Josiah and the Bonnevilles are set to take the stage at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels on December 6, with the show scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. The band is the stage name of singer-songwriter Josiah Leming, and the New Braunfels stop comes as the group tours behind its new album, As Is.
The December 6 date is confirmed on an event listing from jambase.com, and the 8 p.m. start time is detailed on a separate ticketing page from eventticketscenter.com. That same listing notes the band is fronted by Leming and describes its sound as indie-folk and Americana. It also points out that Gruene Hall, billed as Texas' oldest dance hall, primarily offers standing room, with only limited first-come, first-served seating available.
A New Album Built on Reflection
Josiah and the Bonnevilles is the stage name Leming adopted after previously recording under his own name, according to his Bandcamp page. His new album, As Is, was produced by Konrad Snyder and Leming himself, and the same source describes the record's central themes as drawing on reflection, resilience, heartbreak and love. The album also features co-writes with Marc Scibilia, Colin Pastore, Jake Finch, Natalie Hemby, Todd Clark and others, per Leming's Bandcamp listing.
As Is was scheduled for release on May 8 through Rounder Records, according to The Bluegrass Situation, which also reports that Leming co-produced the record with Snyder. The outlet notes that Leming recorded under his own name before rebranding as Josiah and the Bonnevilles. A review from Americana Highways characterizes the album's sound as sitting comfortably within the Americana and roots tradition, with understated, organic arrangements, and calls As Is Leming's first full-length release since 2023's Endurance.
Conflicting Accounts of the Album's Origins
Accounts differ on exactly how the ten tracks on As Is were chosen. Americana Highways reports the songs were selected from an astonishing hundred songs written over the past year, while a separate event biography from The Bomb Factory states Leming chose the ten tracks from ninety-six songs written over the preceding year and a half. That same Bomb Factory bio describes the record as Leming's tenth studio album and says it finds him going more electric than ever before.
A Breakout Year on the Road
The New Braunfels stop follows a banner touring stretch for the group. In 2024, Josiah and the Bonnevilles completed a headlining tour of 33 sold-out dates, followed by a run of international shows, according to the same Bomb Factory event page. That page, however, also shows a separate Dallas date for the band marked cancelled, with Max Alan and Brenna MacMillan listed as special guests for that show.
Details on the New Braunfels performance, including the Gruene Hall booking, were first reported by CultureMap San Antonio. Fans in the New Braunfels area looking to catch the band's Americana-leaning live show will want to keep an eye on ticket availability as the December date approaches.
