Josh Ritter Announces New Album ‘Fever Breaks,’ Shares Single & Details Tour

  • Jan 29, 2019
  • 8:39 am PST
  • Jeffrey Greenblatt
Josh Ritter

 Photo by David McClister

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Josh Ritter will release his 10th studio album Fever Breaks on April 26 via Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers. The singer-songwriter has shared the LP’s lead single “Old Black Magic.”

Jason Isbell produced the 10-track effort, which was recorded in Nashville at the historic RCA Studio A and features Ritter being backed by Isbell’s band the 400 Unit. Ritter shared the following with Rolling Stone about the album:

“The songs are very reflective of the times in which they were written. As we started coming together and playing, the songs that felt like they were gonna work really jumped out as obvious. From there on, after we recorded in August [2018] we had this really nice time to stop and listen and let the songs marinate a little bit. In that time, the world has just become even crazier. There’s a lot of the record that feels reflective of the moment it was in.”

In addition to the album reveal, Ritter has detailed a North American tour with his longtime backing band The Royal City Band. Tickets for the entire run go on sale on Friday, February 1 at 10 a.m. local time. Listen to “Old Black Magic” below:

Fever Breaks Tracklist

  1. Ground Don’t Want Me
  2. Old Black Magic
  3. On The Water
  4. I Still Love You (Now and Then)
  5. The Torch Committee
  6. Silverblade
  7. All Some Kind of Dream
  8. Losing Battles
  9. A New Man
  10. Blazing Highway Home

    11. Tour Dates for
    Josh Ritter

    • Apr
      20
      2019
      • New York City, NY

      Chris Thile at Town Hall 

      Josh RitterCecile McLorin Salvant
    • May
      8
      2019
      • Toronto, Canada

      Josh Ritter at The Danforth Music Hall Theatre 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      9
      2019
      • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

      Josh Ritter at L’Astral 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      10
      2019
      • Northampton, MA

      Josh Ritter at Calvin Theater 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      11
      2019
      • Boston, MA

      Josh Ritter at The Wilbur 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      12
      2019
      • Boston, MA

      Josh Ritter at The Wilbur 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      14
      2019
      • Glenside, PA

      Josh Ritter at Keswick Theatre 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      16
      2019
      • Pittsburgh, PA

      Josh Ritter at Carnegie Of Homestead Music Hall 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      17
      2019
      • Washington, DC

      Josh Ritter at Lincoln Theatre 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      18
      2019
      • Charlottesville, VA

      Josh Ritter at Jefferson Theater 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      19
      2019
      • Atlanta, GA

      Josh Ritter at Variety Playhouse 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      21
      2019
      • Cincinnati, OH

      Josh Ritter at Taft Theatre 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      22
      2019
      • Chicago, IL

      Josh Ritter at The Vic Theatre 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • May
      23
      2019
      • Detroit, MI

      Josh Ritter at Majestic Theatre [Detroit] 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • Jun
      14
      2019
      • Houston, TX

      Josh Ritter at The Heights Theater 

      Amanda Shires
    • Jun
      15
      2019
      • Austin, TX

      Josh Ritter at Paramount Theatre [Austin] 

      Amanda Shires
    • Jun
      16
      2019
      • Oklahoma City, OK

      Josh Ritter at Tower Theatre 

    • Jun
      20
      2019
      • Boise, ID

      Josh Ritter at Egyptian Theater 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • Jun
      21
      2019
      • Spokane, WA

      Josh Ritter at Knitting Factory Concert House 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • Jun
      22
      2019
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

      Josh Ritter at The Vogue Theater 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • Jun
      23
      2019
      • Seattle, WA

      Josh Ritter at Moore Theatre 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • Jun
      25
      2019
      • Portland, OR

      Josh Ritter at Revolution Hall 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • Jun
      26
      2019
      • Portland, OR

      Josh Ritter at Revolution Hall 

    • Jun
      28
      2019
      • Oakland, CA

      Josh Ritter at Fox Theater 

      Penny & Sparrow
    • Jun
      29
      2019
      • Los Angeles, CA

      Josh Ritter at The Theatre at Ace Hotel 

      Penny & Sparrow
      • Big Sky, MT 59716
      • United States
      Aug
      16
      2019
      • Big Sky, MT
      • 2 days • Aug 16 - 17, 2019

      Josh Ritter at Moonlight Musicfest 

      Blackberry SmokeTrampled By TurtlesThe Record Company
      • Lyons, CO 80540
      • United States
      Aug
      18
      2019
      • Lyons, CO
      • 3 days • Aug 16 - 18, 2019

      Josh Ritter at Folks Festival 

      Ben FoldsSt. Paul and The Broken BonesAni DiFranco
    • Aug
      20
      2019
      • Omaha, NE

      Josh Ritter at Slowdown 

    • Aug
      21
      2019
      • Kansas City, MO

      Josh Ritter at Madrid Theater 

    • Aug
      22
      2019
      • St. Louis, MO

      Josh Ritter at The Pageant 

    • Aug
      23
      2019
      • Bloomington, IL

      Josh Ritter at Castle Theatre 

      • 150 River St
      • Chattanooga, TN 37405
      • United States
      Sep
      7
      2019
      • Chattanooga, TN
      • 2 days • Sep 7 - 8, 2019

      Josh Ritter at Moon River Music Festival 

      Jason Isbell and The 400 UnitBrandi CarlileDrew Holcomb and the Neighbors

      Exact performance date not yet confirmed.

    • Sep
      21
      2019
      • New York City, NY

      Josh Ritter at Beacon Theatre 

      Amanda Shires
    • Sep
      26
      2019
      • Durham, NC

      Josh Ritter at Carolina Theatre 

      Amanda Shires
    • Sep
      27
      2019
      • Asheville, NC

      Josh Ritter at The Orange Peel 

      Amanda Shires
    • Sep
      28
      2019
      • Nashville, TN

      Josh Ritter at Ryman Auditorium