Map Or Direction John Smith has travelled to some far off places for 'Map Or Direction'. Firstly, the southern states of America, then, deep within his own psyche. Both journeys have led to some extraordinary material for this unforeseen release.
John's musical development appeared to be straight forward to some observers: brought up in a household with a soundtrack of blues and classical music, and significantly, records by Messers Renbourn, Jansch and Drake. His debut, neatly blended his early listening and hinted at a burgeoning experimentalist and classic songwriter in the vein of John Martyn, someone he consequently toured alongside.
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