Wall Matthews

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Wall Matthews
BornNovember 18, 1950
Nationality American
OccupationComposer and performer

Wall Matthews (born November 18, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a composer and performer (guitar, piano, and percussion). [1] He has released numerous solo recordings and as a member of The Entourage Music And Theater Ensemble. [2]

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Career

In the early 1970s, Wall Matthews and Biff Rose performed throughout the US and Canada, and released the album Hamburger Blues. [3] He was composer in residence for dance at Connecticut College from 1978 to 1994. In 1983 he began recording for the label Clean Cuts. [4] In 2003 he started Zen Gardens Music/ZGM. [5] Its first release was Zen Gardens, Music Inspired By The Temples and Gardens of Kyoto . [6] In 2010 ZGM released Air Over Water, one of Zone Music Reporter's top 100 recordings of the year. [7] From 1994 to 2012, Matthews has composed for television and radio for Clean Cuts Music. [8] He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2010, along with fellow composers Chris Kennedy and Austin Caughlin, for his work on Yellowstone Battle For Life. [9] His 2012 recording "The Dreaming Light" was #48 on Zone Reporter's Top 100 recordings for 2012. [10] His Clean Cuts recording, "Christmas Guitar", was nominated in 2014 for Zone reporter's Holiday Album Of The Year [11]

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