Jon Gomm - LEEDS

Yorkshire based Jon Gomm is an acoustic singer-songwriter with a revolutionary virtuoso guitar style, using one humble acoustic guitar to create drums, basslines & twisting melodies all at the same time, while never overpowering the soulful vocals or the songwriting, influenced by everything from Radiohead to Robert Johnson. His shows are deeply personal, emotive performances with an unforgettable physical & complex playing producing sounds barely believable from a guitar, which saw him voted Best Acoustic Guitarist In The World in 2020.

At four he learnt to play the guitar, wrote his first song at six and accompanied his father, a music critic, to gigs. Artists often stayed at the Gomm house on the condition Jon would get a guitar lesson, leading to personal tuition from legends like BB King and Jack Bruce (Cream).

In 2012 his song Passionflower went viral, and national TV appearances in the UK, Europe and Americas followed. A fiercely independent artist, with no mainstream industry support, using social media networks for promotion, he has defied the odds with a huge fanbase resulting in headline tours on five continents.

"Wonderful guitar playing. An all-round genius" - Stephen Fry

"Once you get over the jaw dropping manoeuvres and technique, you will be rewarded with some spectacularly beautiful songs" - Blues & Soul magazine

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