Rebuilding New Orleans One Song At At Time
Born in Sacramento CA, Matt Perrine began his musical career at the age of 10, playing trombone in his school band. At the age of 11 he began playing tuba with his first Dixieland band. By 12 he had taken up the electric bass and by 15 he picked up the acoustic bass and begun… [Continue Reading]
Bayou Road Suite (Threadhead) 01 May 2010 — by Tom McDermott Matt Perrine & Sunflower City, Bayou Road Suite (Threadhead)New Orleans locals are familiar with sousaphonist Matt Perrine playing any style in any situation. His virtuosity brings forth the inevitable “I’ve never heard a tuba played like that” comment; then you take it for granted… [Continue Reading]
By Sal Nunziato, Burning Wood Blog/Huffington Post With the “Godfather Of Soul” no longer with us, Matt Perrine may now be the hardest working man in show business. (You try schlepping a tuba around from gig to gig!) As Matt puts it at the top of his CD notes, “Traditional jazz has been on the… [Continue Reading]
The Tom Paines Rites of Man (Threadhead) – By Noah Bonaparte – Alex McMurray and Jonathan Freilich together form a Rosetta Stone of modern New Orleans music. This is due not just to the depth of their quality collaborations — Royal Fingerbowl, Tin Men, 007, Valparaiso Men’s Chorus, Mirlitones and Jackals, to name a few… [Continue Reading]
Offbeat has published it’s annual “Best CDs of 2010″ list and four THR projects made this year’s list. Susan Cowsill’s Lighthouse, Honey Island Swamp Band’s Good to You, Rick Trolsen’s Mystical Scam and Matt Perrine & Sunflower City’s Bayou Road Suite were chosen by the Offbeat staff as being among the best musical offerings to… [Continue Reading]
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