Iain Matthews

Live Review: Folk In The Park, Sutton, London – 19th August 2023

August 25, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 2

Folk In The Park is a relatively new and small festival held in Manor Park in Sutton, South London, with 13 artists playing across two stages. It’s organised by Hannah White and Keiron Marshall, together with […]

Matthews Southern Comfort “The Woodstock Album”

July 27, 2023 Paul Kerr 2

A nostalgic blast from Iain Matthews who sings 15 songs of peace, love and understanding which were performed at Woodstock. It’s fitting that Iain Matthews’ latest version of Matthews Southern Comfort revisits the legendary Woodstock Festival […]

Interview – Iain Matthews talks about a long career of interpreting American roots music

December 1, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Even coming from Scunthorpe, listening to Hank Williams and Curtis Mayfield you were going to follow the US path. I’ve long been a fan of Iain Matthews and his interpretation of American Folk and Country music. […]

Interview: Talking Elephant Record’s Malcolm Holmes on his love of folk and ‘70s rock

January 25, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

From Fairport’s Ashley Hutchins and Iain Matthews to echoes of the ‘60s Canterbury Scene. Regular readers of Americana UK interviews will be aware that from time to time we speak to non-musicians who none the less […]

VERSIONS – “These Days”

August 10, 2020 Paul Villers 4

Here we are again with “VERSIONS” – our look at the songs, the performers and the interpretations by performers of the songs. This time around Gordon Sharpe casts his eye over over the song ‘These Days’ […]