Chicago-based singer-songwriter John McDonough has been carefully crafting his own original sound for more than two decades having performed for twenty-five years in Austin, Texas.
After retiring from psychotherapy in 2011, he’s been on a bountiful journey of sharing his own sonic vision via multiple well-received studio releases and countless live performances at all kinds of venues, touring all over the USA, playing eleven festivals and several appearances on local and national radio stations.
Unveiling his sonic offering in 2014, he released his debut album Dreams and Imagination, followed by his sophomore record Surrounding Colors two years later and Can You See Me Now in 2019. Receiving critical acclaim and extensive radio support for his first three full-length releases, in 2021 he realised his dream of creating an LP of acoustic songs with the ten-track album Second Chances which featured new acoustic renditions of songs from his other releases.
This year he shared his first EP in June titled We’ll Answer The Call and brings us the closing track and third single from the release with the song “Point Me East”. Laying down his accomplished guitar performance to provide a delicate backing, his graceful and smokey vocal delivery offers heartwarming melodic leads carrying his beautifully poignant lyricism to paint a picture that transports you to calm and reflective place.
With a nostalgic sound filtered through his own sepia-toned musical lens, on “Point Me East” John McDonough demonstrates his elegant and timeless songwriting, his assured vocal work and skilful musicianship.
Commenting on the context of the song, he shares, “Point Me East is sung from the point of view of the Husky Clipper, the eight-man racing shell used to win gold in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. The fully restored shell, on display at the University of Washington Shell House, provides inspiration for generations past and present.”
Listen to Point Me East below
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