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 ...
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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
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
Showing posts with label Ilkeston. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Monday, 24 March 2014
Matt Henshaw Recommends ... Becky Edwards
Matt Henshaw here recommending again, and bringing you the beautiful people of the world that make music and songs. And they don't come much more beautiful inside and out than the wonderful Becky Edwards. The twists and turns of fate and serendipity have brought both myself and Becky to Leicester from the north of the East Midlands, growing up as we did in Ilkeston and Ripley respectively, and finding ourselves in Leicestershire & Rutland.
My first week out last July with acoustic guitar in hand I met Becky and shared a stage at a little pub on Granby Street in the city. I was a humble open mic participant, and Becky was the headline act along with the marvellous Chris Conway, whom I've mentioned before whenst babbling about thems there Mia and the Moons. Massive Thanks to Stevie Jones for putting this one on !
Here she is having a sing song with her best friend, daughter and equally beautiful and hilarious Evelyn ...
... it's not all Disney classics in Becky's repertoire but I would be more than satisfied if it was. This video highlights the love between a mother and daughter and I feel, as we all should feel, grateful to Becky (as it says on her birth certificate - Rebecca she is not), for letting us into her life and sharing her blessings of music, talent and family with us. If this video has failed to make you smile, even just a little bit then I suggest you may need a support group of some kind, I don't know what, just Google "How to make myself happier" or something.
I Love Miss Edwards so much in fact that, along with Leah Sinead, I invited her to come and play at my birthday party last September. What a jolly pleasant night we had !
Here she is, above, playing at The Cookie, and no doubt you'll see her back again when I invite her to come and join me at an Acoustic Rhythm'n'Gospel Cavalcade sometime soon in the not so distant future ...
A few more things to note about Becky ... she is vegan and a shining example of someone who is talented, beautiful and healthy living a life she knows is right and pure, she is multi-talented so much so that alongside her music, she can dance, she is hilarious and a grand purveyor of words emotions and feelings, one day her and Evelyn will be known around the country, and making people smile in the same way I hope that Tippy and I do. Most pressingly though, is the race for the space at the top of the YouTube search, my friend Becky Edwards is not a pole dancer!
I owe a great deal to hanging around with Edwards, just being in her company inspires me to be a better person, when I say Leicester is a warm and loving place to be as a musician, I don't think I'm exaggerating too much when I say that a lot of that is down to Becky, for better or worse she helped forge the friendship between myself and Stu Crown and The Bobcats and led me to my discovery of The Simpletones.
I haven't even mentioned some of her great songs, 'Princess in a Paper Bag' is my personal favourite, 'Thin' is an honest and astoundingly heartfelt emotional ballad, and 'Your Face' is a sumptuous slice of acoustic pop, that I secretly think is about me, or maybe I just wish it was! Excellent songwriting!!
My first week out last July with acoustic guitar in hand I met Becky and shared a stage at a little pub on Granby Street in the city. I was a humble open mic participant, and Becky was the headline act along with the marvellous Chris Conway, whom I've mentioned before whenst babbling about thems there Mia and the Moons. Massive Thanks to Stevie Jones for putting this one on !
Here she is having a sing song with her best friend, daughter and equally beautiful and hilarious Evelyn ...
... it's not all Disney classics in Becky's repertoire but I would be more than satisfied if it was. This video highlights the love between a mother and daughter and I feel, as we all should feel, grateful to Becky (as it says on her birth certificate - Rebecca she is not), for letting us into her life and sharing her blessings of music, talent and family with us. If this video has failed to make you smile, even just a little bit then I suggest you may need a support group of some kind, I don't know what, just Google "How to make myself happier" or something.
I Love Miss Edwards so much in fact that, along with Leah Sinead, I invited her to come and play at my birthday party last September. What a jolly pleasant night we had !
Here she is, above, playing at The Cookie, and no doubt you'll see her back again when I invite her to come and join me at an Acoustic Rhythm'n'Gospel Cavalcade sometime soon in the not so distant future ...
A few more things to note about Becky ... she is vegan and a shining example of someone who is talented, beautiful and healthy living a life she knows is right and pure, she is multi-talented so much so that alongside her music, she can dance, she is hilarious and a grand purveyor of words emotions and feelings, one day her and Evelyn will be known around the country, and making people smile in the same way I hope that Tippy and I do. Most pressingly though, is the race for the space at the top of the YouTube search, my friend Becky Edwards is not a pole dancer!
I owe a great deal to hanging around with Edwards, just being in her company inspires me to be a better person, when I say Leicester is a warm and loving place to be as a musician, I don't think I'm exaggerating too much when I say that a lot of that is down to Becky, for better or worse she helped forge the friendship between myself and Stu Crown and The Bobcats and led me to my discovery of The Simpletones.
I haven't even mentioned some of her great songs, 'Princess in a Paper Bag' is my personal favourite, 'Thin' is an honest and astoundingly heartfelt emotional ballad, and 'Your Face' is a sumptuous slice of acoustic pop, that I secretly think is about me, or maybe I just wish it was! Excellent songwriting!!
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Ilkeston FC & i luv live Derby setlists ...
In after a long night ! 2 shows, 1 night. Here's the setlist of what tunes we done !
@IlkestonFC
It Ain't Easy
Dutch Courage
Naughty Girls
Always in the Way
Let Everything Go
Can't Hold Back
Gimme Some More
@iluvlive
When I Close My Eyes
Gimme Some More
Everybody Clap Your Hands
Can't Hold Back
I know there are some great gravy videos and pics out there so we'll have them shortly shall we !
All my love,
Matt Henshaw x
@IlkestonFC
It Ain't Easy
Dutch Courage
Naughty Girls
Always in the Way
Let Everything Go
Can't Hold Back
Gimme Some More
@iluvlive
When I Close My Eyes
Gimme Some More
Everybody Clap Your Hands
Can't Hold Back
I know there are some great gravy videos and pics out there so we'll have them shortly shall we !
All my love,
Matt Henshaw x
Friday, 28 June 2013
Lively Up Yourselves ... 2 shows 1 night ...
Afternoon folks,
Just had a mega phonecall about the next Matt Henshaw single coming your way as soon as we can make it happen ... who likes vinyl and psychedelic colours?
Anyways, today? I'm about to head up to Derbyshire where Reggii and I will be playing first at Ilkeston FC for the Woodchoppers Ball ... a little acoustic affair ... and then into Derby city centre for a show at Club 10 on the The Wardwick, smashing out some live B-Boy Soul into the wee hours. See you around ...
Don't watch that ... watch this !
Just had a mega phonecall about the next Matt Henshaw single coming your way as soon as we can make it happen ... who likes vinyl and psychedelic colours?
Anyways, today? I'm about to head up to Derbyshire where Reggii and I will be playing first at Ilkeston FC for the Woodchoppers Ball ... a little acoustic affair ... and then into Derby city centre for a show at Club 10 on the The Wardwick, smashing out some live B-Boy Soul into the wee hours. See you around ...
Don't watch that ... watch this !
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
My Bank Holiday Weekend ...
As the rain clouds set in midweek it's definitely time to reflect on my sunny Bank Holiday weekend and return my blog, neglected for a whole week can you believe!??! I hope forgiveness can be found within you all ...
Been all over the place. In the Midlands of course, cruising like a character from the imagination of Shane Meadows. Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire ... done 'em all.
Bumped into Bill Bailey !
Working with a few comedians of late ... stay tuned !
Making a move into book publishing, watch this space. Been helping out a friend who is an antiques dealer. Got a whole bunch of great vinyl records and some books. Plus, working on a podcast wih special guests and music history debate.
On Sunday I visited Nottingham for the annual Dot-to-Dot Festival ... caught up with some old friends and great new bands ... Kappa Gamma, Kagoule, Virginia Moon, Leah Sanderson, Dog Is Dead, Late of the Pier, Whispering Dolls, Fletcher, Hector, Joy Mumford and loads more ... and I got roped into doing an impromptu acoustic set at the Jam Cafe in Hockley ... I'll post more about that soon !
Oh, and notched up my 7th BBQ of the year with some great friends, Ilkeston's finest ... always nice to visit my home town. My mum is there, and her cooking is great !!!
Keep on the tunes ducks and duckies ...
And keep on listening ...
And Keep Fighting !
Been all over the place. In the Midlands of course, cruising like a character from the imagination of Shane Meadows. Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire ... done 'em all.
Bumped into Bill Bailey !
Working with a few comedians of late ... stay tuned !
Making a move into book publishing, watch this space. Been helping out a friend who is an antiques dealer. Got a whole bunch of great vinyl records and some books. Plus, working on a podcast wih special guests and music history debate.
On Sunday I visited Nottingham for the annual Dot-to-Dot Festival ... caught up with some old friends and great new bands ... Kappa Gamma, Kagoule, Virginia Moon, Leah Sanderson, Dog Is Dead, Late of the Pier, Whispering Dolls, Fletcher, Hector, Joy Mumford and loads more ... and I got roped into doing an impromptu acoustic set at the Jam Cafe in Hockley ... I'll post more about that soon !
Oh, and notched up my 7th BBQ of the year with some great friends, Ilkeston's finest ... always nice to visit my home town. My mum is there, and her cooking is great !!!
Keep on the tunes ducks and duckies ...
And keep on listening ...
And Keep Fighting !
Monday, 29 April 2013
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.
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.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
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 ...
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 ...
Monday, 31 October 2011
Happy Halloween ...
Here's a scary picture for you ...
Can you believe this was over 8 years ago !?! (I've been corrected, it was just over 5 years ago ... still, I feel old!)
Matt Henshaw & Censored on Ilkeston on Victoria Park bandstand in '06 ... film trivia ... bandstand featured in the Shane Meadows film Once Upon A Time i n the Midlands with Robert Carlyle ...
Can you believe this was over 8 years ago !?! (I've been corrected, it was just over 5 years ago ... still, I feel old!)
Matt Henshaw & Censored on Ilkeston on Victoria Park bandstand in '06 ... film trivia ... bandstand featured in the Shane Meadows film Once Upon A Time i n the Midlands with Robert Carlyle ...
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