Deep-Tissue Guitar Show with John Hildreth
Venue: River City Distillery, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: John Hildreth
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free

Description:
River City Distillery presents a Deep-Tissue Guitar Show with John Hildreth on Saturday, April 11, 2026.

John's captivating acoustic style features tapping, popping, slapping, finger-picking and wacka-wacka technique through original songs and covers by Michael Hedges, Richard Thompson, Bruce Cockburn and Kaki King.

John Hildreth is a guitarist, pianist and multi-instrumentalist that is based in Southwest Virginia performing throughout the New River Valley and beyond. His live shows combine virtuoso, aggressive acoustic deep-tissue and finger-style guitar with folk, rock, pop and 80s cover songs and eclectic originals.

John crafts songs about wild places, ghosts, and the liminal heart, with echoes of Michael Hedges, Bruce Hornsby, and Joni Mitchell.

John is classically trained in guitar and composition, and holds a Master of Arts in Music. His style is sometimes called ‘deep-tissue guitar,’ at points combining acoustic, world, jazz, rock, traditional, Americana and classical genres. In addition to the acoustic guitar, you may also see him playing electric guitar, Spanish/classical guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, piano or melodica.

John is also a studied composer of solo, chamber and electro-acoustic music. His compositions and arrangements have been performed in the United States, Canada and Europe.

In addition to solo performances, he also tours and performs with contra dance band Dot Dot Dash as well as The Completely Smashed Irish Band.

Links:

• https://www.johnhildrethguitar.com
• https://www.facebook.com/johnhildrethmusic/
• https://www.reverbnation.com/johnhildreth
• https://www.instagram.com/thejohnhildreth/

River City Distillery is located at 305 West Main Street in Radford, VA.

For more information, visit: http://river-city-distillery.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/RCDistillery or https://www.facebook.com/events/1601953097731359 or https://www.instagram.com/rivercitydistillery/ or call 540-200-8177.

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