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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
Tour Dates for 2016
11.18 Baltimore, MD (CD RELEASE/CyberTrad)
11.19 Washington, DC (CD RELEASE/CyberTrad)
11.20 Charlottesville, VA (CD RELEASE/CyberTrad)
12.16 Philadelphia, PA (with Maivish)
12.17 Philadelphia, PA (with Maivish)
12.18 Philadelphia, PA (with Maivish)
12.27.16 Weston, WV (Terpsichore dance week)
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
Matthew Olwell in wood sprite get-up at the Live Arts Gala, 2006
matthew, hope one day to meet ur family. I work next to shady grove hospital, rockville, md. keep dancing…..a friend of ur mom and dad, Pam H
Hi Pamela! You should come see a show we are doing at the Kennedy Center Septmber 19th and 20th. It is called The Meaning of Buck Dance, and will be performed twice (for free) on the Millenium Stage. Hope to meet you some time soon 🙂