Photo credit: Elizabeth Gomm
Jon Gomm has embarked on an extensive UK/Eire tour in support of his ‘Faintest Idea’ album released in late 2020 via KScope. An album which showcased his incredible percussive fingerstyle acoustic guitar dexterity and his equally impressive skills as a singer and songwriter. With dates stretching into December there’s plenty of opportunity to catch Jon in full flow, which I’m guessing will be guaranteed to send some budding guitarists back to the practice room, while others take up drums. A list of upcoming dates and a little more about Jon Gomm follows:
Faintest Idea UK/Eire Tour
Oct 2021
8 – Haverhill, Arts Centre
9 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
10 – York, Crescent
15 – Trowbridge, Emmanuel’s Yard
16 – Swansea, Sin City
17 – Cardiff, The Globe
21 – Bristol, Thekla
22 – Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
23 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
29 – Huddersfield, The Parish pub
30 – Glasgow, Oran Mor
31 – Newcastle, Cluny
Nov 2021
4 – Liverpool, The Leaf Café
5 – Blackpool, Bootleg Social
6 – Preston, The Ferret
13 – Guildford, Boileroom
14 – Southampton, Joiners
15 – Brighton, Komedia
27 – London, Bush Hall
Dec 2021
4 – Manchester, The Bread Shed
5 – Leeds, Brudenell Social
16 – Runcorn, Brindley Theatre
Jon Gomm has long been known as a guitar-playing pioneer, using a Michael Hedges-inspired brand of percussive fingerstyle wizardry as the backdrop to his songwriting. While you - yes, you - clock up millions of hours sat on your posterior in front of Netflix, you can be certain that Jon Gomm is putting in the equivalent practising. I suspect he even practises while having a wee, but let’s not linger on how that might work. Anyway, as your teachers always told you, practise pays off and everything about Jon Gomm’s playing is flawless on his latest record, The Faintest Idea. While similarly gifted artists like Newton Faulkner have successfully crossed over into the mainstream, Gomm has gathered his successes more quietly, remaining fiercely independent (this is the first of his albums not to be self-released) and retaining the respect of his peers while still winning thousands of fans around the world.