I recently happened across the stylings of Jon Gomm . He seems to be coming on strong and the "reviewers" seem to like what he is doing and I know I like what I discovered.

Jon Gomm is an acoustic guitarist and songwriter with wonderful talent and creativity. He mics up his guitar so that you can hear tiny little scratches and hits to the body. This adds rhythm and strange almost synthesizer sounds at times. Gomm is all over his guitar smacking it up and hammering the fret board with all his fingers. The songs aren’t let down one little bit by all the guitar virtuoso stylings (similar in fashion Kaki King). They only add to the beauty of his music.

Admittedly, I couldn't run out and buy his CD as he is based in the UK... but I did order his CD Hypertension from his website. I'm compulsive that way.

I confess I fell instantly in love with:

* Afterglow
* Waterfall
* Butterfly Hurricane

In the Afterglow link which is a video on youtube you can see how he beats, bangs, and taps his guitar making it sound like he has accompanying musicians, but all the sounds are coming from him! Actually, you can see it in all three youtube links. Enjoy...

Yes, you'll think of August Rush, if you saw that film.

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