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Matt Sevier received a private school education in
Wilmington, Delaware, before graduating from The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill with an interdisciplinary degree in Music,
English, and Philosophy. He has been a professional singer, songwriter,
and multi-instrumentalist for over 15 years.
While still a freshman at UNC, Matt's one-man-band
recordings began receiving college radio airplay. This trend continued
upon his return to the Delaware Valley when WXPN-FM added his song "Marry
Katherine" to their rotation. The song became the station's most requested
song for over a month, leading to high demand for his first CD, Faultlines,
which introduced Matt to an international audience.
Matt has toured Europe and Scandinavia, performed live
on The World Cafe syndicated radio show, received strong press from The
Washington Post, Performing Songwriter, and Billboard Magazines, and
performed for Amnesty International with Jackson Browne. His live band
became a top regional club draw, known for Matt's tunes as well as
re-workings of songs by unique artists such as Frank Zappa.
Shortly after being signed to Sony Music in the late
90's, Matt discovered a hidden talent relating to children, leading to his
CD "It Takes All Kinds," named a Top 5 CD of the year by WXPN's Kids
Corner. As a children's entertainer, Matt has performed at the Sunoco
Welcome America festival, WXPN's Singer-Songwriter weekend, and regularly
at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Matt has performed at the Kimmel Center, the Count
Basie Theatre, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, in addition to
legendary clubs such as The Stone Pony, The Whiskey a Go-Go, The Bitter
End, and at festivals including Boston's Fallfest and WYSP's Strawberry
Fields Festival, and live on the radio at stations such as WMMR, WYSP, and
WSTW.
Matt has shared the stage with legends such as The
Band, Booker T. and the MG's, and Taj Mahal, as well as classic rock
songwriters such as Matthew Sweet, Graham Parker, and John Hiatt, and many
other notables from a wide range of musical genres. |
