Tommy EmmanuelLiving In The Light tour
More than sixty years into his storied career as one of the modern era’s most accomplished and versatile guitarists, Tommy Emmanuel is still hungry for adventure. Regarded as one of the world’s finest exponents of fingerstyle – a playing technique used particularly on the acoustic guitar – Chet Atkins awarded him the title of Certified Guitar Player (CGP).
More than sixty years into his storied career as one of the modern era’s most accomplished and versatile guitarists, Tommy Emmanuel is still hungry for adventure. Regarded as one of the world’s finest exponents of fingerstyle – a playing technique used particularly on the acoustic guitar – Chet Atkins awarded him the title of Certified Guitar Player (CGP).
Whether performing originals or covers, Tommy Emmanuel’s playing is always brilliant and showcases a vast array of different styles and moods. Breathtaking runs, rhythmic picking, effortless shifts through every key, sometimes loud, sometimes soft and gentle: at time it seems as if several guitars were playing at once, every note oozing with passion. It is not fame, money or recognition that inform this virtuoso’s playing, but his desire to express the full range of human emotion. From deep melancholy to euphoric joie de vivre, he draws his listeners in and keeps them under his spell.
His latest album, Living In The Light, was released in October 2025. Recorded and mixed in just four days, it is easily the most daring – and most rewarding – collection in the Grammy-winner’s remarkable catalogue. The result is a record as exhilarating as it is intimate, a virtuosic blend of acoustic pop, jazz, classical, and roots music. The album radiates the kind of raw, electrifying energy that can only come from an artist operating in complete and total surrender to the moment. While many of the recordings are solo instrumentals, Emmanuel lends his voice to several of the album’s tracks, as well, grounding his dazzling, percussive fretwork with a poignant dose of warmth and vulnerability.
