Thanks to all who came out to the Living Room last night for our record release party! It was a blast! Below a review from Roob the official MK bandographer...

"What an incredible night. Full house, attentive crowd, sound was great and the band
was just astounding. phil and i agreed it was the best full band matt keating show
we've ever seen. you guys had such a full, rich, organic sound tonight - it sounded like an old Band gig. and it seemed like everybody in the band was having a great time and enjoyed playing with each other--amazing!!"

Check out all the tourdates and cool blog reviews we're getting!! More keep coming every day...cheers, mk

Friends,

Some great news here.

A release date for my double CD, QUIXOTIC has been set for July 8th. It will be distributed in North America through MRI/RED coinciding with a national tour. Big CD RELEASE PARTY at THE LIVING ROOM next Thursday, July 10th w/ Chris Brown and Kate Fenner and Tony Scherr, and a great band with me (Catherine Popper, Tony Scherr, Mark Brotter, Chris Brown)....hope to see ya!! matt

Cheers,

Matt

MATT KEATING TOUR DATES

7/10-New York, NY/Living Room/RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!!
7/12-Easton, MD Coffee East http://www.mangoldentertainment.com/coffee_east.html
7/13-Philadelphia, PA/THE TIN ANGEL *opening for Grant Lee Phillips
7/14-Arlington, VA/THE GALAXY HUT
7/17-Raleigh, NC The Pour House http://www.the-pour-house.com/
7/19-Nashville, TN/ The Bluebird Cafe
7/25-Chicago, IL/Folk You-Horseshoe 8:00http://folkyou.org/
7/26-East Lansing MI/Magdalenas Tea House /http://magdalenasteahouse.com/
8/12-Los Angeles, CA/The Cinema Bar http://cinemabar.net
8/21-Seattle, WA/Comet Tavern http://www.myspace.com/thecomettavern
9/5--Mt. Pleasant/SC/Village Tavern
9/13-Lexington, KY/Common Grounds
9/14-Charlotte, NC/The Milestone
9/15-Chapel Hill, NC/The Cave
9/19-New York, NY/Housing Works
9/24-Madison, WI/The Frequency
9/28-Pittsburgh, PA/Club Cafe

Friends,

Some great news here.

A release date for my double CD, QUIXOTIC has been set for July 8th. It will be distributed in North America through MRI/RED coinciding with a national tour. In addition, my song "Better Than That" will be in the upcoming Tom Sizemore film, "Last Lullaby". Thanks for your continued support and details are below.

Cheers,

Matt

MATT KEATING TOUR DATES

5/29-New York, NY/Googies Lounge/Songwriters In The Round
6/14-Cambridge, MA/Lizard Lounge
7/10-New York, NY/Living Room/RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!!
7/11-Harrisburg, PA
7/12-Baltimore, MD
7/14-Arlington, VA/THE GALAXY HUT

SXSW 2008 official show is:

3/13 Austin, TX
Matt Keating SXSW
Thursday, March 13th 11:00
The Thirsty Nickel
Austin, TX

Then i'm playing Annie Keating's Record Release Party at SOUTHPAW in Brooklyn, NY
with a great line up of bands...

4/3 Brooklyn, NY
SOUTHPAW
Thursday, April 3rd 8:00
w/ Annie Keating, Crescent & Frost

more to come!!!

matt

Friends,

I'm playing next Saturday night (Feb. 2nd) at a really cool socialist
coffee house/bookstore in Brooklyn. The wonderful Marni Rice is
playing before me at 8:00 and then i go on at 9:00 accompanied by
jason mercer on the double bass. There will be time for us to play a
nice long time, so please come on down. Songs from upcoming double
album QUIXOTIC will be played along with lots of others. Go to
website or below for directions and details. Looking forward to
seeing you, matt

Matt Keating
2/2 Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, February 2nd 8:00
Vox Pop
1022 Cortelyou Road
Brooklyn 718 940 2084
http://www.voxpopnet.net

http://www.mattkeating.com
http://www.myspace.com/mattkeating

Sunday, December 23 7:00
Brooklyn Lyceum/Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange
227 4th Ave
Brooklyn, New York
w/ Emily Spray...http://www.myspace.com/emilyspray
and Lori Carson http://www.loricarson.com
http://www.rebeccapronsky.com/songwriters-exchange

Sunday, December 23 7:00
Brooklyn Lyceum/Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange
227 4th Ave
Brooklyn, New York
w/ Emily Spray...
and Lori Carson
http://www.rebeccapronsky.com/songwriters-exchange

Friends,

Well the new record is done. It's a double CD, and that being quite a quixotic enterprise in these days of free downloads, it's being called QUIXOTIC (i.e with little regard to practicality). It will be out in the new year, and advance downloads will be available soon. In fact, starting Nov 1st I will feature a new song on my myspace page every couple of days until the release... but in the meantime i've got some shows coming up. Hope to see you at one of them...cheers, matt


11/5
Arlingon, VA 10:00 FREE
w/ Rob Christenson
2711 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201. www.galaxyhut.com. www.myspace.com/galaxyhut.

then in December, i'm the artist in residence at the Songwriters Exchange at the Brooklyn Lyceum...the first one on Dec. 2nd is with full band...

12/2
Brooklyn, NY
Songwriters Exchange
w/ Andy Friedman

Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Ave
Brooklyn, NY
7PM

12/16
Brooklyn, NY
Songwriters Exchange
Brooklyn Lyceum
w/ Kill Henry Sugar & Greg Koons

12/23
BSX to be announced...mk

Some upcoming gigs here...i'm currently in LA mixing my new record,
and have a show...then another one in NYC in Sept. Peace and love to
all my friends...mk

Matt Keating Upcoming Shows

8/23-Los Angeles

Thursday, August 23rd 9:30
CINEMA BAR

Culver City
3967 Sepulveda (below Venice Blvd and north of Washington)
310-390-1328
www.cinemabar.net
Dafni to follow!

9/8-New York City

Friday, September 8th 9:30
The Living Room (Googies Upstairs Lounge)

154 Ludlow St.
New York, New York
154 Ludlow St. @ Stanton NYC - F train to 2nd Ave
w/ Greg Koons, Carolyn Alroy, and Rob Christensen

Matt Keating Acoustic Show w/ Jason Mercer
Sat, July 21, 9:30pm
Googie's Lounge (Above the Living Room)
-7:30pm Al Duvall www.myspace.com/alduvall
-8:30pm Carolyn Alroy www.carolynalroy.com (i'll be playing guitar with her)
-9:30pm Matt Keating www.mattkeating.com
-10:30pm Nightcall w/Bliss Blood (snuff torch songs)
www.myspace.com/thenightcall

Googies Upstairs Lounge (Above the Living Room)
154 Ludlow St. @ Stanton
NYC - F train to 2nd Ave

Matt Keating Live at the Songwriters Exchange
Sunday, June 10, 8:30
Brooklyn Lyceum
Brooklyn, NY


The Brooklyn Lyceum is located at 227 4th Avenue at President St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
(R train stop at Union St is one block away).
http://www.brooklynlyceum.com 718-857-4816

More info about the series at:
http://www.rebeccapronsky.com/songwriters-exchange.html

Also...new record being recorded this summer for late '07/early '08 release!

*3/8 Brooklyn, NY*
March 8th 8:00
Hank's Saloon
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Annie Keating

KEATINGS ROCK -- THURSDAY, MARCH 8th 8-10pm -- FREE NIGHT OF MUSIC!
HANKS SALOON, 46 Third Ave, Corner of Atlantic Ave BROOKLYN / (718)
625-8003 (close to
most subways)
http://www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon/

*3/16 Chicago, IL*
The Hideout

*March 16th, 6:30
1354 West Wabansia, Chicago, Illinois
Cost : $5
*http://hideoutchicago.com.

As part of FOLK YOU...with some other great acts from Chicago... The
Hideout, 1354 West Wabansia, Chicago, (773) 227-4433,
http://hideoutchicago.com.

http://www.mattkeating.com
http://www.myspace.com/mattkeating

Playing before the wonderful Carrie Rodriguez...

Will have some musicians playing with me...

Will be good, i promise!!!


www.livingroomny.com

NEXT NYC SHOW:

WEDNESDAY, DECMEBER 20th 8:00
THE KNITTING FACTORY, NYC
OPENING FOR MARSHALL CRENSHAW

Our MOUNTAIN STAGE performance from October 1st will be aired on NPR stations
around the country the week after December 15th...in the New York area, that's WFUV on Friday, December 22nd between 2:00-4:00 in the afternoon (during the Winter Solstice, how's that for timing?)
...for other areas stations and times, check out:
http://www.mountainstage.com/html/radio/RADIO.html

SUMMER TONIGHT is featured in the best of DIY section of the current year end
issue of PERFORMING SONGWRITER magazine. "Keating sings in a twang that's part
Willie Nelson, part young Bob Dylan...Summer Tonight's got a restless, yearning
feel, perfect for train rides or exploratory walks down country roads ....to wish
you an enlightening journey"--Performing Songwriter 12/06
http://performingsongwriter.com/pages/music/index.cfm

My song WISH I WAS GOLD is currently #181 in the top 1000 protest songs featured on
Neil Young's website...click on and listen...
http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html)

For those of you in the Philly area we are doing a full band show at the great
new club, Johnny Brenda's with our good friends the Trolleyvox. (details below)

12/14-PHILADELPHIA
MATT KEATING & THE CLEAR CHANNEL 5
w/ The Trolleyvox
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 9:30 (8:00 PM Doors)

JOHNNY BRENDA'S
1201 N. Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19125
215-739-9684
http://www.johnnybrendas.com/

SUMMER TONIGHT is actually a Christmas album in disguise:

"I should be goin', outside it's snowin'
But inside it's summer tonight"

so buy a copy for your loved ones for this holiday season at:
http://www.mattkeating.com
and stay warm...

happy holidays and peace to you, matt

12/14-PHILADELPHIA
MATT KEATING & THE CLEAR CHANNEL 5
w/ The Trolleyvox
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 9:30 (8:00 PM Doors)

JOHNNY BRENDA'S
1201 N. Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19125
215-739-9684
http://www.johnnybrendas.com/

FRIDAY
11/3-The Onion CMJ Day Party @ CLUB MIDWAY 2:00 P.M (yes, in the afternoon)& it's a FULL BAND SHOW
http://www.clubmidway.com/

SATURDAY
11/4-Petes Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY 8:00
http://petescandystore.com/
w/Matthew Hebert

WEDNESDAY
11/8-MoPitkins NYC 7:30 opening for Last Town Chorus
http://www.mopitkins.com

We're so excited to be playing Mountain Stage in Parkersburg, WV on October 1st...it will be broadcast in December on most NPR stations around the country, so stay tuned!!!Sorry about the Philly mix up...unfortunately due to a booking error we couldn't play that night at the Milkboy, but will replacing it with a better show down the line...matt

> 10/1
> MOUNTAIN STAGE
> SUNDAY,October 1 6 pm
> WVU - Parkersburg - College Activities Center
>
> Cracker
> Rodrigo and Gabriella
> Jeff Lang
> Matt Keating with Emily Spray
> David Hidalgo
>
> Tickets $12 in advance - $15 at the door - $20 box
> special
> Available ONLY on campus 304.424.8223 or
> 304.372.6992 or online here
> http://www.mountainstage.org/html/live_schedule.html
>

Friends,

Back from the West Coast where we had some great shows, and even started recording more songs down in LA...we've got a big free show coming up at THE LIVING ROOM on September 14th, so NYC dwellers come check it out. New great reviews out this month in AMPLIFIER, HARP, and online at thedeli.com. I also posted a home demo recording of my song LOUISIANA on my myspace site: www.myspace.com/mattkeating.

love to all, matt

Thursday, September 14th 9:00
The Living Room
New York, NY
www.livingroomny.com


Friday, September 15 8:00
City Island, NY
Starving Artist Cafe
www.starvingartistonline.com


Friday, Sept. 29
MILKBOY CAFE
Lancaster and Cricket Avenues
Ardmore , PA 19003
www.milkboycoffee.com


Saturday, Sept. 30
Garfield Artworks
4931 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA
www.garfieldartworks.com

10/2
The Red Door
Portsmouth, NH
www.reddoorportsmouth.com


10/4
Club Metronome
Burlington, VT
www.clubmetronome.com

8/23
SEATTLE, WA
THE TRACTOR TAVERN 9:00

8/26
LOS ANGELES, CA
GENGHIS COHEN

9/1
PORTLAND, OR
MISSISSIPPI STUDIO

9/14
NEW YORK, NY
THE LIVING ROOM

Excited to be heading out again...thanks to all the radio stations playing our record and the people buying it and coming to the shows and writing nice things.

Hi to all ....out here on the road with Jason Mercer on bass and banjo...we've had some real great shows...thanks to all have come out...in Nashville right now...playing The Basement tomorrow night (Wednesday the 26th at 9:00)...back in NYC next week...i'll be celebrating my birthday with a show at Club Midway in NYC with the band on Thursday, August 3rd at 9:30...we've been getting some great press and radio ads...see the new No Depression issue...anyway, more later...bestest, matt

It was filled to capacity! The crowd was so amazing. Cassis was a wonderful opening act. The band was just too good...i'm so lucky to have such awesome musicians playing with me. What a great way to kick off the tour and the record release! SUMMER TONIGHT IN STORES THIS TUESDAY 7/11...go out and buy one...scan it under the evil soundscanner..yes i have taken the mark of the beast!

First night of the tour is on Monday 7/10 in St. Louis...then check 'em out:


7/10/06 Off Broadway St. Louis, MO
http://www.offbroadwaystl.com
7/11/06 Martyr

The shows up in New Haven, Cambridge, and Northampton were a blast...went out with the whole band and we had a great time. Please come to the big show at JOE'S PUB in NYC on JULY 7th at 7:00...would be great to see everybody. Below are the updated tourdates...hope to see you at one of these destinations.


6/28/06 Lucky Dog Worcester MA
http://www.luckydogmusic.com
7/7/06 Joe's Pub New York NY RECORD RELEASE
http://www.joespub.com
7/10/06 Off Broadway St. Louis, MO
http://www.offbroadwaystl.com
7/11/06 Martyr

SUMMER TONIGHT will be in stores nationwide on JULY 11th out on Kealon Records distributed through Redeye Distribution, and of course through our website and online vendors!!!!

Already some advance press has come in from Michael Lipton of NPR MOUNTAIN STAGE: "Summer Tonight is dazzling in it's beauty, conviction, and simplicity" 5/06

The NEW YORK RECORD RELEASE PARTY is JULY 7th at 7:00 at JOE'S PUB!!
(A fab place to see a show...tickets will be going fast, so get yours early).

Nationwide tourdates are being confirmed as we speak...so far here's what we got...more on the way!!


MATT KEATING SUMMER TONIGHT TOUR DATES

6/03/06 Vox Pop Brooklyn, NY
6/22/06 Caf

3/24
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, March 24th 10:00
W/ full band
Magnetic Field
97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY
http://magneticbrooklyn.com
w/ Annie Keating at 9:00

We all had a great time down in Austin for SXSW '06...hi to all the new friends we made down there. Saw too much great music, and am now experiencing "meat-sweats" from all that bbq...meat is murder...i recommit to vegetarianism. Come to this show at Magnetic Field Friday night...full band will be kickin' it out. mk

Chris Erikson-guitar
Mark Brotter-drums
Jason Mercer-bass
Bob Hoffnar-pedal steel

howdy,

as you can see we're going to Texas next week for SXSW and are playing 4 TIMES!!!! so you can catch as at any one of these great events...these will be done as a three piece with me, emily, and jason mercer...then back in Brooklyn on 3/25 for a full band show!!!

MARCH SHOWS

3/14
Austin, TX
Wednesday, March 14h 9:30
Swollen Circus @
The Hole In The Wall
2538 Guadalupe St (512) 472-5599

3/15
Austin, TX
OFFICIAL SXSW SHOWCASE
www.sxsw.com
Wednesday, March 15th MIDNIGHT
HILTON 406
500 E. 4th St.
Jules Shear at 11:00
Michael Fracasso at 1:00 AM

3/16
Austin,TX
Thursday, March 16th 7:00
Gwiz Booking Party
Paggi House (www.paggihouse.com)
200 Lee Barton Drive

3/18
POP CULTURE PRESS PARTY (acoustic stage)
Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:30
Dog and Duck Pub, 17th and Guadalupe
406 West 17th St., 479-0598
www.popculturepress.com
12:30 Peter Holsapple/Chris Stamey
1:35 Richie Furay
2:30 MATT KEATING & EMILY SPRAY
3:35 Peter Case
4:35 Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
5:35 Jules Shear






3/24
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, March 24th 10:00
W/ full band
Magnetic Field
97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY
http://magneticbrooklyn.com
w/ Annie Keatin at 10:00

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd 8:00
MoPitkins House of Satisfaction (www.mopitkins.com)
w/ The Sharp Things

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th
A house concert series hosted by Jen and Dave at 415 Dawson St. in Moorestown, NJ. www.jdhouseconcerts.org

2/9--Brooklyn, NY
Matt Keating
Thursday, February 9th
9:00
PETES CANDY STORE
http://petescandystore.com
709 Lorimer St.
The wonderful Ursa Minor on right after me at 10:00!

I'll be doing this one with Jason Mercer accompanying me on upright bass and banjo
(see him Friday night on Conan O'Brien playing with Rick Moranis!)

We'll be playing at South By Southwest Music Conference this year in Austin, TX...

Thanks to all who came down to Southpaw...what a great night that was..

Lots of new stuff:

We'll be playing a really cool house concert in New Jersey in February...get your tickets now!!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th

A house concert series hosted by Jen and Dave at 415 Dawson St. in Moorestown, NJ.
www.jdhouseconcerts.org

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd 8:00

MoPitkins House of Satisfaction (www.mopitkins.com)
w/ The Sharp Things

We just uploaded the video from 1995 of my song McHappiness! (complete with vomit)!!
Check it out and see me with long hair...go to music page.

Friends,

Happy New Year to everybody! Peace, love, and understanding in '06.

And some more shows.


MATT KEATING & THE CLEAR CHANNEL 5 (w/ Emily Spray)

Wednesday, JANUARY 11th 8:00

SOUTHPAW

125 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 230-0236

WED. 1/11 @ SOUTHPAW 125 5th Avenue ($8 cover)
8PM MATT KEATING (http://www.mattkeating.com/)
9PM Annie Keating

Got some good things going on this month...i'll be playing another show as a triio with
Emily Spray and Jason Mercer. We had a great time playing at CB's last month this way so
please come by and check it out. The Rockwood is a really small, intimate club with a piano too.
(www.rockwoodmusichall.com). The show is December 14th at 9:00. Come early to see Annie Keating (www.anniekeating.com) at 8:00, i'll be playing guitar with her.

We'll also be playing a few songs as part of The Sharp Things Holiday Spectacular...a benefit
for cystic fibrosis care at the Brooklyn Lyceum.http://www.thesharpthings.com/noflash/holiday.html

In other news, i produced the new Carolyn AlRoy record that is out now (www.carolynalroy.com).
I'll be accompanying her on guitar tonight (12/1) at CB's Gallery at 10:00.

Well, as you may have heard on the street (or more likely the Net), the "stand-ins for deciBels: a tribute to the dB's" is finally out. You can hear my rendition of "Amplifier" (unplugged-pun intended) as well as some other great versions of dB's songs. For more info...check out www.paisleypop.com.

I kick off the International Pop Overthrow (www.internationalpopoverthrow.com) on Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 at The Baggot Inn here in NYC.

The next real show after that will be on December 14th at The Rockwood Music Hall at 9:00. We'll be doing it the way we did at CB's...me and Emily Spray (my wife...if you didn't know that already...there's been much confusion about that) with Jason Mercer on upright bass and banjo...plus maybe a special guest or two...we'll be on after Annie Keating who goes on at 8:00...she does have the same last name as me, but is not my wife or my sister, or related at all...(which probably adds to the confusion)...but is a great songwriter who i'll be playing guitar with (www.anniekeating.com)...

Other cool stuff on the horizon...more later...matt