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“Matthew provides perhaps the most striking contribution to the band’s sound with his mesmerizing percussion, which he provides with the cajon and bodhran (drums from Cuba and Ireland, respectively), hamboning, clogging, flatfooting and dancing.”

-Dave Higgs, Bluegrass Now

Come see a show or take a class…

5.20.13-5.31.13 Wheatland Music Organization Remus, MI (T.A.W. and rehearsal residency)

7.8.13-7.12.13 CCE MAD Week, Bethesda, MD

7.14.13-7.20.13 Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week, Swannanoa, NC

7.21.13-8.3.13 Boxwood Festival and Tour, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

8.4.12-8.10.13 American Vernacular Dance Week at the Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins WV

8.24.13-8.31.13 Pinewoods American Week, Plymouth, MA

9.5.13-9.8.13 Wheatland Music Festival Remus MI, “Carry it On” Dance Project

Past performance highlights include:

• Aulnay All Blues Festival, Aulnay-sois-Bois, France
• Tanglewood
• Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, Cleveland OH
• The School at Jacob’s Pillow
• Eileen Iver’s Beyond the Bog Road
• Memory House/Desire House, in conjunction with The Kronos Quartet’s Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home, University of MD
• Performatica, Puebla Mexico
• Song of the Mountains for PBS
• Carter Fold, VA
• Paramount Theater, Charlottesville VA
• The Chieftains
• Kennedy Center, Washington DC
• The Generation Game BBC,London
• Washington DC Irish Folk Festival, VA
• Smithsonian Institute 150th Anniversary Celebration, Washington, DC
• Riverdance, London England

So, come on out and witness the awesomeness for yourself. You never know, you might catch our hero in a get-up like this:

Matthew Olwell in wood sprite get-up at the Live Arts Gala, 2006