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About Me

- Myspace LayoutsMatthew Kilford is a singer/songwriter who currently resides in the relative serenity of the Oxfordshire countryside. Matt once played guitar in the highly acclaimed indie rock outfit Belarus, but all that's in the past. The future, as they say, is where it's at. After the demise of the aforementioned Belarus, Matt began to work in earnest on his own songs, enjoying the simplicity and freedom of being able to write and perform with just his voice and an acoustic guitar. After a short while some of these songs popped up on the internet and people became extremely interested in the sounds they were hearing. For his first official solo live appearance Matt managed the rarest of feats for one man and an acoustic guitar; to silence an entire room of Friday night gig-goers, without shouting at them or using one of those airhorn things that make your ears hurt. With songs that highlight his extraordinary voice and skilful guitar playing, whilst retaining hooks and a unique songwriting slant, this is something far more magical than another acoustic troubadour furrowing his brow. After a handful of powerful performances Matt is already creating a buzz on the live circuit and has crafted a set of tunes that possess echoes of Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey and Joni Mitchell without actually sounding like any of them. Plus he's already managed to play a show in New York, provide music for Evil Twin animations, get a mention from Steve Lamacq on Radio 1 and wear a lot of hats. Enjoy.

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Member Since: 1/28/2007
Band Website: New website under construction
Band Members: matthew kilford
Influences: Joni Mitchell, Ryan Adams, Polly Harvey, Marvin Gaye,The Funk Brothers, Gladys knight, Nick Drake, Massive Attack, Jeff Buckley, Beck, Dean Martin, Public Enemy, Kate Bush, Bjork, Radiohead, Judy Garland, Leonard Bernstein, Doris Day, Liza Minelli, Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan, John Martyn.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

For the month of may Hindsight will appear

The version of "hindsight" i did for Brunel Fm will be on the music player for the month of may.June and july I will be recording different versions of all of these songs so thought i wo...
Posted by Matthew Kilford on Tue, 06 May 2008 05:07:00 PST

"On our own" written by Charlie Bath

This song was written by a talented so & so called Charlie.She kindly asked me to help her out with the recording so i did a bit of singing e.t.c.Her own profile is in my top friends so please check o...
Posted by Matthew Kilford on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:59:00 PST

5th (Purple Monkey Dishwasher)

Initial recordings went well but having another go at them and others in the next month or so.It's going to take a bit longer than i expected but the outcome will be better.So by the end of july there...
Posted by Matthew Kilford on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:05:00 PST

4th.............RECORDING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

As the title of this blog suggests, I'm recording some songs in the countryside towards the end of febuary. I'm still not exactly what will be on the cd. In fact i'm not even sure it's going to be a&n...
Posted by Matthew Kilford on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:40:00 PST

2nd (monkey chewsday)

Ok so here's a little story about a place called monkey chews. Thanks to sally the sat nav me and my driver/companion for the day Mr Durban got to the venue and had a look up and down Camden high str...
Posted by Matthew Kilford on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:42:00 PST

1st

Welcome to the ramblings I've sat and pondered many an hour of what should and should not be written on a blog then decided that in the context of all the things going on in this interesting place we ...
Posted by Matthew Kilford on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:24:00 PST