John Smith The Living Kind

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• John Smith has built a reputation as one of the UKs finest guitarists and songwriters. Steeped in the lineage of British folk and American guitar music, taking his cue from Richard Thompson, John Martyn and Ry Cooder, John has evolved a transatlantic blend of guitar techniques.

  Sometimes using a slide, sometimes with guitar on his lap, sometimes detuning mid-song or pulling subtle expressions out of an array of effect pedals, Smiths obsession with the instrument has made a master of him. Whether by way of album or concert, he leads the listener, enthralled in his presence, on a viscerally emotional journey.

  His new record The Living Kind is the real masterpiece in American atmospherics a true musicians record, produced by Joe Henry, the man responsible for some of the subtlest A