Celebrating the release of his new album "Savoy", Matt North brings the party to the Rose Bowl Tavern with special guest Don Henry.About this Event
MATT NORTH Record Release Show for “Savoy”
with special guest:Grammy Winner , DON HENRY
ft. Paul Chastain, Larry Beers, Mitch Marlow, Kent Whitesell, Lynn Canfield, Jesse Brown, Scott Frillman, and Jeremiah St. John
Saturday, October 24th
Doors 7:00pm
Show 8:00pm
Tickets $20 in advance | $25 at the door
All seating is first come first served
No refunds on tickets
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Matt North, hailed by the Village Voice’s “Dean of American Rock Critics,”
Robert Cristgau, as “an absolutely first-rate songwriter” is a former Champaign-Urbana townie now based in Nashville after a long tenure in Los Angeles. An award-winning songwriter with two critically acclaimed releases:
Bullies in the Backyard
(2022) and Above Ground Fools
(2017), North will release his third album, Savoy,
on September 15, 2026. After two albums featuring Nashville A-listers from Lucinda Williams’ and Emmylou Harris’ bands,
Savoy was recorded in Champaign-Urbana studios with an exclusive lineup of Central Illinois veterans on every track: Paul Chastain, Mitch Marlow, Larry Beers, Jesse Brown, Lynn Canfield, Kent Whitesell, Jeff Helgesen, Scott Frillman, and Ryan Groff.
As a songwriter and drummer, North recorded and performed with Maria
McKee of Lone Justice, Peter Case, Blondie Chaplin, Mink Stole, Andy Prieboy, and Stuart Mathis of The Wallflowers. His great uncle is novelist and Kentucky poet laureate, Jesse Stuart, and his father's family were Scotch-Irish coal miners in Harlan County,
Kentucky. North grew up in Champaign on equal doses of Hee
Haw and
Soul Train,
playing local gigs drumming with Jay Bennett of Wilco, and also John Coltrane bassist, Rafael Garrett, at Nature’s Table. North says of the Illinois community that shaped him, “I’ve always called Champaign-Urbana the ‘Muscle Shoals of the Midwest’ based on
its historical output from studios, bands, and songwriters publishing original songs. I can’t think of an equally-sized Midwest town that matches it.”
Event venue
The Rose Bowl Tavern, 106 North Race Street, Urbana, United States
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