On June 17, the Whaling City Sound record label released the 2-Disk Lifeline, a compilation of music recorded by John that spans more than twenty years, from 1999’s Green Street to his most recent recording, 2021’s Serendipity. Throughout this assortment of releases, John has been consistently regaled for his expansiveness, turning heads with his emotive, subtle, grooving, and precise stylistic excursions.

With dazzling guitar playing, notable contributions from the side musicians, creative arrangements, and compositions that are at once sophisticated and memorable, the full scope of John’s instrumental and compositional prowess is on display on this prodigious, varied, and musically rewarding retrospective.