GRAMMY-winning guitarist Tommy Emmanuel has announced his new album “Living In The Light”, which will be released on 10th October 2025. The album was recorded and mixed with producer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Phish) and is a virtuosic blend of acoustic pop, jazz, classical, and roots music.
Emmanuel captured most of the performances on “Living in the Light“ in one or two takes. While many of the recordings are solo instrumentals, Emmanuel lends his voice to several of the album’s tracks, as well, grounding his playing with a poignant dose of warmth and vulnerability. “There are elements of rockabilly, blues, even traditional African music all woven into the music,” Emmanuel explains. “I’m a world traveller, and I’ve absorbed so much music along the way. It all gets synthesised through a kind of osmosis into my psyche and my soul and then comes out in my own unique style.”
Emmanuel first began touring at the age of six in his native Australia as part of a family band. In his teenage years, he turned heads as a highly sought-after session player and sideman. He has continued to push himself throughout his career, relocating permanently to Nashville in the early 2000s and collaborating with a rising generation of guitarists like Jason Isbell, Molly Tuttle, and Billy Strings on his latest studio albums, “Accomplice One” and “Accomplice Two.” “Those albums were a real labour of love,” Emmanuel explains, “and I was thrilled with how they came out. But I felt a strong desire to focus on my writing again after that, and I found that the songs for “Living in the Light” just started pouring out of me.”
You can pre-order “Living In The Light” via this link. Emmanuel is playing a series of dates in the UK and Italy in January and February 2026. Details of the shows and links for tickets can be found here.
The announcement of the album arrives alongside the official video for the debut single ‘Scarlett’s World,’ dedicated to Emmanuel’s granddaughter.
“I tried to write a theme that sounded like it came from the 80s,” Emmanuel explains. “Scarlett is my granddaughter, so I dedicate this song to her and her journey through life. However, there is a part of me that wanted to give a nod to Scarlett Johansson, as I am a big fan. She’s one of my favourite actresses”.
