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For Immediate Release: New Music Just in Time for The Holidays!
New Jersey Musician John Sheehan Releases a Highly Acclaimed New
Guitar CD - Instrumental Solo Christmas Guitar


New Jersey-based musician John Sheehan (http://www.johnsheehan.net)
has just released his long-awaited holiday album
entitled, "Instrumental Solo Christmas Guitar", a collection of 10
Christmas classics. The songs on this new CD are arranged in
the "Dedicated Finger Style" that has long marked Sheehan's
recording career and the performance is already winning praise from
near and far.

Acoustic Guitar Workshop from the United Kingdom has said, "...the
arrangements deftly weave the traditional elements of the songs with
John's imaginative rhythmic and melodic excursions."

The songs included on the CD are instrumental guitar takes on many
well-known and beloved classics from the holiday including: a unique
12/8 meter bluesy Silent Night, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Jingle
Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, O Come O come
Emmanuel, and What Child Is This?

John Sheehan is a composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from
Ringwood, New Jersey. Sincere listeners of his music have compared
him to such diverse artists as Leo Kottke, Jorma Kaukonen, Mark
Knophler, Michael Hedges, John Prine, Steve Earle, and Jimmy
Buffett. John points to J.S. Bach and John Fahey as to having the
most musical influence on his refined and distinctive playing style.
He has shared the stage with guitar greats Tal Farlow, Jorma
Kaukonen, Tom Doyle, John Renbourne, and Adrian Legge; as well as
singer-songwriters Chris Smithers, Jonathan Edwards, Greg Brown and
Slaid Cleaves.

"On the Northeastern folk circuit, guitarist John Sheehan
establishes himself as an independent thinker and a rugged
individualist who champions finger-style techniques," remarked
Robert Hicks of the All Music guide/Bergen Record. John's guitar
instrumentals are steeped in the traditions of European classical
and American contemporary styles.

Instrumental Solo Christmas Guitar is John Sheehan's fourth full-
length independent release.

This CD will make a great holiday gift and fans can purchase a copy
and listen to samples tracks at John's online CD store at:

http://www.johnsheehan.net/CD%20Order%20Info.htm

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