Easier E-Easier 1 Month On ! Peace, Love & Tea, MHx

☮❤&☕ We've had 'Easier' E-Easier in our heads, and hopefully our hearts, for the last month, and I thank you from the bottom of mine for the Love & Support you've given. So, how did we do ...

#5 on Amazon - http://goo.gl/awghvL

#12 on iTunes - https://goo.gl/A8Tkwi

#17 on Google Play - https://goo.gl/wuZIaF

over 12000 streams on Spotify - https://goo.gl/3h0Jk5

and 19000 views on YouTube - https://goo.gl/ynTayr

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You & Thanks again !!! I couldn't do what I do without you !

Peace, Love & Tea, MHx

Easier - Matt Henshaw

Your Eyes Are Made Of Gold OUT NOW !!!

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

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Goodnight - Matt Henshaw

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening & Goodnight ...

I'm here to tell you all that the first track from my next EP, OUT June 16th, has landed on YouTube, it's a bit different, I'm playing the piano, done some string arranging, bobbed along some bass lines and squeezed in a little guitar solo ... I hope you like it ! Please Listen, Like, Share, Subscribe & Spread The Love ! MHx

Goodnight - Matt Henshaw



3 more tracks to follow, some festival announcements and a whole load of Summer Madness !!

Peace, Love & Tea, MHx
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It Ain't Easy / My Life Available to Download & Stream NOW !

Before the madness of Summer and the Festival season starts I'm going to take a little time to sit back and think about all I have done in the last year. It's now just over a year since I left my job working at The University of Leicester, and even though I didn't start playing out with my acoustic guitar until July it's feels like the last twelve months have been building up steadily, and for that, I Thank You All ! Stay Cool & Spread The Love, MHx

I was able to release my debut single on my mum's birthday this year !

Get your copy of 'It Ain't Easy / My Life' Now from all good online digital retailers ...



Available now on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, bandcamp etc. etc.

7" Vinyl
A - It Ain't Easy
AA - My Life

CD
1 - It Ain't Easy
2 - My Life
3 - Play The Game
4 - In The Presence Of The Lord

Digital Download (available March 5th)
1 - It Ain't Easy
2 - My Life
3 - Play The Game
4 - In The Presence Of The Lord
Bonus 1 - My Life (Acoustic)
Bonus 2 - Play The Game (Acoustic)
Bonus 3 - In The Presence Of The Lord (Acoustic)



Also ...

I'm so pleased to now have the complete set of all four songs from my debut record out there on YouTube, from the excellent Little & Large team ... sit back, relax, watch and, hopefully, Enjoy !



Many thanks to Nik Robinson and Simon Lubowski, MHx

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My Life - Matt Henshaw (Little & Large Live Session)

Something special for you, brand new today ... it's the first of Little and Large Productions video sessions for my new record ... this 'ere is a video of 'My Life' !



So, as you may have guessed there's gonna be three more to come, as there's 4 tracks on the CD, 2 on the vinyl, and 3 more available as a digital download ... so come March you're gonna be able to get a whopping 7 of my tracks on your iPod, blasting out the car stereo or spinning on your decks ... I'm excited, I hope you are too.

7" Vinyl
A - It Ain't Easy
AA - My Life

CD
1 - It Ain't Easy
2 - My Life
3 - Play The Game
4 - In The Presence Of The Lord

Digital Download (available March 5th)
1 - It Ain't Easy
2 - My Life
3 - Play The Game
4 - In The Presence Of The Lord
Bonus 1 - My Life (Acoustic)
Bonus 2 - Play The Game (Acoustic)
Bonus 3 - In The Presence Of The Lord (Acoustic)

And don't forget I'm having a party on Friday 21st March @ The Cookie Jar, Leicester, United Kingdom ... details to follow ...

Plus, Manchester, United Kingdom, I'm heading to the Hard Rock Cafe on Thursday 13th ... see you there !

Check http://www.MattHenshaw.com/ for gigs and bits in between ...

It Ain't Easy - Matt Henshaw

Matt Henshaw & ReggiiMental Coming Around on tour ...

Here's a few posters from shows we have coming up ... more to follow ... and keep your eyes and ears out for myself and Reggii coming to your town, your abode. And with the grand ship MuthaFunk also !!



We'll be playing tracks from the history of B-Boy Soul, songs from Coming Around and even some new stuff ...



COMING AROUND - MATT HENSHAW & REGGIIMENTAL - OUT THIS WEEK !

Been up on a all night promo session, you have to work over night to get those cats in America ... laptop only overheated and switched itself off three times, so, not bad ...

Love & see you around,
Matt H.

Matt Henshaw in the press ...

Bonjourno ma ducks,

Just thought I'd quickly tell you this afternoon about some press bits the new album has been getting ... when I get round to it I'll post them all up here and over at The Matt Henshaw Archive so you can read until your heart's content. The Ilkeston Advertiser, my home town for the first 21 years of my life has done an article about Coming Around today ... UPTWN magazine have kindly posted it to their tumblr. And there's plenty more where that came from. Keep reading, keep listening and tell a friend, especially those who write blogs or lovely newspaper / magazine articles ... you know that's the best way to get a free copy of my album and other people's ... start a blog ... support starving artists everywhere !!

And here's some pictures from The Tamworth Herald's coverage of Stand By the Window winning Best Music Video at the St Albans Film Festival ... thought I'd blog about it before the news becomes wildly out of date, if it's not already ...



Oh my goodness, the front page story is about the snow ... can you believe that was just a few weeks ago???

And here's a link to the Ilkeston Advertiser piece online ...

Thanks for reading!

And keep watching ...

Coming Around on the radio ...

Morning/Afternoon/Evening little world wide web gang of mine,

News to tell you, just over a week before the official release of Coming Around, we've been getting some radio play in the build up. Three tracks have been featured on the waves, online and digital. Coming Around, Concrete Jungle and Everybody Clap Your Hands featuring myself, ReggiiMental, Joey Gzus and Sharlene Gordon. The BBC, Nusic, IceBreaker Radio and more have been playing my stuff, it makes me happy to think people might be listening in the bath, putting up some shelves or doing whatever else people might do with the radio on.

Got some radio sessions, interviews and podcast features coming up; or Coming Around should I say? But I'll tell you about them when they happen, no doubt.

Now have a listen to the THREE tracks previewed over on bandcamp ... why not pre-order?! These three have been featured on the radio around the world, so that's why I'm sharing ... hope you enjoy Joey Gzus bringing the heaviest verse of the album. Special AKA influenced dub-ska right there !



Here's Joey Gzus ... Jesus he's fresh !!!

Mixing Coming Around ...

So, in my last blog I told you about the recording of Coming Around by myself and ReggiiMental fresh from the box ... well, the next step was to get in a mix master general to master the sounds and make them fresh.

Joe Rizzle @ PukkaMix fitted the bill perfectly and trips to Tamworth were on the cards, and the album, I must honestly admit sounds as crisp as I ever wanted it to and thought it could be. 15 track Coming Around and coming soon, so very soon, May 1st in fact. I hope you're following the build up to the album on all the social networks, radio outlets and wherever else they're featuring mine and Reggii' faces. It's all good. Sit tight !

Again, for now have a listen to the two tracks previewed over on bandcamp ... why not pre-order?!



And here's the mix master himself at the desk (virtual desk - come on it's 2013) mastering the album in March ...

Recording Coming Around ...

Good afternoon folks, followers & fantasists,

It's been a short while since my last blog so I thought I'd write one about recording the album. It began in January following the release of the ever innocent ReggiiMental aka. Jimmy B-Boy from HMP for misdemeanours I shall neglect to mention. I went to see my partner in crime [sic] for an afternoon of Yorkshire Tea, LEGO and Ribena ... his creative spirit undamaged we proceeded to record new music with a sense of urgency and feeling of optimism I hadn't had for some time. The new album features 15 songs, so many for such a short space of time, recorded over two months, and my parts written and recorded in perhaps two weeks. I can't wait for you to hear the thing in full, the artwork is pretty snazzy too, and I hope you like the whole package, a lot of love has gone into it. My friends and earthbound spirits, I truly hope it tickles your fancy ...

For now have a listen to the two tracks previewed over on bandcamp ... why not pre-order?!



And here's a picture of me taking a break from mixing in March with a furry little friend I found hanging around the studio.

'Coming Around' Preview & Pre-Order !!!

So here we are, less than a month until Coming Around from myself and ReggiiMental hits the internet like a bad case of the mumps ... have a listen to the title track first, and if it makes you happy pre-order the whole thing, 15 tracks of B-Boy Soul goodness ...

Click the pic and get yourself down in The Deepest Cellar for another round of soul swingin' !!!



Keep it here for more updates ... competitions, radio news, festival news, gig news and more and more to come ... we'll be hitting Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, High Wycombe, Coventry and more in the coming months ... so if you live in those places or anywhere else it's time to get your best boots on and do some groovin' !

Long Nights Down in The Deepest Cellar ...

And I hope they're paying off ... myself and ReggiiMental have been working hard this past month putting together Coming Around, the hope-to-be-glorious follow up to The Deepest Cellar ... features from Joey G-Zus of Unfriendly Neighbours and Saynt Luke of The Lost Generation already in the can, just waiting on some more very special guests and we're good to go for a May 1st release ... the artwork is looking nice too ! Well and truly a nice package for you all ...

Here's me in the wee early hours ...



Mixing starts today at noon with Joe Rizzle 2nd Suzpect so for to be sure in a wee while I shall keep you updated ...

also, keep an ear to the ground for Satsuma Elephants and Tippy The Cat Stories ... keep on keepin' on !

Double Busy,
Matt Henshaw x

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 ...

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
MattHenshaw.com

NME Breakthrough Winner - Matt Henshaw Interview 2010 (video) ...

Here's a few treats courtesy of the NME ... don't forget you can find some even more special treats over at http://music.nme.com/matthenshaw ... and click smiley faces to Like everything there and also Like your facebook boxes to ... easy to link the two social networks !!! And don't forget to treat yourself to a FREE DOWNLOAD of the Adidas Trainers (Stan Smithremix) ... http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/track/adidas-trainers-stan-smith-remix/