Matt Gresham

Biography

When it comes to soulful tunes that will make any person hum and get moving Matt Gresham has it down to a T. Matt Gresham first became interested in the music scene at the age of 13 where he had seen a close friend play acoustic styled music, since then Matt has grown into a full blown musician himself. Now 4 years later Matt is becoming known around the Perth music scene as the next big thing. Matt has many influences which have impacted on his sound and personality with music. Some of Matt's m...

When it comes to soulful tunes that will make any person hum and get moving Matt Gresham has it down to a T. Matt Gresham first became interested in the music scene at the age of 13 where he had seen a close friend play acoustic styled music, since then Matt has grown into a full blown musician himself. Now 4 years later Matt is becoming known around the Perth music scene as the next big thing. Matt has many influences which have impacted on his sound and personality with music. Some of Matt's musical influences have come from Ben Harper and Bob Marley. Matt has now created his own vibe with his many instruments which includes guitar, djembe, tongue drum, didgeridoo, harmonica, symbols and stomp box. Matt has supported such names as Blue Shaddy, Wolfmail and blues award winners The Brian Fraiser Trio. You could describe Matts music as raw real Australian, blues, roots, reggae and a jazzy mellow. Matt has a wide variety of songs which are soulful, mellow, fun, energetic and playful. The music he plays will get anyone up dancing or singing along. Matt has been compared with Xavier Rudd and Emdee, his sound has been created with such influences as Bob Marley, Paul Simon and James Taylor. It is not surprising that Matt has up to 6-7 gigs a week as well as requests to play at private functions. Matt's released already his third album "June".
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