Alex Ritchie has partnered with the A.Skate Foundation for the upcoming Heart Weight EP release. A.skate is a 501c3 non profit that allows children with autism to be part of our social world through skateboarding. A skateboarder since childhood, Ritchie was immediately interested in the cause and has been a volunteer with the organization since 2011. She and A.Skate founder, Crys Worley, became good friends through the skate clinics and Ritchie wanted to give back to a fou

The EP name has been officially announced!!! Alex Ritchie's newest work is called HEART WEIGHT. When asked about the name choice, Ritchie explained, "I wrote this EP as a reflection of some of the hardest times of my life. 2012 was the worst year I've had; it was the year I lost everything. I wrote most of this project with a heavy heart, but it was really theraputic for me. Heart Weight takes its listener from 2012 to now, in 2015. It starts on a sad note but ends on an

I had tried to get the right producer for my EP, and I had always fallen short. Over the course of a year, different producers just never worked out. Doors continued to close, and finally, when all was looking bleak, a night out with an old friend brought me the right one for the job. It really was right place, right time, right person; meeting Stephen was what he and I both call 'DIVINE TIMING.'" I met Stepehen Spencer after going to hang out with a good friend of mine fr