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Thursday 10 March 2011

[ArtistOTD] John Dignam

Artist: John Dignam
Genre: Fingerstyle/ Acoustic
Location: Swansea, South Wales, UK
Label Type: Unsigned
Website: www.johndignam.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/johndignam
Myspace: www.myspace.com/johndignam






John Dignam is a 21 year old acoustic fingersyle guitarist from Swansea in Wales. Since picking up the guitar at 13 years of age John has gone on to share the stage with some of the world's finest guitarists including the great Tommy Emmanuel, Clive Carroll and Joshco Stephan.John writes his own pieces which can be heard on his debut EP 'Down to earth...'. His original tunes have received airplay on many national radio stations including BBC Radio 2. John has performed throughout the UK and had also ventured in Europe and the USA. Some of his highlights include performances at Tommy Fest UK, Tommy Fest Germany, the London Jazz Festival, the Gower Guitar Festival and the Chet Atkins Apprecation Society in Nashville. John's debut EP can also be purchased from the website or any good download site (Itunes, Amazon, Tesco etc.) Since December 2010 John has also been performing with his 'Electric Trio', which comprises of John on Guitar and Vocal, Huw Rees on Drums, Danny Kilbride on Bass. The John Dignam Trio have been gigging around the Swansea area and plan to record an E.P in the near future.  




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