FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACCLAIMED GUITARIST/SONGWRITER JOHN SMITH SHARES PERFORMANCE OF “TRICK OF THE LIGHT” FROM CARTER VINTAGE GUITARS (HERE)
“TRICK OF THE LIGHT” IS FROM JOHN’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM THE LIVING KIND OUT THIS FRIDAY (3/15)
JOHN DISCUSSES GUITAR TECHNIQUES, TUNING, AND HIS NEW MUSIC ON THE MARTY MUSIC YOUTUBE CHANNEL (HERE)
Nashville, TN (March 11th, 2024)- Critically-acclaimed Guitarist/Singer-Songwriter John Smith shares a performance of his song "Trick Of The Light" from Nashville’s legendary Carter Vintage Guitars today. “Trick Of The Light” is from John’s forthcoming album The Living Kind (Thirty Tigers/Commoner Records) set for release this Friday (3/15). The Living Kind is a glorious and contemporary body of work about putting life’s challenges into perspective, and highlights John’s generational guitar talent and unique synthesis of style.
Watch the “Trick of the Light” performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiU5qT5OeVY
“Trick Of The Light” is slated as the fourth single to be shared with the album this Friday. Exploring stages of grief and self-doubt, the song was written by John about cautiously emerging from dark times, looking for the truth and regaining gratitude for life. The song follows John’s previously released single “Candle” which was hailed as “breathtaking” (People.com) along with his title track “The Living Kind” and “The World Turns.” All four songs are included on his forthcoming album.
The Living Kind was recorded entirely live in Maine and produced by Joe Henry (Lisa Hannigan, Rhiannon Giddens, Guy Pearce, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez), with the majority of the songs written on a 1963 Martin 00-18 and 2022 Mulecaster steel guitar.
John joined YouTube Influencer Marty Music to discuss more about his guitar techniques on the new album and his handmade Mule Mulecaster steel guitar sharing, “I discovered them [Mule Guitars] having heard a friend playing one of the resophonic guitars. One day after developing a friendship, the founder sent me one of his Mavis guitars, which are a thin line resophonic guitar and it blew me away…it really suits songwriting. Over half of the new record was written on this.” View more (HERE)
The Living Kind follows John’s previously released album The Fray, which garnered him 110 million streams on Spotify alone and led him to a UK Americana Award nomination for Artist of The Year (2022) and Song of The Year (2022) for his single “Eye to Eye” (John Smith ft. Sarah Jarosz).
Named as “the future of Folk music” by some of the Folk greats including John Martyn, Davey Graham and John Renbourn, John’s music has been featured by Associated Press, No Depression, American Songwriter, Billboard, Acoustic Guitar, The Guardian and more. John recently performed a showcase at Folk Alliance International. He will be kicking off his headlining tour in the UK in April. For a full list of tour dates and more information visit, https://johnsmithjohnsmith.com/.
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