Listen to two new songs by Josh Ritter, get details on his Keswick Theatre show this spring

Singer-songwriter fave Josh Ritter is back this year with his eleventh studio LP and first since the before times.

Ritter will release the ten-song Spectral Lines on April 28th via the Thirty Tigers label, and he announced it today with a long-form music video for two of those songs: the pensive, ambient-flecked opener “Sawgrass” into the crunchy rocker “For Your Soul.” In a press release, Ritter says the project is a dedication to his late mother and an exploration of “life’s most universal ideas—love, devotion and what it means to be connected, to both each other and to ourselves.”

Along with the album news, Ritter announced his 2023 tour schedule today: a short run of solo dates in the winter, followed by a longer outing with his Royal City Band in May after the album releases. He’ll be in the Philly area on May 18th to play the Keswick Theatre. Get tickets and more information on the show at WXPN’s Concerts and Events page and find his full tour itinerary below, along with the “Sawgrass” and “For Your Soul” video.

Tour Dates
March 2—Grand Rapids, MI—St. Cecilia Music Center*
March 3—Cleveland, OH—Music Box*
March 4—Buffalo, NY—Asbury Hall*
March 5—Albany, NY—The Egg*
May 5—Woodstock, NY—Levon Helm Studios+
May 6—Reading, PA—Miller Center for the Arts+
May 7—Norfolk, VA—Arts Festival+
May 8—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater+
May 10—Munhall, PA—Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead+
May 12—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall+
May 13—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium+
May 14—Atlanta, GA—Variety Theater+
May 16—Durham, NC—Carolina Theatre+
May 17—Washington, DC—Lincoln Theatre+
May 18—Glenside, PA—Keswick Theatre+
May 19—Boston, MA—House of Blues+
May 20—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre+

*Josh Ritter solo acoustic
+Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band