We hope you can be here on Friday, August 21st at 4:00 PM for a special early release celebration of Alicia’s Witt’s 8th studio album! She’ll be hanging out with us that day for an exciting Q&A moderated by transcendental meditation teacher Donielle Freeberg, of the David Lynch Foundation, plus Witt will be performing and signing copies of her new album, all one week before the official release of Between Heaven & Earth (due out August 28th via Thirty Tigers). You can preorder the new album in the shop or on our website here, for event pickup or you can just grab a copy when you’re here that day. Either way, be here on August 21st to learn more about Witt & her creative process, plus this is your chance to ask two people in the know about late filmmaker David Lynch. After Witt’s Q&A and short performance, she’ll be signing copies of her new album for attendees. This is gonna be a fun time, we hope to see you all here!
Some people change your life in every way that a life can be changed. David Lynch is one of those people.
When Alicia Witt first worked with him at age 7 in his classic Dune (1984) she had no idea what he meant to anyone as a filmmaker, nor that she would work with him 3 more times over the course of his life and that he would become one of her greatest influences. She only knew that she had found a kindred spirit and that she loved him.
Between Heaven & Earth is a tribute to his energy, his legacy, and most of all, his love. When Alicia attended his memorial gathering shortly after his passing in 2025, she was struck by the depth of the relationships in that space. The knowing that if you were loved by David, you stayed loved. As those in the room spoke of their shared experience that David was still among them - directing from beyond - Alicia became ever more aware that she was being encouraged to create an album from this space of eternal unconditional love.
“Use my name,” David whispered. And so it was.
Produced by renowned producer and singer-songwriter Joe Henry (Emmylou Harris; Milk Carton Kids; Bonnie Raitt; Rodney Crowell), Between Heaven & Earth was recorded live in studio in 5 days in New York City in January 2026. Alicia Witt on piano and vocals, accompanied by a band of 5 musicians, take you on a sonic journey that could never be recreated, channeling the energy that was brought together in this moment to honor the immeasurable effect that David Lynch had and still has on the world. He was palpably present in every moment of the making of this album. Between Heaven & Earth takes the listener on a journey to a place where only love is real, hanging suspended amongst the fragments of the day to day life we can see and touch - and another timeline just beyond this one.
Witt has been acting since her debut in David Lynch’s Dune at age 7. She’s spent 4 decades in front of the camera, most recently in 2024’s Longlegs, opposite Nicolas Cage. Her many credits include the films Two Weeks Notice, Mr. Holland’s Opus, and Urban Legend, as well as the television series Orange Is The New Black, The Sopranos, Justified, plus many more. A classically trained pianist, Alicia has been releasing original music since 2009 and has played all around the world.
Joining Witt for a conversation about her new album is Donielle Freeburg. For the first 10 years of her teaching career, Donielle worked with the David Lynch Foundation where she taught Transcendental Meditation (TM) to students, survivors of domestic violence, corporate executives, military veterans, and first responders. She is currently Co-Director of the Nashville TM Center and serves as the Regional Director for the Southeast and Central United States TM Program. She is also the co-host of a podcast called 'The Inner Well', which will be launching in the new year.
We’re excited to host Alicia Witt and Donielle Freeburg at Grimey’s and look forward to celebrating the release of Between Heaven and Earth with her and all of you. See you soon, Nashville!