Matt Henshaw Recommends ... The Sherlocks

There's something happening again in South Yorkshire, not only are Sheffield Wednesday on their way back, 10 games unbeaten in all competitions, a run that includes in opposition the likes of Arsenal, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, the Reverend & The Makers recent album was a revelation, something straight out of Arthur Lee's back catalogue with raw Northern songsmithery littered all over it, so comes The Sherlocks ...

A hard working and dedicated band of two sets of brothers churning out seemingly effortlessly brilliant tunes of the highest order. Unafraid to write choruses that will stay with you for the rest of the day, the week, even the rest of your like, and it makes me tingle and warms my heart. Songs are still out there, the well hasn't run dry, I just wish more people and more bands would go fishing.

Enough mixed metaphors, plain and simple, today's the day their third single - 'Heart of Gold' - is released and it follows on nicely from where previously 'Live For The Moment' and 'Escapade' left off ... you probably should buy it ...

Relentlessly touring like myself for the last couple of years, it's a lesson in "digging in", craftsmanship and stealing hearts along the way, music is at it's best when it's giving someone hope and something to believe in in a small town hundreds of miles away from where you're from. And a lot places are miles from Bolton Upon Dearne, but there's someone in Dudley and someone in Derby right now that believes life is worth living.

I've been lucky enough to share a stage with the lads and catch them in non-performance mode, and they're a refreshing bunch of "proper lads", making music that's laddish without being boorish, and poetic without being pretentious and tick all the right boxes in terms of the canon of truly great British bands ... there's something happening here, everybody look what's goin' down ...

Peace, Love & Tea, MHx

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DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'YOUR EYES ARE MADE OF GOLD' NOW !!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/your-eyes-are-made-of-gold-ep/id904335049
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DOWNLOAD & STREAM 'ALWAYS IN THE WAY' NOW !!
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DEBUT 'IT AIN'T EASY/MY LIFE - EP' !!!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/it-aint-easy-my-life-ep/id814589358
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'EASIER' OUT NOW !!!
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Matt Henshaw Recommends ... Caroline Francess

This 'ere Beautiful Soul I am recommending today is Caroline Francess. She is most well and truly fantabulous, I'll tell you a little story - and I only found out this week ...

This girl used to be an Owlette, which instantly means, as a person from Sheffield, she gives one of the two correct answer when asked if she's a Sheffield Wednesday fan, which are either "Yes!" or "I don't really care", the latter isn't really great, but it's better than the alternative ...

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

A Little Late November Update ...

Evening, Morning, Afternoon Folks,

A quick fly by blog whilst I'm in the mood. Very productive times here at Henshaw Towers. Everything going swimmingly and according to plan, looking forward to a happy and hopefully excited 2014, as I'm sure you all are too. Stick with me, Team Matt Henshaw needs all the love and support it can get.

I've been touting my wares at radio stations and doing interviews around the Midlands and South Yorkshire and I'm getting round to getting everything on YouTube for you all to watch, Like and share with your friends ... around 1000 subscribers now and steady stream of views up in the 1000s for each video I have shared. Keep watching, the ethos for most of the things I am uploading at the moment is get the songs out there with the title and my name and let the music do the talking, hopefully it is and you like everything I'm throwing at you ...

Here's a video from Demon FM session I did at O Bar for The Monograph magazine, look out for a feature in there in the first 2014 edition along with Kasabian and By The Rivers ...



Matt Henshaw Recommends
I hope you've been enjoying my recommendations so far. I hope to share with you one of my favourite underground acts every week, and keep up the quality of my recommendations, so far they been brilliant, check back if you haven't read about the guys and gals I been telling everyone about just lately ... I'm such a generous fella ! In this interview I get asked to plug my website and shows and end up talking about Charlotte Carpenter and Leah Sinead for about 5 minutes ...



Matt Henshaws Horticultural Gardening Blog ...
I hope to keep you informed about my garden over the winter and into the new year, there's not a huge amount growing at the moment in the midst of the frosty season, but we have little bits, you know I think compost will save the world, and I'm excited about the Chocolate Peppers I will have to introduce you to come January ... here's a little song I wrote inspired by my pastoral endeavours and seemingly care free lifestyle ... it's called Hakuna Matata ... no, not really, No Matter How from my Coalville Hermitage FM session on The Launch Pad ...



More blog ideas coming soon, and I think I might be due a football rant, but it's all good, some nice shows coming up and plenty of opportunities for some tea with friends and family over the festive season.

Merry November All & see you on the other side !
Matt Henshaw x

Radio Sessions Listen Again & Sheffield this week ...

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night,

Thanks for sticking with me, I've been busy this last month or so popping into a few radio stations in the East Midlands and getting a few highlights on YouTube for your listening pleasure ... got a few more coming up and plenty of shows to see me through until Christmas, hope to see you on the road ... be sure to Like, share, follow and subscribe to all the appropriate places ...



Also, I'll be in Sheffield this Friday at The Grindstone for the Indie Project, it's a FREE show and I'd love to see some fellow Wednesdayites down there, it's my first show in the city and I'm hoping for a nice turn out.  And I need a good night to get over the tumultuous season the Owls are having ...





Peace, Love & Tea,
Matt Henshaw.

Coming Around on the road again ...

Afternoon folks,

Been giving you Twitter & facebook updates. Hope you've been enjoying them and not been aggrieved or annoyed by my online presence. My apologies. Just excited about the record, the sun and Sheffield Wednesday getting another year in the most exciting football league in the world.

The big news this week ... Matt Henshaw & MuthaFunk on tour ! Rehearsals have been a pleasure and a blessing, the band are sounding so good. Can't wait to let you in on my, until now, secret little funk soul world. Starting in Birmingham this Thursday then Sounddhism @ the Bodega Social Club in Nottingham on Saturday. Then we'll be in Sheffield, Coventry, London, Leicester and all over the bloomin' shop in the months that follow this one ...

Here's a poster for the Nottingham show ... tell a friend, tell and facebook friend and tweet till your fingers go sore ...