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Live at The Branch: John Emil
Join us at The Branch on Wednesday, September 3rd for a mini-concert featuring John Emil.
John Emil, an accomplished singer/songwriter, guitarist, and a master of slide guitar, has delivered show-stopping performances across the United States and United Kingdom. His notable appearances include major festivals such as the Atlanta Blues and Bluegrass Fest, Leek Blues & Americana Festival UK, Abber Jazz & Blues Fest Wales UK, and Garden & Gun Festival. His expanding repertoire of prestigious venues spans from the historic Coister Ballroom at Sea Island GA, where he opened for The Steep Canyon Rangers, to the elegant Boston Library Courtyard as part of the City of Boston Summer Concert Series.
Equally adept with the acoustic Hawaiian lap steel guitar and Dobro, fans hear haunting, subtle hints of Delta bluesmen Son House and Blind Willie Johnson, but John Emil ultimately creates a unique style all his own by integrating country blues, folk and bluegrass sounds into his repertoire.
His international reach extends throughout the UK music scene, with acclaimed performances at venerable venues including The Howlin Wolf Club in Glasgow, Scotland, Mrs Yarringtons Music Club in Battle, and the Going Up The Country Blues and Roots Club in Worthenbury, Wales. Domestically, he’s graced stages from Smiths Olde Bar in Atlanta to intimate settings like the Howard County Historical Society Concert series in Maryland.
Routinely taking the lost art of slide guitar in a new direction, John has composed a wealth of slide guitar tracks for media production libraries. His instrumental tracks have been published by LA Post Music Los Angeles, Songs to Your Eyes Los Angeles and Strange Fruit South Africa. John became the first American musician to be published by London’s KPM/EMI, one of the world’s largest production libraries. Among the many television and cable network shows John has supplied music for NBC’s Dateline, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, American Pickers, and several international wildlife and nature documentaries.