I’m really pleased to announce that I will be playing guitar for Cambridge based folk band Farlanders this December at Village in Brighton. Stay tuned for more details…
Farlanders on Facebook.
Village on Facebook.
Caaw “Strange Pictures” – Reactions
“Strippers, Down & Outs, & Other Ne’er-Do-Wells”
[Review in PluggedIn Brighton, published September 26, 2019 by Chris Hibberd]
Strange Pictures? What does it mean? Half remembered memories of what you thought you saw. Did you? The new release from Caaw opens a window into a world of bourbon-soaked memories with jazz-inflected avant-garde music playing and burbling in the background. Captain Beefheart and Tom Waits are having a tussle over a perfume filled top hat whilst Dr John watches on from the bayou distractedly.
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“Quirky, whimsical, melodic lines in the tradition of great storytellers, French Quarter benders, trickster music, broken glass drunken poetry of lovers and thieves…” – Margaret Garrett (Mr. Airplane Man)
Buy album here.
New Music – DADDAD First Release
I’ve at last got round to recording the first tracks for the experimental album I started back in March. I now have a SoundCloud page where I’ll be releasing the whole album over the next few months.
Enjoy…
Morgan Ryan Session
I’m very proud to have been asked to add some guitar to this track for Brighton based singer songwriter Morgan Ryan. It’s a beautiful song about the situation at the US-Mexico border.
Caaw EP “The Emperor Of San Francisco” Available For Streaming
The new EP by Caaw is available to stream on all the usual platforms:
Also on
iTunes: https://goo.gl/WuXmc9
Google Play: https://goo.gl/rjHWd1
The Devil’s Storybook – Annika Brown
I’m really excited to be working with singer-songwriter Annika Brown on the arrangements and performance of her upcoming album “The Devil’s Storybook”
“[Matt’s] guitar and Annika’s voice… you’ve got some pretty tasty potential there!”
For more info on Annika, and to preview the album, please visit her website: https://annikabrown.net/about
Serious Child Video
A day out in the country filming a live video for “Time Keeps Rolling” and other songs, ahead of our upcoming gigs at Cecil Sharp House in Camden and Petworth.
Elephant’s Graveyard Review
Excellent review of Elephant’s Graveyard from Fringe Review – I’m really proud to have been part of this, and the play will now be a full production run next year!
“Billed as a rehearsed reading director David Eaton has managed more in the flexible NVT Studio space. With Kasha Goodenough on production and managing, Vanessa Barrett and Mark Green on seedy costume designs – this is a full costume performance. The overall scarlet/black detail of costumery is carried to Adam Kinkaid’s scarlet/black scene painting. Keith Dawson’s light design is unfussy. Leanne McKenzie’s light and sound operation comes to the fore in balancing the live musicians: Adam Hewitt music director, Becca Huggett singer, guitarist Matthew Clark and Neil Rocks on drums. Marie Ellis deserves notice for voice coaching.”
Read the full review here.
Serious Child
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be playing a few dates with this awesome band, starting with the album launch on 20th June at Cecil Sharp House in Camden.
If you can make it up to London for the night, please come and see us, it promises to be a great night!
More info, please visit http://seriouschild.com
Elephant’s Graveyard – More Info
The official Facebook event for Elephant’s Graveyard has now been created – follow the link below for more information, and please come along and see us! It’s a fantastic company, and promises to be an awesome performance!
I will be performing two songs along with singer Becca Lorraine Huggett, and creating a few sound effects too.
Click here for info on the Facebook event.
Tickets are available here.
And info about the theatre can be found here.