Faith causes technical issues · 653 days ago by Matisjahu
Matisyahu has a problem, apparently as his talents win over fans in larger and larger numbers its causing problems with his schedule.
You see Matisyahu’s jewish faith forbids him from doing shows ln the Sabbath, as well as Friday Nights and Saturday at any time before sunset.
He explains the problam as saying “We do play Saturday night, but that’s getting harder because we’re playing bigger arenas (and) I can’t ask people to work for me before sundown, so soundcheck and stage setup is tricky.”
Tour Dates for August - September 2006 · 666 days ago by Matisjahu
This year has truly been Matisyahu’s year for doing collaborations, just this past summer he was hired by The Dave Matthews Band to open for several of the bands important United States shows, as well the band “Sting” tapped matisyahu to open for their performance in Isreal.
Also this coming August 8th, Matisyahu has been hired to make appearences as the headlining act on a whole slew of tour dates for a large number of diverse bands such as The Polyphonic Spree, Gomez as well as The Flaming Lips.
After finishing this extensive concert line up he will swing by Austin Texas this September 17th to join up with Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Los Lonely Boys, Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs, and Damian Marley for a very special show! Rumour has it that the “Street Drum Corps” will be backing Matisyahu up as well as playing inbetween sets.
His recently released album “Youth” has gained Matisyahu many many fans with his seamless musical talent for mixing raggae, hip hop and rock, and achieved gold status after just a handful of weeks proves his sucess will continue.
August 2006 Tour Dates
August 8/ Santa Barbara, CA- Santa Barbara Bowl
9/ Los Angeles, CA- Greek Theatre
September 2006 Tour Dates
September 3/ Denver, CO- City Lights Pavilion
4/ Aspen, CO- Snowmass Village
6/ Redmond, WA- Marynoor Amphitheatre
7/ Troutdale, OR- Edgefield
9/ San Jose, CA- Civic Auditorium
10/ Berkeley, CA- Berkeley Community Theatre
12/ San Diego, CA- Viejas Concerts at Bayside
13/ Mesa, AZ- Mesa Amphitheatre
16/ Grand Prairie, TX- Nokia Live
17/ Austin, TX- Austin City Limits Festival
19/ Atlanta, GA- Fox Theatre
20 / Nashville, TN- Ryman Auditorium
Play Hockey Against Matisyahu!!! · 714 days ago by Matisjahu
This month Matisyahu will join with Xbox Live to take part in their “Artist of the Month” program, this means Xbox and Xbox 360 users will be able to download a free HDTV version of his latest music video.
But thats not all Xbox Live users will be able to take part in a very special “Game with Fame” session and take on Matisyahu in NHL 2K6 for a chance to win his latest CD release “Youth”.
“Gaming is a great way to connect with people and Xbox Live gives me the ability to reach out and connect with fans from all over the world,” said Matisyahu. “Being the Xbox Live Artist of the Month is a huge accomplishment and I’m looking forward to getting online and playing some NHL 2K6 during the Game with Fame.”
Regae & World Music Awards · 738 days ago by Matisjahu
Matisyahu took home the “Best New Entertainer” award at the 25th Annual Internation Reggae & World Music Awards in New York City this past Saturday.
Definately some good news as Matisyahu deserves some credit for really adding some freshness to his genre and shaking things up a bit!
Matisyahu Asks Concertgoes To Pray · 745 days ago by Matisjahu
Matisyahu isn’t shy about his jewish faith, in fact he invites Jewish fans to join him backstage before the show to pray alongside him.
At a recent concert he sent his manager to go out into the audience in search of people wearing yarmulkes and invite them backstage to for a pray circle.
Matisyahu, whose real name is Matthew Miller says, “That’s called a minyan, it means 10 people praying together.”
Personally I don’t think theirs anything wrong with Matisyahu observing his beliefs though I can imagine their are a few people out their who would see this as favortism.
In any event its his show so he can do as he pleases same as those who disagree don’t have to buy tickets, I for one intend to keep going.
King Without A Crown Music Video · 775 days ago by Matisjahu
Checkout this decent quality music video of Matisyahu performing his hit “king Without A Crown”
The lyrics are well done and the production effort is definately top notch though its definately very different from most “rap” people are used to, its almost oldschool with a twist.
Matisyahu @ Weenie Roast 2006 · 806 days ago by Matisjahu
This is a clip of Matisyahu’s live appearence on stage at this years Weenie Roast, you can really feel the excitement of the crowd in your bones, definately a much watch for us fans.