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Matt Curran

About Me



Having Turned professional at the age of 17 Matt is at home in any musical situation both as a session musician and an arranger. By the age of 20 he had toured extensively throughout the uk and America and a few years later Australia and Tasmania. To date he has performed, recorded and made television appearances with artists such as Collin Raye ,Billie joe Spears,Lynne Anderson, Dominic Kirwan ,Daniel O Donnell as well as various X factor and pop idol stars. Next month will see him play on the same bill as artists like Ricky Skaggs Nancy Griffiths and Goerge Jones on the UTV country fest. As well as tours with session guitar hero Brent Mason and American country singer Pam Tillis and loads more artists. It looks set to be another busy year for Matt.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/11/2006
Band Members: Johnny Brady - Lead Vocals..... Matthew Curran - Guitar/Vocals... Conny Doherty....Bass guitar ... Brendan McGarrity...Drums/Vocals.... Ray McLoughlin....... Piano/ Keyboards James(Cloudy) Henry ....Piano..
Influences: Brent mason ,Frank Gambale, Toto, Arturo sandoval, Chick corea , Brecker Brothers, Tower Power Gordon Goodwin, Quincy Jones , Steve Lukather , Vince Gill ,Paul Franklin , Buddy Emmons.....
Sounds Like: Myself hopefully........!!!!!!
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

boogie nights grand opera house belfast

I'm playing guitar in the 70's musical boogie nights until saturday night the bands really good and it 'll be a very enjoyable show with plenty of really good music .
Posted by on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:37:00 GMT

Leona Williams - Dont sing me no songs about Texas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuK3EZ88sMY
Posted by on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:46:00 GMT

Matt is now taking sessions over the net

I  am now doing sessions via wav. files over the net i;m using top quality equipment and pro tools so anyone wishing to have  professional sound and playing on their album  just drop me a line and we ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:02:00 GMT

Hal Ketchum Irish tour 09

Ill be on tour this october with the fantastic Hal ketchum a tour that I'm gonna really enjoy so check out the dates on www.jwpromos.com
Posted by on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:50:00 GMT

on tour with Hal ketchum

I'm currently on a short tour with Hal Ketchum and I'm loving every moment of it. Great music and a great artist you can see us at the kings hall belfast sat and sun. I'm also working with Doug stone ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:31:00 GMT

Matt on tour with pam tillis

I'll be playing lead guitar with the great Pam Tillis on her Irish and uk tour . The band will be made up of some irish and  some U.S  musicians .
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:54:00 GMT

Brent mason and matt live on you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnx5xlwM-g matt and brent
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:38:00 GMT

Matt on stage with Collin Raye

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YJaEPTIjrto Matt live on stage with collin raye
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Pam Tillis Tour

I'm delighted to confirm that i will be on tour with Pam Tillis on her next irish tour .
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:39:00 GMT

New Guitar instumental album due for release

I've finally decided after all these years playing on other peoples albums to do one of my own. It will be a cd of all my favourite tracks ranging from jazz fusion to country i'll keep ypu all in...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:32:00 GMT