Through The Years with Matt Turk
Back in early 2000 or so my editor Larry at Replication News and Medialine invited me to meet musician Matt Turk at a New York diner. Since I was in Manhattan for a convention or something or other, it was fun to meet up with this artist Larry had been raving about. I believe I got a copy of his debut disc, Turktunes, at that meeting and wrote this for AllMusic.com "Matt Turk is an exemplary singer/songwriter from the New York area with a
six-song CD overflowing with refined power pop that shows ingenuity and
enthusiasm. "Jimmy" opens the CD with a hook that won't quit while
conjuring images of angels taking a damaged human being from this realm
to the next for a new start." Two years later Turk followed it up with the full-length What Gives
http://www.allmusic.com/album/what-gives-mw0000693535
For that album I wrote "Matt Turk's What Gives is a smart, professional, highly palatable
collection of frosty pop tunes that fall out of his pen effortlessly,
enunciated by a voice so AM/FM friendly there is no question the world
would be a better place with his material rocking the airwaves. You Are
The One" opens things up with a slow-paced pop blues feeling sort of
like "Like A Rolling Stone" gone Triple A radio".
Joseph Tortelli wrote of "Silver Ring" from Washington Arms
Sometimes a song reverberates long after its original release date. The
phenomenon is more common in authentic folk music than in the ephemeral
pop marketplace. Such is the case with the "Silver Ring," a
contemporary folk rock tune penned
by singer-songwriter Matt Turk.
"Silver Ring" was first released on Washington
Arms, a 10-song album from 2006. Bursting with ringing acoustic guitar
chords and tasteful electric riffs, the song and album highlight Turk's
talents as composer, vocalist, and guitar player. Accompanied by drummer
Kevin Hupp and bassist Kevin Jenkins, Turk creates a textured musical
sound on both melodic ballads and uptempo rockers.
Also on Music Business Monthly
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2012/40607/music-review-matt-turk-washington-arms
My review of American Preservation is on TMR Zoo
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/22207/matt-turk-american-preservation
Please
join Matt in Somerville Mass Sunday July 7 for the acoustic series at
the Burren. Other upcoming live summer shows in Long Island City,
Peekskill, Provincetown on the Cape, Martinsville NJ, West Redding CT
and TUESDAYS in AUGUST at GARCIA'S at the CAPITOL THEATER in a Tribute
to Old and in the Way! Matt will be be singing and playing mandolin and a bunch
of friends will be joining the party including but not limited to
Deni Bonet fiddle/vocals, Adam Roberts/bass, Ayodele Maakheru/banjo, Howard Cohen guitar/vocals and Curtis Becraft guitar/vocals.
For more information:
SUNDAY JULY 7 8pm
THE BURREN back room acoustic music series
247 Elm Street, Somerville MA
THURSDAY JULY 11 9pm
Rest Au Rant
30-01 35th Ave. Long Island City, NY
FRIDAY JULY 12 6pm
BIRDSALL HOUSE
970 Main St. Peekskill NY
in the garden...
FRIDAY AUGUST 2 & SATURDAY AUGUST 3 9:30pm
BUBULA'S by the BAY
185 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
with Fred Gillen Jr./guitar & washboard
Gary Schreiner/keyboards, accordion & chromatic harmonica
TUESDAYS AUGUST 6, 13, 20 & 27 8pm
A TRIBUTE to OLD and in the WAY
GARCIA'S at the CAPITOL THEATRE
145 Westchester Ave. Portchester NY
Matt Turk mandolin/vocals
Deni Bonet fiddle/vocals
Adam Roberts bass
Ayodele Maakheru banjo
Howard Cohen guitar/vocals
Curtis Becraft guitar/vocals
SATURDAY AUGUST 10 7pm
GABRIELS FOUNTAIN
1948 Washington Valley Rd
Martinsville, NJ
SATURDAY AUGUST 31 9:30pm
REDDING ROADHOUSE
406 Redding Road, West Redding CT
with Fred Gillen Jr./bass & vocals, Kevin Hupp/drums
Matt Turk
is an exemplary singer/songwriter from the New York area with a
six-song CD overflowing with refined power pop that shows ingenuity and
enthusiasm. "Jimmy" opens the CD with a hook that won't quit while
conjuring images of angels taking a damaged human being from this realm
to the next for a new start. "Buffalohead" is track three but should
have switched places with the beautifully mournful "Never Said Goodbye."
"Goodbye" brings things down a few notches while "Buffalohead" has
intense boom boom drums from some "Indian Reservation" that Paul Revere & the Raiders once visited, and a very in controlled vocal by Turk. As the late Lillian Roxon raved about the young and relatively unknown Jackson Browne in her book Rock Encyclopedia back in 1969, Matt Turk may strike you as just as talented a find.
Read more here
http://www.allmusic.com/album/turktunes-mw0000609601
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