Blues-rock guitarist Jack J Hutchinson plays an in-store set at Empire Records to launch his new album 'Soul Believer'.
Jack J Hutchinson plays an in-store set at Empire Records on Saturday 23 January, one day after his new album, Soul Believer, comes out. It's part of the record's launch tour, and the timing is as close as it gets: the album drops on the 22nd, and he's in the shop the next day.
Hutchinson is a blues-rock guitarist, and Soul Believer is his latest. The tour has already taken him through a support run with the legendary Robin Trower, which included his biggest London show to date at Shepherd's Bush Empire, followed by a headline tour with Greg Smith on bass and Connor Byrne on drums. This in-store is one of a run of acoustic dates that leads up to an album launch at O2 Academy Islington.
One of the songs you'll likely hear is 'Solar Fire', the album's third single, which he co-wrote with producer Josiah J Manning and recorded with Billy Hammett on drums. He describes it as combining hard rock riffs with the melodic power of bands like the Beatles and The Jam, an approach he says came from watching FM draw crowds night after night. His previous single, 'Rise Again', made it into Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week.
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Empire Records is an independent shop in St Albans, stocking new and second-hand vinyl and CDs across plenty of genres, and it takes part in Record Store Day. You'll find it at 21 Heritage Close, AL3 4EB, just off the High Street. The set is on Saturday 23 January, with the time still to be confirmed.
