New York, NY (Top40 Charts) JOHNNYSWIM and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors released their collaborative EP Goodbye Road on May 4th, 2018 and hit the road earlier this summer together on the incredibly successful The Goodbye Road Tour. Goodbye Road was written and recorded in the wake of an emotionally-charged year that included the racial assaults in Charlottesville, the heartbreaking attack upon an audience of music fans at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, and the loss of rock & roll icon Tom Petty. Rooted in a mix of acoustic guitars, classic songwriting, upright pianos, ringing reverb, and stacked harmonies, Goodbye Road, which also features Penny & Sparrow, is an album about endings and new beginnings.
The Goodbye Road Tour brought to life the EP's messages of hope and resilience in the face of adversity and loss. All three artists have built their careers on the road, where their best qualities shine the brightest: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors' timeless storytelling through song, Penny & Sparrow's rich, immersive harmonies, and JOHNNYSWIM's rousing Americana and electrifying chemistry.
About Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors: Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors turned a new corner with 2017'sSouvenir, a highly collaborative album that debuted #1 on iTunes and Amazon and garnered acclaim from Rolling Stone, CMT, Entertainment Weekly and more. A road warrior for more than a decade, Holcomb has spent adulthood traveling from place to place with a catalog of vibrant, honest songs that explore the full range of American roots music. Holcomb & crew have appeared at Bonnaroo, Outsidelands, Stagecoach and more, while sharing stages with legendary artists including Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, Ryan Adams, and The Avett Brothers. An Emmy Award-winner, Holcomb has also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and had his music synced in over 75 of TV's most watched shows. Among Holcomb's ambitious projects are his Moon River
Music Festival, an annual event benefitting local and national non-profits and
Magnolia Records, a monthly vinyl subscription service, both curated meticulously by Holcomb himself.
About JOHNNYSWIM: Abner Ramirez and
Amanda Sudano Ramirez make up JOHNNYSWIM. The pair met in Nashville in 2005, instituting a songwriting partnership not long afterward. They clicked together musically and personally, beginning a romantic relationship along with their creative connection. The couple married in 2009 and relocated to Los Angeles. In addition to their latest critically acclaimed album Georgica Pond (Oct 2016), JOHNNYSWIM released their debut full-length Diamonds in 2014 as well as three EPs, a Christmas EP and a live album. They've performed on various television shows including VH1's "You Oughta Know Concert," "The TonightShow starring Jay Leno," "Late Show with
David Letterman," "The Late Late Show with
Craig Ferguson," "Today Show," "Live with
Kelly & Michael," and provided the theme song on HGTV's "Fixer Upper." The duo has also toured extensively including major U.S. festival appearances.
About Penny & Sparrow: Indie folk singer/songwriter duo Penny & Sparrow formed in 2011 while members Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke were living as roommates at the University of
Texas in Austin. The two friends began writing and singing together, creating simple acoustic arrangements and recording on a laptop. Their first effort, a three-song EP called Creature, introduced the warm, sincere balladry that would become their calling card. They released their breakthrough album Let A Lover Drown You in 2015 and their latest release, Wendigo, came out in
September 2017. Over their career, they've earned fans at NPR, Rolling Stone and Noisey among others.
