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WHAT THE MEDIA IS SAYING ABOUT:
ANSEL MATTHEWS
"A POWERFUL PERFORMER WHO BRINGS A LOT OF SOUL
AND PASSION TO EVERY SONG HE SINGS!"
Singout Magazine
"AN ARTIST WITH AN INSPIRING SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND ONSTAGE HE INSTILLS REVERENCE LIKE A CATHEDRAL."
North By Northwest Music Festival
"BLESSED WITH A WONDERFULLY WARM AND SMOOTH VOICE,
ANSEL WORKS A BLEND THAT'S PART JAZZ AND PART POP." IN ALL CASES MATTHEWS HAS A NICE SENSE OF MELODY AND HIS VOICE MANAGES THOSE MELODY RUNS WITH RICH FULLNESS AT EACH NOTE.""...MATTHEWS COULD WELL BE A PERFORMER WITH FEW PEERS."
CHARLOTTE(NC) MONTHLY
"I CAN'T GET YOUR SONGS OUT OF MY HEAD
WHAT BEAUTY AND TRUTH"--PETE SEEGER
"... A MATURE, REFRESHING APPROACH TO THE OFTEN OVERWORKED GENRE
OF SINGER/SONGWRITER." --ALBUM NETWORK
"THE FINE LINE BETWEEN PHILOSOPHER AND SONGWRITER BLURS WITH ANSEL'S WORK...TEACHINGS? HIS SOOTHING, GENTLE VOICE AND SPARSE ACCOMPANIMENT
MAKE IT EASY TO REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT HE'S SO WONDERFULLY PRESENTING."
--SONGWRITER'S MONTHLY
- Various
Discography
Recordings: "The Lion and the Lamb" self release; Columbia University's Postcrypt 30th Anniversary CD; Smithsonian Institute Folkway Recordings;Workings of the Heart, Palmetto Records- This was a nationally released CD with extensive radio airplay; Raised from the Dust -self release (current)
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Bio
Ansel Matthews is a singer and acoustic guitarist with a warm, soulful voice and an impressive three-octave range. Musically he draws from wide-ranging influences-soul signers such as Sam Cooke, crooners like Nat king Cole, Seventies pop-folk of Jim Croce and James Taylor and from years of experience singing in classical and gospel choral groups
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