Matuto

Line up

• Clay Ross (Guitar, Vocals, Percussion)
• Richie Barshay (Drums)
• Rob Curto (Accordion, Vocals, Percussion)
• Rob Hecht (Vocals, Percussion, Fiddle)
• Skip Ward (Bass)
• Ze Mauricio (Percussion)

• country:
  USA
• region:
  New York City
• style(s):
  • Bluegrass
  • Brazilian
• label:
  Galileo MC
• type:
  Band
• artist submitted by:
  The Red House Agency

Thursday 27/10/11 23:00 | Koncerthuset: Foyer Stage 2

Imagine the sound of a Brazilian Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains. A sound where dynamic percussion instruments rumble beneath blues drenched vocals, telecaster twangs, accordion acrobatics, and folksy fiddle tunes. Veterans of the New York City music scene and U.S festival circuit, Matuto ("bumpkin" in Brazilian slang) moves with two-stepping grace between bluegrass and forro, between swamp rock and maracatu, between surf guitar shimmies and the wah-wah of the berimbau.

"Weird and Wonderful... Unorthodox and Delightful" - Jazz Times Magazine

"Irresistible... Imaginiative Improvising" - Los Angeles Times

"America's finest purveyors of the forro sound" - San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Spanning continents with a down-home sensibility and an explorer's curiosity" - All About Jazz

"Mr. Ross is a deft guitarist with a wide range of folk, blues, and jazz at his disposal." Wall Street Journal

"He assimilated Northeastern Brazilian Music and created a new conception." Downbeat Magazine

"A stunning cross-cultural statement." - Limewire.com

Matuto are Clay Ross, Rob Curto plus further musicians (fiddle, drums, percussion, bass).

Links

• Official website of Matuto
• Youtube page of Matuto
• Twitter page of Matuto
• Successful Kickstarter Campaign
• Press release
• Matuto's Facebook Page