Matt York

Acoustic / Folk Rock / Soul

Toronto, ON

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About

After touring for the past three years supporting his first record "Under the Streetights," playing nearly 750 shows across North America, Japan and Australia, and releasing his first DVD in March of 2008 (filmed by Dan Ramirez [Dave Matthews Band, O.A.R.]), Matt York is on pace for one heck of a year. After navigating his way through the music world on his own steam and getting a taste of both its luster and seedy underbelly, Matt was beginning to feel the effects of the road.

Rather than take a break, Matt responded by pairing up with some friends and exceptional songwriters: Brad Stella and Joel Parisien (NewWorldSon) to craft a selection of tracks for his latest project. Those connections, and Matt's habit of locking himself in a Toronto rehearsal space for weeks on end, resulted in twenty new songs and a rekindled fire in the belly. In February of 2008, Matt went back in the studio with producer and longtime friend Justin Koop (Tomi Swick, St. Alvia Cartel, NewWorldSon) to begin working on his sophomore release - "Mine." Six months of work and eleven final tracks later, "Mine" is ready to fill the ears of the masses. Matt York's music will make you think, feel, dance, sing out loud until it hurts, and then do it all over again. The new album, along with his new five-piece band, has even further confirmed that Matt York isn't just another singer-songwriter.

"I grew up listening to the Motown and gospel that my mom and dad would listen to around the house," says Matt. "In high school, when all of my friends were listening to Nirvana, I was listening to Stevie and Rare Earth. My dad's a high school music teacher and accomplished violinist, and when he'd work long hours after school (I went to the same high school he taught at... it was awesome....), I'd sit in the music room and play guitar for hours each night. My dad would be there to help me if I didn't know certain chords, but I never took one lesson. I just learned the songs I loved after school every day."

Check Matt and his Band on tour throughout 2009

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Jan 19, 2009

All Music Review of "Mine"

"Matt York grew up in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, but from the sound of his second album, Mine, he should have been raised across the border in Detroit. York is a blue-eyed soul singer who shows off the influences of Stevie Wonder and (on "Someday") Bob Marley. He …

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The mall stall.... wtf

ok... so i was totally rocking the mall yesterday finishing up the last of the Christmas list and this happened to me. Really, it's been happening for years but only now have I felt the need to write about it. SO... you're in the mall, trying to get around and finish up …