-director-songwriter Josh Radnor sought refuge in close friends and good music. He drove to Nashville, Tennessee with his dog, Nelson, and roughly fifty original songs in tow. There, despite the heartache that initially led him South, Radnor found deep peace, immersing himself in what would eventually become his debut solo album, Eulogy: Volume I + II. The process of sifting through the emotional complexities of love, loss, death, identity, grief, and redemption grew into a powerful outlet for healing. It also resulted in twenty-three beautifully minimal, meditative, and stirring folk-Americana tracksa double-album debut, now available via all streaming platforms.ulogy: Volume I + II are gardens of carefully chiseled gravestonesa moment of respite in a frantic, overwhelming world. Produced and engineered by Nashville friends Jeremiah Dunlap, Cory Quintard, and Kyle Cox, the albums dozen original tracks exude the unquestionable sturdiness characteristic of classic Americanathese songs tell you stories, make you stomp, and break your heart. Simple, anthemic melodies are laced with electronic elements and idiosyncratic twists, drawing comparisons to 1960s Laurel Canyon artists as well as modern folk acts like Edward Sharpe At some point in the writing process, I realized that each track on this album is, in one way or another, about death, Radnor says. If not a literal death, then a metaphorical one. I was using these songs to honorand then buryparts of myself that were no longer serving me. The album is a song cycle of mini-funerals.Radnors grounded and intimate songwriting style blends the timeless art of existential questioning with relatable, down-to-earth narratives, in the vein of acts like Nick Drake, Alexi Murdoch, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. Spanning the spectrum of human emotionfrom rage to joy, grief to hopethe tracks seem to speak to one another like bodies in a room, alternately concealing, revealing, or connecting various thematic threads. Backed by sometimes rowdy, sometimes sparse instrumentation, theres an alluring sense of vulnerability woven throughout the album, each track well-attuned to the emotion that sparked its creation. All my work is a process of storytelling, in one form or another, says Radnor. After spending so much of my career telling stories that last ninety minutes or nine years, Im finding some real joy these days in being more economical, telling three to four-minute stories.Songwriting is nothing new to Radnor, who began making music in 2013 with friend and celebrated Aussie artist, Ben Lee. The pair released two albums as Radnor a self-titled debut in 2017, followed by sophomore album Golden State in 2020and toured the U.S. together, playing small local venues as well as international gigs in Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. Bolstered by the crowd response to Radnor ll Let You Go, via Flower Moon Records. The songs were produced by Ryan Dilmore and praised by American Songwriter for their sincerity, clever craftsmanship and certain purity. The EP also showcased Radnors emotionally-rich, unassuming vocal style and talent for nuanced reflections on life in the guise of relatable, human stories.
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