Something beautifully authentic, a project that feels like a timeless, meaningful and honest collection of Folk to Americana songs – acoustically guided stories from a life-lived with passion and purpose. Australian songwriter and artist Kevin Johnson captures the very best of his lifelong commitment to music, with the 22 divine songs of Kevin Johnson the Classic Collection.
As an introduction to this album, we get a song that sets the bar exceedingly high. Johnson instantly transports us, presenting a nostalgic and raspy vocal, and a song that evolves from purely acoustic to something more softly anthemic – a style inspired perhaps from Neil Young to the Eagles, but ultimately his own, in both topic and tone.
Rock & Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life is a renowned indie hit, and notes over 4 millions streams on Spotify alone. It’s a sensational original song, and it introduces the storytelling and reflective poetry of this album perfectly well.
The gentle fingerpicking and emotional poignancy of Shaney captivates intensely afterwards, and throughout the alum, we back and forth between these intimate acoustic arrangements, and many more upbeat and impassioned ones. Life At The Crossroads is a rather euphoric ode to that latter sentiment; a provocative and powerful listen. In reality though, there’s so much to appreciate and escape into, throughout the tracks of this sublime and classic collection.
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