Archive - Josh Ritter's Book of Jubilations

Songs I Woke Up With in My Head. Week Three.

A very orchestrated, weirdly musicals-heavy, week of mornings. I stand behind all of these and I hope that they bring you joy.

Aug 24 •

Avi Loeb & Josh Ritter

On Matt Whyte’s incredible Sing for Science podcast

Aug 21 •

Hell Yes, I Write Sonnets Sometimes

Aug 20 •

Noah’s Children

The melody and rhyme structure for “Noah’s Children” had existed in my mind for years before I wrote the song in its finished form.

Aug 18 •

Haven’t forgotten the words yet!

Aug 16 •

Songs I woke up with in my head, week 2

George Costanza?

Aug 12 •

Poem, song, canvas, novel: it all starts as a chunk of rough stone.

Aug 11 •

Hell Yes, I Write Sonnets Sometimes When I’m Waiting in Lines.

Gotta entertain myself, don’t I?

Aug 9 •

William Least Heat Moon’s 1982 travelogue prepared me for the uncertainty and joys of living on the road.

Aug 5 •

SONGS IN MY HEAD WHEN I WOKE UP WITH THIS WEEK

An Ongoing Playlist of the Songs that Get Stuck in My Head

Aug 1 •

July 2025

I wrote "To the Dogs or Whoever" using a method I call The Iris.

The songs are in the air.

Jul 31 •

New Substack: Book of Jubilations

There is so much that I haven’t told you.

Jul 30 •

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