Tuesday 30 August 2011

Joey & Jimmy The Mixtape Artwork Revealed (Featuring Matt Henshaw)

Here's a quick glimpse at the artwork for the forthcoming mixtape from frequent collaborators of mine Joey G-Zus and Jimmy B-Boy AKA. ReggiiMental ...


You can find out more info @ Jimmy B-Boy's facebook page ...

Stay tuned for tracklisting and more artwork ...

Friday 26 August 2011

The 15th Annual Small Faces Convention

Bonjourno ma chicos,

Just though I'd inform you I will be playing at this year's Small Faces Convention at the O2 Islington Academy on Sunday 11th September. It's a wonderful gathering of smartly dressed people from around the globe once a year coming together in celebration of the music of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian MacLagan and Kenney Jones. Fabulous times guaranteed ...

I'll be dropping a few soulful bursts and duetting with a guest vocalist here and there, so if you'd like to buy tickets you can get the here at the Academy's official website or run along to John Hellier's Wapping Wharf Laundrette and pick them up there ...



Matt H.
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Wednesday 24 August 2011

Matt Henshaw @ Milly's World (Live Video) ...

Hope you enjoy this little video ... a sneak preview of a few brand new songs that I played at the Monarch in Camden a few weeks back for the lovely Milly of Milly's World ...



... that there is the wonderful Emma-Louise on the beginning, we've written a few songs together and they're sounding spiffing I'm sure you'd agree.

Post comments, write your feedback, make merry and make hay all over the cyber-web ...

Sunday 21 August 2011

Matt Henshaw interview in Suited Magazine (Link) ...

Here is an interview where I talk about me a lot ... terrible I know ... but if you're reading my blog chances are you like knowing what I'm up to so I hope you enjoy the information I have to relay ...


If you'd like to contact me, by the way, the best way to do it is on Twitter, Last.fm or by carrier pigeon ... I don't use facebook ... the cool kids and I think it's bland and dated paedophiles paradise ... I mean, I like blue and white, but only on the football shirts, and I would never endorse paedophilia ... NEVER !


Anyone watching Show Me The Funny on ITV ?  (first thing on ITV worth watching in ages, and it's still not even that good, just a touch more interesting than people that think they can sing, it's people that think they're funny, for a change ... much less cruel you see, we're invited to laugh with them rather than at them ... someone tell Cowell and Fuller I think they're show format is cruel, go on I dare you!) ... it's the semi-final and live final this week, I truly hope to be tickled ... alas, if I am not I shall boycott their advertisers ... no more Mecca Bingo for me ...


Matt H
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Saturday 20 August 2011

Matt Henshaw graces the cover of Suited Mag ...

Go and have a look at Matt Henshaw (me!) on the cover of Suited Magazine if you don't believe me ... ... ... and if you do believe me and you're not that bothered about seeing the hideous sight of me then click here to go and have a look at a video for one of my tunes that doesn't have me in it, but it does have some very attractive scantily clad women, and a message, so pay attention ... either way I love you all ...

The photograph was taken by Jacqueline Bednall and it is a nice one ... hopefully I'll get some new pictures for you to look at soon ... maybe some prancing around the studio pretending to work hard ... foppish clothes and a dandy-ish manner are the order of the day ...

Enjoy looking and/or watching ... and if you decide to do neither and click one of the adverts on this page because you oh so desperately need to join GroupOn or stock up on penis enlargement products then that's cool with me, it'll earn me nought point nought zero of a pence ... tres fantastique simplement ...

Optimism Above All,
Matt H.

Friday 19 August 2011

Diary: The Day Yesterday, The Happening ...

Just to keep you gorgeous cyber wallflowers up to date with the proceedings of la Matt Henshaw carrière solo de musique as the enfants français are saying ... I met with Tristan last night, we talked music, songs, tunes and melodies ... it only descended into talking about the mighty Owls, Pompey and the Magpies on a couple of occasions ...

(for anyone not Canadien style multilingual or football-literate, it is the French kids that are talking about my music and Tristan and I discussed the grim prospects of Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth and Notts County)

So, what did we discuss?  Well, I won't go into detail, but, I aim to put down seven songs through Spetember ... you may not have heard any of them before, unless you've had the pleasure and the privilege of seeing me live with an acoustic guitar in recent times, which has been sparing to say the least ... anyhoo, this will be my main source of information for you sexy cyber data heads, so, unless anyone out there wants to buy me a new smart phone or some kind of audio visual recording device you won't hear any new bits from the studio but I will try and articulate the sounds through my rich textual vocabulary and communicate my thoughts and feelings through this 'ere web log, or blog for short, if you're down with that ...

I can tell you how I look in a morning though, here I am in all my "first-thing-ie-sometime-between-8am-and-9am-flowery-shirt-in-bed-glory-no-morning-glory-though-that-would-be-rude" ...

Currently listening to Noel Gallagher, Adele and James Morrison ... really only to hear how people who are solo acts cope ... I have listened to a tiny bit of The Who also this morning just to feel warm and safe ...

Stay Cool, Play The Game & Play It Safe,

PS. download my songs MattHenshaw.com, I'd love to be able to buy people gifts this Christmas (turning a new leaf am I?)

Thursday 18 August 2011

Diary: The Day Today, Pre-Production ...

Today is Thursday 18th August and it's a very grey day of the summer in South London, one hopes with the optimism of a field mouse that it's a bit brighter once I get up North London ... today I'll be meeting up with Mr. Tristan Ivemy to discuss some production, recording studio, instrument and arrangement type things ... it's going to be very nice ... the kids and the professors are calling it "pre-production" ...

That is, of course, I leave after I wait in for a new fridge to be delivered ... the oh so specific delivery times don't give me much to go by in terms of the time of its arrival.

Here's me and my thick rugged handsome jaw this morning ...


#NowPlaying (in a twitter-esque type display of my affection for social media) Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra records from the 1940s ... I love them old bastards !

Bonne Nuit Madames et monsieurs,
Matt Henshaw .

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Sign up to the Mailing List @ MattHenshaw.com NOW !!!


Here we are: heading carefree into phase 3 ... the new website is under construction, and doing it all myself it's taking a fair while ... and only time will tell if it'll be any good or not ...


Anyways, whilst it's coming together please sign up to the mailing list and you'll be the first to know when it's done, the first to know when I polish off some new tunes and definitely the first to hear me singing !


Sign Up to the Mailing List @ MattHenshaw.com


Stay Cool,
Matt H. x
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Monday 15 August 2011

Last.fm Pictures and Downloads ...

I think you should all know about Last.fm ... I'm sure most of you do already ... it's really one of my favourite websites.  The Matt Henshaw page on there is choc-full of goodness ... 


If you're a user you should vote for your favourite picture from my collection ... and you know there's FREE downloads on there don't you ?!  Take advantage ... there might just be more to come ... make what you will of this picture courtesy of Joey G-Zus ...

Sunday 14 August 2011

Milly's World @ the Monarch, Camden, setlist ...

This was my only live date of the summer and it was a true pleasure.  There should be some live videos and an interview from the night coming soon on Milly's website ... 


I've Had Tears
Missing
Move A Little Closer (with Emma-Louise)
Let Everything Go (with Emma-Louise)
My Life
Bonne Nuit Madame


So, there it is, a whole bunch of new songs and a guest vocalist in the shape of spoken word artist and lyricist Emma-Louise ... she was wonderful.  


There's plenty more new tunes to come.  Stay tuned won't you now ...


My Love,
Matt Henshaw.

Saturday 13 August 2011

Out The Box Festival 2011 set list ...

I hope you enjoyed listening to my recent radio broadcasts ... I thought I'd treat you to the list of songs that I played at the Out The Box Festival in Derbyshire ... the plan was to play something from the Censored Age, a little B-Boy Soul, a few of my old favourite songs and something new ...


The Way It Is
Can't Hold Back
What A Diffr'nce A Day Makes
Sorted For E's & Whizz
"Heroes"
It Ain't Easy
That's Life


Coming shortly ... setlist from Milly's World show at the Monarch in Camden ...


Here's a picture from the Censored days ...
A penny for anyone who can guess what year this was?  Or where it was ?

Best Wishes,
Matt H.

Friday 12 August 2011

Matt Henshaw on the Radio ...

Here's a couple of radio interviews I've done over the last month and a spot or two ... B-Boy Soul getting played in the summer of 2011 ... sorry to keep being cryptic, but it's only a matter of time before we get on to phase 3 ... there are clues scattered around here and there ... 





I'm having a little break at the minute ... these last few blogs have been post dated (clever, eh?) ... I'll be back  soon with some up-to-date info ...

In the meantime you can sign up to the mailing list on my website ... MattHenshaw.com ...

Stay Tuned,
Matt.

Thursday 11 August 2011

Matt Henshaw Videos on YouTube ...

You know you love visual stimulation ... well, there's a flurry of new Matt Henshaw videos on YouTube ... and a whole load of interesting playlists too ...




Also, you can go to MattHenshaw.com now and watch some vids ... and sign up for the mailing list ... when things start to roll along you'll be kept up-to-date for sure ...


Roll Up, Roll Up,
Matt H.

Wednesday 10 August 2011

The Deepest Cellar QUIZ ...

Down in The Deepest Cellar ... how is your memory ???


Matt Henshaw - The Deepest Cellar QUIZ @ Sporcle ...




Also, Sporcle is one of my favourite websites ... the best way to waste a few hours !!  How many Prime Ministers can you name ??



Do the downloads here ...
iTunesAmazonbandcampSpotify and more all have the B-Boy Soul collection in stock ... down in The Deepest Cellar with ReggiiMental, Can't Hold Back the love from the Guardian and the BBC and you can be taken down into The Fire Pit where we all know The World's Gone Mad ...

Enjoy,
Matt H.

Tuesday 9 August 2011

1 Year of B-Boy Soul ...

So, B-Boy Soul is one year young ... and it's been a fun year working with some of the UK's finest rappers and beat makers ...


Do the downloads here ...iTunesAmazonbandcampSpotify and more all have the B-Boy Soul collection in stock ... down in The Deepest Cellar with ReggiiMental, Can't Hold Back the love from the Guardian and the BBC and you can be taken down into The Fire Pit where we all know The World's Gone Mad ...




There's so much music for you to enjoy !


Love, Peace and behave yourself kids,
Matt Henshaw.


PS. I Love You ...

Monday 1 August 2011

Download The Fire Pit & The World's Gone Mad NOW !

You can now click on over to all your favourite sites to purchase this Spring's EP and single release.  iTunes, Amazon, bandcamp, Spotify and more all have The Fire Pit and The World's Gone Mad in stock ...



Have a listen to Matt Henshaw on CD Baby !!!


Get yourself the complete B-Boy Soul collection before we move into phase 3 ...


Look out for a magazine front cover this month and exclusive interview before I enter the studio and get all new pretty photgraphs for you all ... we'll have fun times and before you know it, the Olympics will be here !


With Love,
Matt H. x
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