Matt Nakoa
Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist.
A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America,
and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush.
“Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.”
The Boston Globe
Born on a small goat farm in New York State, Nakoa trained to be a concert pianist before accepting
a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music as a vocalist. He developed his dramatic songwriting style with his college alt-rock band, The Fens, and after the band dissolved, he landed in NYC.
It was in Manhattanʼs all-night piano bars that Nakoa developed an uncanny ability to command the attention of any audience. His first solo albums, released in 2012 and 2014, garnered multiple songwriting awards, including a win at Kerrville Folk Festivalʼs New Folk Competition.
“What we have here is a truly encouraging sign of what pop could once again become."
The Ark of Music Magazine
“Matt is definitely on his way up. I’m hoping he’ll let me open for him
when he’s doing stadiums.”
Tom Rush
Cost: $21.50
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Fri. Apr. 29, 2022 8pm
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