john b mckenna,

there's not been much homegrown talent featured on this blog yet, time to remedy that. glasgow has produced some of the UK's most exciting acts over the past couple of decades, the late 80s was a boom, and there have been some stand-outs in recent years (franz ferdinand, belle and sebastian,) but there's a fresh batch of glaswegian troubadors that have potential.

john b mckenna plays acoustic indie folk. he's been doing the rounds in glasgow over the last year playing the music pubs and smaller venues like the oran mor, getting some attention. i was introduced to john's music through a friend who knows him and has been to a few of his gigs, i've not yet managed to get along to one but definitely plan on seeing a performance soon. like many blossoming artists, myspace is the hub of his carreer so far. a good amount of tracks are featured, all exhibiting a keen and informed brand of songwriting. my favourite tracks are "tequila and sugar" and "keep me in the dark", the former is found on his self released debut 7" vinyl "my anatomy", available in a couple of glasgow record stores and here.

check out the myspace and a couple of tracks below.

download: john b mckenna - keep me in the dark



download: john b mckenna - a series of predictions