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Matt Quarterman

About Me

Matt Quarterman was born to missionary parents in Portugal. When he was 13 his family moved to Odessa, Ukraine, where with several friends he founded Nonchalance, the only English-speaking rock band for 1000 kilometers. After graduating he moved to Mississippi to earn a degree in English, and unexpectedly found a bride along the way. He and his wife Erin moved to Boston, Massachusetts where Matt is finishing his Songwriting degree at Berklee College of Music.

Given his frenetic upbringing, you would rightly expect the music Matt makes to be somewhat eclectic and left of center. He's been a singer/songwriter since he was 13 and plays guitar, harmonica, Dobro, mandolin and banjo. He's written hundreds of songs, combining elements of country, rockabilly, old-time folk music, the Russian bard tradition, blues, classical and pop/rock.

As Pat Keating of INsite Boston magazine writes, "Meeting Matt and hearing his great work, one cant help but want to stick around."


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Member Since: 23/08/2005
Band Website: www.mattquarterman.com
Band Members: Erin Quarterman (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Matt Quarterman (vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, etc.)
Influences: Rock: U2, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Buddy Holly, Counting Crows, Wilco, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, The Arcade Fire, REM, Sun Kil Moon.

Country: Johnny Cash, Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers, Merle Haggard, The Carter Family.

Singer/Songwriter: Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, Elvis Costello, Tori Amos, Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Tim Buckley, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Warren Zevon.

Blues: Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Howlin' Wolf.

Russian: DDT, Viktor Tsoi & KINO, Zemfira, Serga, Bravo.
Sounds Like: T.S. Eliot runs into Ryan Adams outside Suzanne Vega's place. Intelligent and often witty lyrics, a roots-based guitar style and charismatic live performances. For fans of alt-country, modern folk and roots rock, it's just music with brains as well as heart.
Record Label: Republic Music

My Blog

Matt’s New Project

NEW MUSIC! STREAM IT FOR FREE! YES I'M SHOUTING!If you go to http://www.starcalledsun.com/Star_Called_Sun.com/Hear.html, you can hear our brand-new recording of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," a song Cyn...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Change of Venue

Greetings, one and all! So this is to let the general populace know that I probably won't be playing any Boston shows in a while. Or the East Coast in general. I've relocated to beautiful Washington S...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:49:00 GMT

New song

Hey folks, it's called "Sedate Me," it's pretty far afield from my usual material. Feel free to listen, comment, even download it. Let me know if you've got an opinion. Thanks for reading,Matt
Posted by on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:48:00 GMT

Kennedy's Gig

Hey folks, one of the singer/songwriters I played with at Kennedy's Midtown Pub a few weeks back posted a blog about the gig, and included a few photos of our impromptu duet. Check it out here:http://...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:45:00 GMT

New Music...

Hey, folks, there's a new track up called "Badge and a Gun," feel free to download it. No, I'm not being generous, I just can't legally sell it. ;) I wrote it for an assignment: an end credit theme fo...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:07:00 GMT

Personal Site

Hello, one and all, just a quick note to let folks know that I'm revamping this page very shortly. I just activated a personal MySpace account so that I can keep this one purely music- and business-re...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:22:00 GMT

Top Friends

I don't know why I bought into the notion as much as I did, but the "Top 8" concept is flawed and dangerous. To presume that friends can be ranked and graphed in a relationship calculus, each person p...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:25:00 GMT

Northeast Performer Magazine Reviews "Misplaced Americans"!

Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the first press review of the CD, and it's a doozy! I guess now I can call myself critically acclaimed . . .Northeast Performer MagazineJanuary 2007Matt Quarterman  ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:32:00 GMT

Brand-New Blog

Because this is more of a business venture for me at the moment, i.e. people come here more to check out the music and less to hear my rambling thoughts on the state of the world at large, I've got a ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:59:00 GMT

A brand-new feeling . . .

I think it's overwhelming, exultant joy. My brother Nate and his wife Malaika are going to have a child. It's like a tidal wave I can't comprehend or fathom. A new generation, a new face and finge...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:18:00 GMT