Renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist, and best‑selling author Josh Ritter releases his new song, “Truth is a Dimension (Both Invisible and Blinding),” today. Listen/share HERE, and watch the lyric video HERE.
The song is the latest unveiled from his anticipated new album, I Believe in You, My Honeydew, out September 12 via Thirty Tigers (pre‑order/pre‑save here).
Of the track, Ritter shares, “I don’t remember writing this song. I hardly ever do. I remember beginning with the daydream of a night drive through the desert. I arrived at a lookout and, here, looking up at the stars from the parking lot of my mind, I caught a glimpse of something thoroughly unexpected. TRUTH revealed itself to me for an instant. The song was done when I woke up from the daydream. I recorded this song in one take. Thanks to Sam Kassirer for realizing that it was the one, and to Rich Hinman for the glorious solo. I released this song previously on an EP, lest something should happen to me and it be forgotten. Now, I’m doing my best to make sure that it won’t.”
In celebration of the new music, Ritter will tour throughout this fall, including newly confirmed solo shows at Los Angeles’ Masonic Lodge, Portland’s The Old Church (two nights), and Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, among others. See below for the complete tour itinerary. Tickets for the new shows will be available for pre‑sale starting tomorrow, July 16, at 10:00 a.m. local time, with general on‑sale following this Friday, July 18, at 10:00 a.m. local time. A portion of the proceeds from pre‑sale tickets sold via joshritter.com will be donated to Immigrant Defense Project. Pre‑sale sign‑up and full details can be found at www.joshritter.com/#tour.
Throughout his decades‑long career, Ritter has established himself as “one of the most perceptive artists making music today” (American Songwriter), releasing twelve albums to date and earning the respect of countless music legends, with artists such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Bob Weir having performed and recorded his songs.
With the release of I Believe in You, My Honeydew, Ritter shares ten new tracks that further demonstrate the insightful and engaging artistry that he’s celebrated for, including “You Won’t Dig My Grave,” which was released last month. Produced by Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim), the new album features Ritter alongside his Royal City Band: Kassirer (piano, organ, synthesizer, accordion), Zachariah Hickman (acoustic and electric bass, thumb piano, mandolin), Rich Hinman (guitars, pedal steel, mandolin), and Ray Rizzo (drums, percussion).
The new project follows Ritter’s 2024 mini‑album, Heaven, or Someplace as Nice, which he recorded with legendary jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, and his acclaimed 2023 full‑length project, Spectral Lines. Of the record, Paste praised, “Josh Ritter is like a more open‑hearted version of Leonard Cohen. His lyrics draw on the divine, but he seems to see a little heaven in all the people around him,” while No Depression declared, “a hopeful tapestry that encourages listeners to sit with each other in introspection, but not to forget to sing along.”
In addition to his work as a musician, Ritter is also a national bestselling author, having released two novels to date: 2011’s Bright’s Passage and 2021’s The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All, for which the film rights have recently been optioned for development. Released to critical attention, Stephen King wrote in The New York Times Book Review that Bright’s Passage “shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime…This is the work of a gifted novelist.”
I BELIEVE IN YOU, MY HONEYDEW — TRACK LIST
You Won’t Dig My Grave
Honeydew (No Light)
Truth is a Dimension (Both Invisible and Blinding)
Noah’s Children
Wild Ways
Thunderbird
Kudzu Vines
I’m Listening
The Wreckage of One Vision of You
The Throne
JOSH RITTER — CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on sale this Friday, July 18, at 10:00 a.m. local time
August 9 — Three Rivers, PEI — Cloggeroo Festival (solo show)
August 10 — Truro, NS — Marigold Cultural Centre (solo show)
August 20 — Westport, CT — Levitt Pavilion*
August 21 — Portland, ME — State Theatre*
August 22 — South Burlington, VT — Higher Ground*
August 23 — Easthampton, MA — Arcadia Folk Festival
August 24 — Lowell, MA — Lowell Summer Music Series*
October 1 — Los Angeles, CA — Masonic Lodge (solo show)
October 7 — Portland, OR — The Old Church (solo show)
October 8 — Portland, OR — The Old Church (solo show)
October 10 — Seattle, WA — St. Mark’s Cathedral (solo show)
October 11 — Moscow, ID — University of Idaho Admin Auditorium (solo show)
November 1 — Rochester, NY — Concerts at Beston Hall
November 2 — Grand Rapids, MI — St. Cecilia Music Center
November 3 — Ann Arbor, MI — The Ark
November 4 — Cincinnati, OH — Taft Theatre
November 6 — St. Louis, MO — The Sovereign
November 7 — Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall
November 8 — Minneapolis, MN — Fitzgerald Theater
November 9 — Des Moines, IA — Hoyt Sherman Place
November 12 — Pittsburgh, PA — Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
November 13 — Washington, D.C. — Lincoln Theatre
November 14 — Philadelphia, PA — Keswick Theatre
November 16 — New York, NY — Brooklyn Steel
*with special guest Bhi Bhiman
