A Johnnyswim Christmas Coming

“A JOHNNYSWIM CHRISTMAS TOUR”
CONFIRMED FOR THIS DECEMBER

A JOHNNYSWIM CHRISTMAS EP SET FOR
DIGITAL-ONLY RELEASE NOVEMBER 11

DEBUT LP DIAMONDS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE
WIDESPREAD CRITICAL ACCLAIM

To celebrate the release of their upcoming EP A JOHNNYSWIM Christmas, due November 11 via Big Picnic Records, the husband-and-wife team will kick off the “A JOHNNYSWIM Christmas Tour” this December, including two nights in Nashville, Chicago and New York City. The duo have been touring non-stop since the release of their debut full-length Diamonds including stops at New Orleans Jazz Fest, Firefly Festival, Forecastle Festival, Lollapalooza, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Of their live show, Entertainment Weekly hails they’re “a roaring good time…As lovely as they are talented,” while Billboard adds, “We fell in love with them musically, personally, everything.”

The A JOHNNYSWIM Christmas EP was produced by JOHNNYSWIM’s Abner Ramirez and will feature five holiday classics (including one live, acoustic recording) and one original tune.

JOHNNYSWIM, who were selected as the first-ever Vh1 You Oughta Know + artist, continue to receive widespread critical acclaim for Diamonds, which debuted at #1 on iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart, #10 overall, and top 30 on the Billboard 200 Chart. They were featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” (http://n.pr/1hKNYzV), played a NPR “Tiny Desk Concert” (http://n.pr/1nXPfsH), performed their single “Home” on “The Late Show with David Letterman” (http://youtu.be/72BiiNXhjRY) as well as Vh1’s “Big Morning Buzz Live” (http://on.vh1.com/1ruJlDQ). Watch the video for “Home” here: http://bit.ly/1ruJHdx.

Amanda Sudano-Ramirez and Abner make up JOHNNYSWIM. Amanda was exposed to music at a young age with musicians as parents, while Abner studied music at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in his native Jacksonville, Florida. The two met in 2006 and started collaborating musically after discovering their similar influences of folk, soul and rock. Since then, they’ve relocated to Los Angeles, released two critically lauded EPs and performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Live from Daryl’s House” and “Today Show.” The duo has toured extensively including stops at SXSW, Spoleto Festival, Bonnaroo and a support slots for Emeli Sandé, Aloe Blacc and Feist.

A JOHNNYSWIM Christmas Track Listing
1. Christmas Day (Original song)
2. Christmas Waltz
3. Christmas Time is Here (Interlude)
4. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
5. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
6. O Come All Ye Faithful
7. What Are You Doing New Years Eve (Live)

JOHNNYSWIM TOUR DATES
October 14 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
October 16 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
October 20 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
December 1-2 Nashville, TN City Winery
December 3 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
December 4 Waco, TX Baylor University*
December 5 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
December 7 Charleston, SC Garden & Gun Jubilee
December 8 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theater
December 10 Cincinnati, OH Taft Ballroom
December 11 Cleveland, OH Music Box
December 12 Ann Arbor, MI Ark
December 13-14 Evanston, IL Space
December 16 Washington, DC Hamilton
December 17-18 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
December 19 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
December 20 Boston, MA Sinclair

*with Lone Bellow