Matt Henshaw - Peace, Love & Tea

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !!

I hope you're all well, and you're satisfied that, within you and without you, 2014 has been a good one, and you've been, and plan on continuing to be, a beautiful soul !  I believe in you ...

This is me after around 200 shows this year, I'm all ready to head out to Europe and embrace all things continental !!

Spotify Verified Artist
And recently I've been made a "Verified Artist" on Spotify, that means I've been recognised as a real life popular music recording artist - which is quite nice !  I plan on creating some playlist to share some of my favourite music, and also writing and sharing more Matt Henshaw Recommends ... I'll get round to it !

Facebook Peace, Love & Tea
Also, if you're further Facebook inclined, I've organised my sharing over ther quite succinctly ... have a look at the Peace, Love & Tea page for loads of super happy health tips, and be sure to join the Matt Henshaw (Official Group) for all the latest news and press and other goodstuffs ...

CHRISTMAS JUICE !!!
So, this selection of the 'Matt Henshaw Xmas Newsletter' comes as a special request from one of my subscribers, and you can contact me directly by simply pressing "reply" to this message, you have direct access to my pocket, you beautiful peoples !

James requested some juice recipes, so this one I've come up with all by myself especially for the yuletide season.  Christmas Juice is made from Cranberries, Brussels, Half a Pear, Half an Apple, Lime & Ginger, and it comes out bright pink and super healthy !!
Try it yourself, so says Neil Buchanan !

HAPPY & HEALTHY HOLIDAYS !!
Aside from the music, I do like sharing positivity with you all, and I firmly believe that what you put in your body directly affects what comes out ... I was talking to a friend / fan / wonderful being yesterday, and she said that she'll be filling stockings with fruit and vegetables for her two kids !!  "Amazing", I thought ... but, I understand, you might not want to practice such a creative form of child abuse this Christmas, but I do hope you're all gonna get your 5, 7, 10, 12-a-day amongst whatever else might be heading down your gullet as we go on into the new year ...

Anyways, enough rambling, have a happy one and do all and everything in Peace, Love & Tea, Speak Soon !!

... Big Thanks to everyone who's booked me, shared a stage with me and come out to see me in 2014, it's been one hell of a ride, but let's just hope we're only just getting started ... bookings@matthenshaw.com if you want me to come and play in your town, venue, living room, school, parish hall, wedding, bar mitzvah, etc. in 2015 ...

Spread The Love, tell a friend to tell a friend !! And Wish Me Luck on my travels ...

DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD' NOW !!
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Peace, Love & Tea, MHx
http://MattHenshaw.com/

PS. you might get them before xmas, but orders from the Peace, Love & Tea Shop are still being taken 24/7 !!!
 
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES !!
'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD - EP' OUT NOW !!! DOWNLOAD IT TODAY !!

/// MATTHENSHAW.COM / T-SHIRTS / ACCESSORIES / CDs & VINYL ///

'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD' 4 TRACK CD EP	'IT AIN'T EASY / MY LIFE' 7" VINYL SINGLE
'IT AIN'T EASY / MY LIFE' 4 TRACK CD EP	'ALWAYS IN THE WAY' 4 TRACK CD EP

REGULAR FIT PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHIRTS Sizes SMALL £10.00 GBPMEDIUM £10.00 GBPLARGE £10.00 GBPXLARGE £10.00 GBP Colours SPORTS GREYCHESTNUT BROWNLIGHT BLUEBLACKKHAKI GREENWEDNESDAY BLUE

SKINNY FIT PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHIRTS Sizes SMALL £10.00 GBPMEDIUM £10.00 GBPLARGE £10.00 GBP Colours CHERRY REDCORAL / ORANGELIGHT PINKKIWI GREEN

As a size guide perhaps, please note that I am a SMALL t-shirt, but a LARGE skinny fit ... I hope this helps ... With every purchase you will receive a FREE Matt Henshaw PEACE, LOVE & TEA selection of goodies and hand-written signed "Thank You!" note !! If you would like to make a donation to THE PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHOP that would be most wonderful and splendid indeed. Then one day maybe we can fulfil my dream of having a real life PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHOP somewhere on a high street near you !!

/// THE PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHOP / T-SHIRTS / ACCESSORIES / CDs & VINYL ///
contact matt@matthenshaw.com

New Look for 2015 - monochrome plus dog ...

i je suis european !

It's exactly 1 year since I last changed my facebook profile picture, so you might have to get used to this one !!
Clothes by Sherrys London and Little Barrie for Merc Clothing ... plus my brother's dog - Sasha ...

Keep an eye on all my latest news, press and other bits - if you're facebook inclined - by joining my official group ...

Peace, Love & Tea,
Matt Henshaw x
http://www.MattHenshaw.com

Live TV, 2015 & Matt Henshaw Recommends ...

Great news,my first gig in the UK in 2015 will be a live recording of two songs for a TV show down in London on Thursday 22nd February, just after I get back from the Netherlands ...

Which 2 songs should I perform ??
What should I wear ?
Haircut ? Shave ??

I'll hopefully be able to let you know some more UK dates that will happen through March and April as I soon as I can ... for now Peace, Love & Tea and keep your eyes and ears peeled ...

Liverpool tonight, then two more shows before I hang up my peacoat and winklepickers for the festive season ... new songs and new recordings are sounding great for some new releases in 2015, I've got so many ideas and so little time, we'll get round to it all though ... I need some Euros !!

And check over here for some serious Love spreading to come over the next few months ... Matt Henshaw Recommends...

Matt Henshaw x
http://www.MattHenshaw.com/

Henshaw's Horticultural Blog: Grow Your Own Celery from scraps ...

Merry Christmas Everybody ! I know this is not you usual xmas picture, but it is a time for sharing, and seeing as we haven't had a horticultural update for a while, as most of my little green friends are living in my little greenhouse, here's a simple all year round kind of gardening saving grace ...

Grow Your Own Celery from your scraps, simple as saving the end bit of you celery stork and plonking it in some water then watching the miracle of life continue day by day ... I trim it back on a daily basis and add to my green juices, that way the sticks grow thicker, stronger, quicker and you'll have some tasty, crunchy green celery on your hands in no time !!

Studio work this week and my last 3 shows of 2014 !!

Peace, Love & Tea, MHx
http://www.MattHenshaw.com/

#green #juice #garden #urban #celery #growyourown #revolution #kitchen #christmas #tips #useful #helpful #simple #easy #healthy

Spotify Verified Artist ... Matt Henshaw

Good News ! This week I've been "Verified" by Spotify as a real life authenticated popular musician, and they've asked me to create some playlists when all the gremlins have worked out the details of blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda ... technical stuff ...
https://play.spotify.com/artist/6PNumufcnjvXNzMfctGxFA

Anyways, I've now got me a little blue tick by my name and will be making some playlists and posting them up there ASAP, so make sure you click the link above and "follow" me if you're a Spotify user, I've got a few things in mind that I'd like to share, certainly plenty from my Matt Henshaw Recommends blog ... http://www.matthenshaw11.blogspot.com ... but I'd love to hear some suggestions and recommendations from you lot ... I'm gonna be doing a bit of travelling in January and February you know ...

Peace, Love & Tea, MHx
(& don't forget to "follow" ...)
https://play.spotify.com/artist/6PNumufcnjvXNzMfctGxFA

Tea and Toast with Matt Henshaw and Stu Crown

For the last 7 or 8 months or so, me and my old matey Stu Crown have been doing this 'ere podcast Tea and Toast with Matt Henshaw & Stu Crown, I'm not sure if I've been that vocal about it or spread it and shared it as much as I should've done, or maybe you would expect ... but for a brief period we did venture up into the dizzy heights of the iTunes podcasts chart TOP 10 along with the BBC !!!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tea-toast-matt-henshaw-stu/id881269929



Well, I hope now maybe you'll join it's cult following if you're a podcast listener, really have nothing better to do, or fancy hearing me and the grizzly Norfolk bear talk about tea, biscuits and the Green Party at length, then get on it ... sadly Episode 009, recorded Wednesday 3rd December after a 5 month gap, will be the Final Episode, with myself and Crown going on our separate European adventures in the new year ...



I met Stu just over a year ago and it that time I've managed to switch my life around somewhat considerably, Stu's come off the booze, formed a band, split a band and found many a new story to tell ... Leicester City have won the Championship, Yorkshire the Cricket County Championship, England played in and tumultuously exited a World Cup and membership of the Green Party has tripled, but somewhat scarily membership of another political party almost has too ...
https://itunes.apple.com/…/tea-toast-matt-hensh…/id881269929



Massive thanks to our guests Shed, Tommy, Ian, Sílvia and Rob, you were great, and those of you that brought gifts, of song, and/or food, loved it, thanks !!
https://itunes.apple.com/…/tea-toast-matt-hensh…/id881269929



We dedicated episodes to late Rik Mayall and the great Chris Waddle, talked about football a fair bit, always did a grand summary of the news, no stone left unturned, drank a lot of Yorkshire Tea, juices loads of fruit and veg, laughed a lot, but mostly we talked about music and a lot about the Leicester Music Scene, of which we've been happily a part of for the last year or so ...
https://itunes.apple.com/…/tea-toast-matt-hensh…/id881269929



We gave a lot of people a positive mention, I was going to list them here and/or tag them all in but I wouldn't want to clog up everyone's feeds, if you have a listen and you happen to hear us say something nice about you, or someone you know, let 'em know ... it's all Positive, it's all Peace, Love & Tea and it was fun whilst it lasted, see you next year !!
https://itunes.apple.com/…/tea-toast-matt-hensh…/id881269929



"If you surround yourself with Beautiful and Positive People, only Beautiful and Positive things can happen"
Matt Henshaw, 2014
http://www.MattHenshaw.com

Peace, Love & Tea European Tour Dates with Matt Henshaw !!

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES !!

So, that's around 200 shows I've done this year in the UK and I'll kick off 2015 in Mechelen in Belgium ... Big Thanks to everyone who's booked me, shared a stage with me and come out to see me in 2014, it's been one hell of a ride, but let's just hope we're only just getting started ...

Spread The Love, tell a friend to tell a friend !! And Wish Me Luck ...

DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD' NOW !!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/your-eyes-are-made-of-gold-ep/id904335049
https://play.spotify.com/user/11100320251/playlist/7CJI4WcomJKYozyujcN4hK

Peace, Love & Tea, MHx
http://MattHenshaw.com/

Peace, Love & Tea with Love, Matt Henshaw x

Peace, Love & Tea with Love, Matt Henshaw x



Peace, Love & Tea with Love, Matt Henshaw x

FREE Peace, Love & Tea Party @ The Hard Rock Cafe, Manchester

FRIDAY 7th NOVEMBER !! Click for details ...

Matt Henshaw Recommends ... Josh Wheatley

A sweet little evening recommendation for you tonight. The teenage singing songwriting maestro that is Josh Wheatley. Ever present for the past year or so on the Nottingham music scene, the barefooted songsmith has been delicately caressing the listening ears of the city and building up an arsenal of tunes and admirers and I, for one, can understand just why.

Growing up in Ilkeston, as I did through the first chapter of my life, I can easily understand too why there's an underlying theme of escapism through Wheatley's oeuvre. And it's not to Ilkeston's detriment, the little place can be an inspirational stomping ground, but there's something of a yearning to get away when you grow up in a small town that resides in one of the furthest points from the sea in the UK. Funny then that a lot of the imagery and symbolism in Josh's tunes revolves around the ocean, sailing and boats !!

But that's maybe more so down to folkloric tradition, and whimsical tales, who doesn't love a good sea shanty, or a tale on the high seas ? So with music, escapism and yearning in mind, on stage is where Josh, like myself, is clearly at his most comfortable, us musicians do our best to be sociable off stage, but we end up talking about capos (on which JW is an expert) and diminished sevenths (I try!), but that's not all that entertaining.

Come down to The Contemporary in Nottingham this Saturday and see Josh as the main support to myself, plus a short burst from MotorMouf, at my FREE Peace, Love & Tea Party !! You will not be disappointed, feel the love, spread the love and see what Ilkeston, Nottingham, The East Midlands has to offer ... you will be more than pleasantly surprised, especially I'd assume by this young man I refer to as "Josh 'ever-so-sweetly' Wheatley" ... I'm not sure if he likes that though ?!

Casino Empire
Elizabeth Cornish
The Strangler Figs
Sky Valley Mistress
Jesse Wright
Siobhan Mazzei
Georgie Rose
Tapestry
The De Montfort University Gospel Choir
By The Rivers
Martin Luke Brown
Joy Mumford
Three Girl Rhumba
MotorMouf
Samuel Idwal
Abandon Her
Stef Baker
Emily Carr
Becky Edwards
Mahalia
Mia & The Moon
Rosa-Leigh
AJA
Kate Rendell
Esther Van Leuven
East Midlands Girls
Ones to Watch for 2014
The Bobcats
Savanna Bones
Mattayoux
Matt Zara
The Simpletones
Charlotte Carpenter
Leah Sinead
Matt Henshaw Recommends ...

---===DOWNLOAD LINKS===---
DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD' NOW !!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/your-eyes-are-made-of-gold-ep/id904335049
https://play.spotify.com/user/11100320251/playlist/7CJI4WcomJKYozyujcN4hK
DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'ALWAYS IN THE WAY' NOW !!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/always-in-the-way-ep/id875188981
http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/album/always-in-the-way-ep
https://play.spotify.com/user/ilsonowl/playlist/2tHGjyz7EpEZpvgc8HpuRm
DEBUT 'IT AIN'T EASY/MY LIFE - EP' !!!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep/id814589358
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aint-Easy-My-Life-EP/dp/B00I8ZDJZC/
https://play.spotify.com/album/733AAcf7c2KcZ75SUFlpi3
http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep
http://www.emusic.com/album/matt-henshaw/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep/14753983/
http://www.7digital.com/artist/matt-henshaw/release/it-aint-easy-my-life
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/matt-henshaw/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep
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FREE Peace, Love & Tea Party Live in Nottingham

Matt Henshaw & friends Live in Nottingham

The Peace, Love & Tea Tour Autumn 2014

The Peace, Love & Tea Tour Autumn 2014

The Place I Love ... The Cookie, Coffee Shop & Music Venue, Leicester

New blog section today ... 'The Place I Love ...' will be all about places here, there and everywhere that, well, I Love, and that mean something to me, on this journey we call life, and this road we call living. Title taken from one of my favourite songs, on one of my favourite albums by one of my favourite bands of all time, 'The Place I Love' from 'All Mod Cons' by The Jam. You Beauty !!

Anyway, first stop on this tour of people, places and faces, The Cookie, Leicester, my home from home in my current home town. Looking forward to being back there performing again, it having been a little while, this Saturday for Matt Henshaw's Peace, Love & Tea Birthday Party with The Strangler Figs, Elizabeth Cornish and the DMU Gospel Choir !!



So, for the place itself, situated on High Street in Leicester City Centre, it's a prime locale for tea and coffee and fantastic grub, and some of the musical highlights in the city of Leicester in the evening. A place for all the beautiful people of Leicester to hang out, be entertained and guaranteed good times !!

Someone said to me quite recently, and I wish I could remember who it was, that The Cookie is so great because everyone knows what they're doing, from the food to the bar staff, sound engineers to the door staff, promoters and the owners. And wonderful people they all are too.

The owners know what they're doing for sure, and The Cookie will keep on getting bigger and better, before it takes of legendary status in Leicester City Centre and the midlands. When a place is ran by a lady straight out of Tallahassee and a gentleman so enthusiastic, bordering on obsessive with the independent live music and comedy scene, you know the coffee (and the tea) and the food is gonna be good, and you know the line-ups of bands, artist and comedians is gonna be second-to-none for a small city in the East Midlands of England !!

It's won a Dave's Comedy Award, hosting some bigger and bigger names, and I'm sure it will for many years to come ... board games and a pot of tea on the terrace ASAP would be my number one recommendation ...

Keep up the good work everyone involved, and hope to see loads of you beautiful people from LEicester and beyond this Saturday for my birthday party, it's gonna be one great night amongst many !!

Peace, Love & Tea, MHx



---===DOWNLOAD LINKS===---
DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD' NOW !!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/your-eyes-are-made-of-gold-ep/id904335049
https://play.spotify.com/user/11100320251/playlist/7CJI4WcomJKYozyujcN4hK
DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'ALWAYS IN THE WAY' NOW !!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/always-in-the-way-ep/id875188981
http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/album/always-in-the-way-ep
https://play.spotify.com/user/ilsonowl/playlist/2tHGjyz7EpEZpvgc8HpuRm
DEBUT 'IT AIN'T EASY/MY LIFE - EP' !!!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep/id814589358
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aint-Easy-My-Life-EP/dp/B00I8ZDJZC/
https://play.spotify.com/album/733AAcf7c2KcZ75SUFlpi3
http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep
http://www.emusic.com/album/matt-henshaw/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep/14753983/
http://www.7digital.com/artist/matt-henshaw/release/it-aint-easy-my-life
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/matt-henshaw/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep
http://www.napster.co.uk/artist/matt-henshaw/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep

The Peace, Love & Tea Tour Autumn 2014

The Peace, Love & Tea Tour Autumn 2014

Your Eyes Are Made Of Gold OUT NOW !!!

'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD - EP' OUT NOW !!! DOWNLOAD IT TODAY !!

'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD - EP' OUT NOW !!! DOWNLOAD IT TODAY !!

/// MATTHENSHAW.COM / T-SHIRTS / ACCESSORIES / CDs & VINYL ///

'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD' 4 TRACK CD EP	'IT AIN'T EASY / MY LIFE' 7" VINYL SINGLE
'IT AIN'T EASY / MY LIFE' 4 TRACK CD EP	'ALWAYS IN THE WAY' 4 TRACK CD EP

REGULAR FIT PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHIRTS   Sizes SMALL £10.00 GBPMEDIUM £10.00 GBPLARGE £10.00 GBPXLARGE £10.00 GBP Colours SPORTS GREYCHESTNUT BROWNLIGHT BLUEBLACKKHAKI GREENWEDNESDAY BLUE

SKINNY FIT PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHIRTS   Sizes SMALL £10.00 GBPMEDIUM £10.00 GBPLARGE £10.00 GBP Colours CHERRY REDCORAL / ORANGELIGHT PINKKIWI GREEN

As a size guide perhaps, please note that I am a SMALL t-shirt, but a LARGE skinny fit ... I hope this helps ...

With every purchase you will receive a FREE Matt Henshaw PEACE, LOVE & TEA selection of goodies and hand-written signed "Thank You!" note !!

If you would like to make a donation to THE PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHOP that would be most wonderful and splendid indeed. Then one day maybe we can fulfil my dream of having a real life PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHOP somewhere on a high street near you !!

 

/// THE PEACE, LOVE & TEA SHOP / T-SHIRTS / ACCESSORIES / CDs & VINYL ///

contact matt@matthenshaw.com