John Smith. Emerging from the quintessentially English plains of Devon but resident on the banks of the Merseysippi in Liverpool for seven years, John Smith’s dazzlingly accomplished folk vignettes have been met with waves of applause wherever he’s stopped off, having supported and learned from John Martyn for the past 18 months, as well as playing countless shows under his own steam. Already described by folk giant John Renbourn as "the future of acoustic guitar music", make your own mind up when he comes to the Star and Shadow