Nationality American | Name Wall Matthews Role Composer | |
Born November 18, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland Albums Air Over Water, Star of Wonder, The Dance in Your Eye People also search for Nick Sjostrom, Austin Caughlin, Rich Isaac, Chris Kennedy, Tori Pavone, Archie Moore Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Music & Sound | ||
Occupation Composer and performer | ||
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Wall Matthews (born November 18, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a composer and performer (guitar, piano, and percussion). He has released numerous solo recordings and as a member of The Entourage Music And Theater Ensemble.
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In the early 1970s, Wall Matthews and Biff Rose performed throughout the US and Canada, and released the album Hamburger Blues. He was composer in residence for dance at Connecticut College from 1978 to 1994. In 1983 he began recording for the label Clean Cuts. In 2003 he started Zen Gardens Music/ZGM. Its first release was Zen Gardens, Music Inspired By The Temples and Gardens of Kyoto. In 2010 ZGM released Air Over Water, one of Zone Music Reporter's top 100 recordings of the year. From 1994 to 2012, Matthews has composed for television and radio for Clean Cuts Music. 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. His 2012 recording "The Dreaming Light" was #48 on Zone Reporter's Top 100 recordings for 2012.His Clean Cuts recording, "Christmas Guitar", was nominated in 2014 for Zone reporter's Holiday Album Of The Year