Beautiful Souls, Interviews & The New Matt Henshaw Mailing List

Evening folks,

A few quick things at the start of this glorious week, I hope I find you well ...

Here's me and the two Beautiful Souls, Caroline​ and Anwyn​, that supported me at my great homecoming show in Nottingham last month, if you were there you can testify to this, if you weren't, you know you missed out !! Click this link to find out where and when I'll be going on my next tour as soon as it's announced ...
http://bandsintown.com/MattHenshaw

Matt Henshaw March Newsletter

PEACE, LOVE & TEA EVERYBODY !!

March 2015 has come around pretty quick, and I'm sure you're all exhausted from celebrating St. David's Day this Sunday !!  All Five and a half Thousand of you !!  You Beautiful Souls, thanks for sticking with me and keeping in touch, we've loads to catch up on ...

EUROPEAN TOUR, AWARDS & 6 MONTHS ON THE ROAD ...

It seems like ages since last September when I released 'Your Eyes Are Made Of Gold' and it went Top 30 on iTunes, I've played all over the UK, done a 5 week stint in Northern Europe and been nominated for some awards, I'm now embarking on a month long return leg around England, Scotland & Wales (scroll down for all the dates) and have a couple of new releases and festival dates planned for the summer, plus I'll be in the studio with the chappy who produced Frank Turner's 'England Keep My Bones' album preparing something new for later in the year.



Look out for a special big FREE show announcement in Nottingham in mid-April !!!

I was down in London last week and collected a medal for 'Your Eyes Are Made Of Gold' which was up for Best EP 2014 at the Galaxy Music Awards, sporting my weaved cardboard bow tie and pocket square, generously donated by the good people at Grey House England.  And this next month I'll be in Birmingham to see if I win Best Male 2015 at the inaugral Midlands Independent Music Awards (The MIMAs) ... wish me luck !



In other pleasing news, along with spotify, soundcloud and a whole host of other places you can find my music, all of my simple minimalist "title videos" on YouTube from my official EP releases have reached well over 1000 views each, some into the 10000s, thanking you all massively for that, keep listening and go over and give the latest upload a listen 'Stop Me Girl' right this second and download it NOW !!



The International Peace, Love & Tea Tour Continues ...

Wish me luck in all and everything in Peace, Love & Tea, more awards, tour dates, releases and parties coming soon !!

... and don't forget to drop an email to 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 hopefully I'll see you soon on the road ...

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/

PS. keep your orders from the Peace, Love & Tea Shop coming in !!!
  UPCOMING UK TOUR DATES !!

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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 !!

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Awards Season for Matt Henshaw

Forget the #Oscars, it's awards season for me too ! I've been nominated for a couple whilst I was away in Europe ...

This Thursday night I'll be down in London for the Galaxy Music Awards, 'Your Eyes Are Made Of Gold' is up for Best EP of 2014 ...

And then next month, Friday 13th March, unlucky for some, I'm up for Best Solo Male at the MIMAs (Midlands Independent Music Awards), and as the only representative from the East Midlands heading over to Brum I hope I can count on some support from my homelands !!

Anyways, this is a prototype bow tie and pocket square combo gifted to me by Grey House England ... go follow and Like everything over there, it's ALL cardboard, renewable and impeccably designed, Spread The Love ! (I like it because it's tea coloured ...)

That's all for now Brothers & Sisters, Peace, Love & Tea, MHx
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY !!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY !!!

In The Netherlands I met this beautiful girl called Lily, but shhh ... don't tell the wife !

Peace, Love & Tea,
Matt Henshaw x
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What a busy 6 months ...

Wow, what a busy 6 months I've just had !! Here's a handy little map to illustrate all the places I have been and played in the last half a year !

A massive big thank you to everyone who's made it possible, to everyone who came out to see me, bought something from the Peace, Love & Tea Shop and helped make 'Your Eyes Are Made Of Gold' a Top 30 record ! And it's not over yet ...

I'm currently plotting a little "Welcome Home" leg around the UK through March - so if you want me to come and play for you, get in touch, and if the logistics are right, I'll be there - and I'll be playing some special shows in Leicester and Nottingham at some point this Spring ...

... and I'm heading into the studio very soon to to record some new stuff to go with my planned upcoming releases this Summer, and here's to another busy festival season just around the corner !!

Keep your eyes and ears out, be sure to Like, comment, follow, subscribe, tweet, retweet, share, sign up for the Mailing List etc. etc. basically, keep in touch, you Beautiful Souls !!

Spread The Love !
Matt Henshaw x
http://www.MattHenshaw.com/

PS. check the tour blog over at http://www.MattHenshaw11.blogspot.com/ and some pictures on http://instagram.com/matthenshaw11 ... loads more pictures and stories to come when I gets myself five minutes ...

Play The Game - Matt Henshaw (newsletter)

So, this is what we're doing.  Playing the game.  Whilst I'm slowly coming to terms with being a solo singer-songwriter and looking out for means of keeping those skills of singing and songwriting in employment I'll be slowly dripping out some of my recordings ... so far It Ain't Easy and My Life have surfaced.  And here's a third instalment ... 
Play The Game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29e1_rwG7jg&list=PL7UCvjRIeiY9bHc8S5B10vDleLSXwSIdf&index=3
About coming of age in Nottingham city and a reflection on how great cities transition from pastoral historic medieval towns to the great globalised Americanised urban metropolitan cities, that by hook or by crook, they're now becoming around the world.

Nevermind anyway, eh?  It's just a ride.  I like this format, not giving too much away, letting the songs do the singing ... but it you are hungry for imagery here's me performing at The Curve Theatre in Leicester ... and you can always find me on facebook and/or instagram ...


Peace, Love & Understanding, Matt Henshaw x

Play The Game - Matt Henshaw

More to follow, MHx
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My Life - Matt Henshaw

Alright there?!

October 2013, where does the time go?

Now seems like an appropriate time to look back on a highly creative year, let you know what I'm up to now and hopefully where I'm going next.  I've released an album, started a whole new band and finally bitten the bullet and gone out as a proper solo artist, no-one to blame but myself from this point onwards, eh?

First off, Matt Henshaw and the Rhythm'n'Gospel Cavalcade is coming together nicely, I've written hundreds of songs and carving out a nice little setlist or two to play here, there and wherever you want me.  Get in touch, sort me out with some food, drink and petrol money and I'm yours.  My initial releases have been warmly received, a few thousands views on YouTube with no real promotion is nothing to be sniffed at I don't think ...
It Ain't Easy / My Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATS_6IuN2A&list=PL7UCvjRIeiY9bHc8S5B10vDleLSXwSIdf&index=1

There's an ever growing number of you on the mailing list, so for that I am thankful, and numbers on facebook, twitter and, now, instagram keep going up so I must be doing something right, right?  I'm also blogging fairly frequently and I might start adding to my YouTube channel a little more often, just little treats, we'll see.

Currently in the midst of doing a bunch of radio sessions interviews and podcasts in the East Midlands, some nice shows in my adopted hometown of Leicester, it seems they've taken to me and adopted me, just lovely.  In all honesty, I don't really know what I'm doing, I've never been a solo artist before, and contemplating my next move without any kind of collaborator is  little daunting, I'm sure i'll figure it out and I hope you'll stick with me.  I guess the message is, stay tuned and see where we go from here, it's going to be exciting !



B-Boy Soul
The second episode from myself and ReggiiMental came earlier this year.  Coming Around is availablefor download from all your favourite outlets, physical copies are long gone.  Jimmy B-Boy is now concentrating on working with the youths of Derbyshire for his MPR Derby project and it may be some time before the next slice of B-Boy Soul comes your way, hopefully not another 3 years, and hopefully the time in between is fruitful and creative !
http://www.facebook.com/ReggiiMental

Satsuma Elephants
Started out as just me and my best mate jamming in his garage and we've done festivals, been on the radio and packed rooms out, demand for the Elephants; or the Satsumas, however has far exceeded the supply.  I wish I could be a Satsuma Elephants; or my personal preferences, a Suma, everyday but right now we're on holiday, looking to hit the studio sometime soon to mix and master the batch of songs we have, and hopefully we'll be with you to provide your much needed dose of Vitamin C sometime soon.

So, in summary ...
Who knows where?  Who knows when??  But, someday soon we'll meet again.

For sure, we'll meet again,
Spread The Love !
Matt Henshaw
http://www.matthenshaw.com

PS.  be sure you've 'Liked' me on facebook, 'follow' me on twitter and instagram, subscribe to the blog and the YouTube channel and you can't go wrong.  Updates as they happen, and you'll make me happy, that's all I really want to be.
 

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Good Day,

Rainy day here in the East Midlands. And as I feel like my blog is my much neglected favourite child I'm going to start writing more, that is my Autumn promise to myself. I'm a fan of the extended written word and the epistolary exchange, my last blog mentioned my success in growing my mailing list, facebook and twitter following, and my considering joining instagram, well I have, but snapshots and 140 characters just don't satisfy my need to mass communication. So here we go ...

I have joined instagram ... here's my first picture ...



An artistic assembly of torn beer mats by me, live from the Cookie Jar, Leicester. Don't worry though, the beer mats were already torn and on table I found myself sitting with a moment to spare ... I'm not one of these sexual frustrated people who go around tearing up beer mats and ripping the labels off their bottles !

In the meantime since the last blog I have been plotting and planning and writing and thinking. I played a radio session at Hermitage FM this week which will go out on Saturday night and be repeated again in the week. I played a brand new song entitled 'No Matter How' that is me embracing my new hobbies, life of living with being me and coming to terms with how I am. Sure you'll hear it live at some point or maybe on a grainy youtube video.

My plan is to write more blogs, keep it interesting, let you in on my new hobbies, or things I have always done but don't mind sharing, it's 2013 afterall, and I'm on facebook, instagram and twitter ! And I'm slowly but surely adding to The Matt Henshaw Archive, essentially a place for backing up all my things, just in case technology lets me down, as it almost always does !!

Goodbye for now, stay tuned, stay beautiful, and don't forget to keep listening to my stuff,
MHx
Matt Henshaw
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Satsuma Elephant

Join Team Matt Henshaw !

Around 1200 of you Like me on facebook, over two and a half thousand on twitter, and I'm pleased to have a good few thousand on my mailing list ... debating whether to join instagram or not?? Should I??? Does everyone want to see pictures of my cats? Mugs of tea?? And general japes around towns and cities in the UK???

Let me know x

Matt Henshaw and his little BBC page!

Following the official recognition from YouTube it was an extra special pleasure when Jimmy B-Boy aka. ReggiiMental got in touch with me and told me that he'd found an official Matt Henshaw BBC page ! Surfing the web these things pop up from time to time and it is very nice ... there's not much on there though, maybe I should pull my finger out and start creating some music that will sell by the bucket load ... they've got the old Censored tribe on there too. I used to be a member don't you know ... cool runnings ...

Hop on on over to my official website and sign up for the mailing list to hear about future developments and be treated to a selection of acoustic session videos, including one over at the BBC ...

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 !


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Stay Cool,
Matt H. x
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