Matt Fornow

Bandleaders frequently have different ensembles that represent particular aspects of their musical personalities. Bassist/composer Matt Pavolka maintains a handful of groups, some focusing on his writing in more traditional jazz formats and others that provide more open, raucous fare. The Matt Pavolka Band represents the latter, their freewheeling style on full display on their new recording, Disciplinary Architecture.

Despite the outright denial in its title, death is present in every one of the songs on Never Die, the collaborative album from Midwife’s Madeline Johnston and Matt Jencik (of Implodes, Don Caballero, and Slint’s live band). Jencik held the tenderest thought imaginable when he came up with that phrase—Never Die—the fact that the people he loves eventually would, a certainty that feels impossible and remote, until the day it absolutely doesn’t.

Matt Block is a trumpeter, composer and songwriter from Philadelphia, based in NYC. Matt's grandfather introduced him to the trumpet and jazz when he was just three years old sparking his initial passion for music.

There’s something about the scenes outside of the capital cities that allows an additional spark of individualism and creativity to emerge.

Bassist/Composer, Matt Ulery, releases his 16th album leading a potent, high energy quintet with a unique folk dance/post-punk/free jazz ethos; MOTHER HARP – A Bold New Chapter in His Creative Output.

Matt Maltese's sixth studio album is his most insular and intimate to date, and his first fully self produced effort since second album Krystal.

Mark Reilly’s Matt Bianco have been around since the 80s and though the hits might have dried up, Reilly has continued to work and record with different band line ups.

Matt Berninger is the vocalist and lyricist for Grammy Award-winning band The National. His songwriting has long garnered praise for its poignant clarity, jagged-edged wit and intimately emotive melodies. His second solo album, Get Sunk, is not overtly autobiographical, but the narrator is processing how he became himself.

Matt Berninger is the vocalist and lyricist for Grammy Award-winning band The National. His songwriting has long garnered praise for its poignant clarity, jagged-edged wit and intimately emotive melodies. His second solo album, Get Sunk, is not overtly autobiographical, but the narrator is processing how he became himself. Who is he compared to the kid on that sepia-toned farm? What is his idea of happiness? What the hell are we all searching for? Get Sunk is an ode to the infinite. The others that make us who we are; the possibilities our paths can take and the abyss of both misery and bliss.

In Germany, Matt Andersen has been known at least since his impressive performance (and appearance) on Inas Nacht on 22 July 2017, but the prototype of the powerhouse performer, blessed with a god-like soul voice and an awe-inspiring stage presence, is also fully convincing with his mates, the 10-piece band The Mellotones.