Matt Schofield will record a 2 hour live video webcast on Jan. 17 from TRI Studios in San Rafael CA, the audio and video facility created by The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir. The Matt Schofield trio is one of the first bands to be invited to do a webcast from TRI.
The show is being filmed and mixed live in real time and you can see it at 19:00 PST, 22:00ET and 03:00GMT the next morning. The show will be rebroadcast the next day - Jan 18 - at midday PST, 15:00ET and a more friendly 20:00GMT for Schofield fans in the UK and Europe.
Click here to watch the live stream. The show is scheduled to start at 19:00PST prompt, with two 50 minute sets and an intermission in which Matt will be answering questions submitted by fans.
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Recent News January 17, 2012
FREE MATT SCHOFIELD WEBCAST .... LIVE FROM SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA
December 01, 2011
Matt Schofield’s Anything But Time is No.1 in Mojo's pick of 2011 albums
For only the second time in the existence of Mojo magazine's annual pick of top Blues albums, a non-American has taken the top spot. Matt Schofield’s Anything But Time is No.1 in Mojo's pick of 2011 albums, compiled by blues writer Tony Russell.
For Matt it tops a busy year in which the band has played extensively in North America, toured in the UK and continental Europe, played numerous festivals as far afield as Texas and Mumbai, and taken another crop of British Blues Awards (Guitarist and Keyboard Player of the year awards).
September 19, 2011
Matt Schofield Wins British Blues Guitarist of the Year, Again!
Matt Schofield rounds out a busy summer season with a main stage appearance at the historic King Biscuit Blues festival in Arkansas. He has also been crowned Blues Guitarist of the Year for the second successive year in the British Blues Awards, bringing the band’s tally of British Blues Awards to five including Keyboards (twice) and Album of the Year in 2010.
June 22, 2011
Boston Herald gives Matt Schofield’s "Anything But Time” an "A"
Check out The Boston Herald for a phenomenal review of Matt Schofield’s new album “Anything But Time,” released June 14th on Nugene Records. The review proclaims the album is “…sure to be in any discussion of best blues album of the year.” Click here to read the whole review and go to www.mattschofield.net to catch up on Matt Schofield news, tour dates and more.
June 14, 2010
Schofield Scores With Fans & Critics At Inaugural U.S. Show
They say he is "...one of the most distinctive and innovative players to have emerged on the blues scene for several generations...", "ranked in the top ten of british blues guitarists of all time" and they seem to be undoubtedly right, at least according to the critic in attendance at Schofield's U.S. debut performance: "...I am ready to get out and see Matt Schofield again anytime soon. A tremendous show and a lot of sound coming from just three guys. Mostly original material, but he did toss out a nice take on Freddie King's "Woman Across the River" and "Black Cat Bone" was part of two-three song encore that took the show well past midnight... Matt is a helluva good guitarist that he doesn't need comparisons with anybody."
December 07, 2009
MATT SCHOFIELD TO RELEASE INSTRUCTIONAL GUITAR DVD WITH HAL LEONARD CORP.
Hal Leonard Corporation, the world’s largest music print publisher, has signed a deal to create an instructional guitar DVD featuring Matt Schofield for release this coming summer.
Hal Leonard VP of Pop & Standard Publications Jeff Schroedl was compelled to contact Schofield after hearing his music on a drive. “I was listening to Sirius and a track of Matt’s came on. I literally had to pull my car over and devote my full attention to listening to him play. He’s far and away the most exciting guitarist to come around in the last ten to 15 years.” Schofield, whom the L.A. Daily News calls “the best blues guitarist from any country in decades,” was equally enthusiastic about the project. “When I started to teach myself the guitar, the first book I had was the Hal Leonard Guitar Method, ”comments Schofield, who began playing at age 11. “It’s amazing how life has come full circle. I was determined even at a young age to be a guitarist, but never conceived of being in a position where other guitarists would want to learn from me. It’s a great honor to be working with Hal Leonard.” November 02, 2009
Matt Schofield Joins Entourage!
Matt Schofield, widely regarded as one of the most distinctive and innovative blues guitarists to have emerged on the world scene for several generations, will be represented by Entourage Talent outside of the UK & Europe, paving the way for Schofield to tour North America and Asia. The LA Daily News raves that in "Schofield, the UK has produced the best blues guitarist from any country in decades," while Guitarist Magazine calls him "The UK’s most exciting blues guitar player."
Since releasing his first album in 2004 Schofield has played in 12 countries around Europe and in Canada. |
 Top ten British Blues guitarists of all time -Guitar & Bass No. 1 Blues Album of 2011 -MOJO Blues Pick of 2011 -BBC R2 National Radio Guitarist of the Year " -British Blues Awards 2010 & 2011 Now firmly established as the freshest and most exciting blues guitarist to have emerged on the world scene for many years, Matt Schofield's powerful mix of blues, rock, and New Orleans funk is unlike anything else on the block. He is rated in the top ten British blues guitarists of all time (Guitar & Bass Magazine) putting him in the company of such iconic names as Eric Clapton and Peter Green. His latest album, Anything But Time, was produced by John Porter , legendary for his productions of Buddy Guy, BB King, Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, Santana and no less than 10 Grammy winning albums). The album is MOJO magazine's no.1 Blues album of 2011. He has a total of four studio albums and three live albums. In his relatively short career (he is only 34), Schofield's prowess as a guitarist and singer has taken his band to 23 countries. He was crowned Blues Guitarist of the Year in the 2010 and 2011 British Blues Awards; and scored another distinction when he joined such famous names as Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson, and Joe Bonamassa, who have DVDs produced by the world's largest music print publisher, the US-based Hal Leonard organization. In 2012, he became one of the first artists to be invited to perform a live webcast from Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, an amazing state-of-the-art facility that signals the future of recording and live music on the web. For the past two years Matt has toured exclusively in the USA and Canada and played Blues festivals as far afield as Indonesia, India and Texas, where he headlined the memorial T-Bone Walker festival in T-Bone's home town of Linden, TX. For any blues-inspired guitarist that is a singular honour. His band comprises long-term compatriot Jonny Henderson (Hammond organ and left-hand bass) and American Kevin Hayes on drums, who has a long list of touring and recording credits including Robert Cray, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Albert Collins and Van Morrison. For 2012 Schofield will tour with his Signature Two-Rock amplifier, launched at the January 2012 NAMM convention. He joins John Mayer in having a named edition from this highly respected amplifier manufacturer. |