February News

The James Connolly Easter Rising Tour 2016 Yvonne and I returned to Bern February 1st after playing 12 concerts and making seven radio appearances in  Northern California. The tour was organized by our publisher, PM Press. We were greeted warmly, throughout, by small...

December-January News

Dear Friends: Shortly before departing for our West Coast tour Yvonne and I will be performing our annual concert at the Esse Bar in Winterthur. January 3, 2016-19:30 Mat & Yvonne perform at The Esse Bar in Winterthur...

Mat & Yvonne at Folk in Heaven-December 6th: 17hr

Dear Friends: Mat and Yvonne invite you to a special evening at Folk In Heaven, Sunday, December 6th at 17:00. The Duet presents songs from their debut album, Welcome, their followup album, Burn the Boogeyman, and new songs from their forthcoming album, Friendship....

October-November 2015 News

Although it’s already the end of October, I wanted to wait to publish my regular monthly news until my new website was finished. Thanks to the dedicated effort of my dear friend Wali Walser of Satzpunkt Graphics (http://satzpunkt.ch/), I now have a new site...

September 2015

Two announcements: first, I’ve finally completed my book on San Francisco in the Sixties. I call it, The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco 1965–1975. PM Press is planning to publish the book in Fall 2016....

August 2015

I will be making an important announcement about tour plans and objectives very soon. In the meantime, please enjoy these two concerts, one in Berkeley, California, the other in Dublin, Ireland. > Berkeley > Dublin