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American Preservation Tour, Midwest
May 2010
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American Preservation Tour, California
March 2010 Matt Turk's American Preservation Tour kicked off March 31, 2010 in California at San Diego's Lestat's West. Shows and events continued up the coast including a sold out CD release party at Los Angeles' Genghis Cohen, where Matt performed solo and with the American Preservation band featuring vocalist Gaby Moreno, drummer Sebastian Aymanns, bassist David Wagner and producer Dan Pinnella on guitar. American Preservation producer David Dobkin was in attendance to celebrate as was drummer Rick Marotta, producer Ric Markmann and friend Jango celebrating his birthday with an entourage! Turk continued up the coast with performances at Cal Poly, Smiley's in the hippie village of Bolinas, with Peter Kaukonen in attendance, a slamming show at Revolution in San Francisco's Mission with JC Flyer on board and the closer at the Pirate Cat, a co-bill with X's Excene Cervenka, hosted by Torrential Dissonance's Kieran Rossi. Listen to 4/10/10 Matt Turk Pirate Cat performance/interview here )
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Photos: Charity Baranowski, Ellen Fisher Turk
American Preservation
February 2010
Pete Seeger Joins the Young in Song and Hope
December 10, 2009 Pete Seeger celebrated his new sing-along memoir Where Have All the Flowers Gone with a concert at the South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, NY where close to 400 people packed in to join the young in song and hope. Seeger was onstage with a passel of kids – members of the recently formed Take me to the River Community Chorus with youngsters hailing from Hastings and the Coachmen Family Center in White Plains. Their leaders – Hastings musicians Jenny Murphy and Matt Turk – were on hand to lead the singing, encourage and strum guitar and mandolin. )
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Photos: W.L. Jackson, Ellen Fisher Turk, Susan Ruttman
An Irishman's Halloween
Musical highlights included The Hour's "Clearwater" and Matt Turk originals "Silver Ring", "Dog Story" and "Hobo Boy". Irish folks were continually pointing out how great the American music and culture is as Curtis and Turk glided through an American classic songbook that included Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" and Pete Seeger's "Take it from Dr. King", Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train", Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans" and Bessie Smith's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out". Mike Scott's "Fisherman's Blues" and The Band's "The Weight" also made their way into the repertoire. More about this Ireland adventure coming soon to the journal. Above: Singin' their hearts out at McGann's in Doolin. Photo by Laurie
August 09 Israel Tour
Turk toured Israel this August with a week of solo performances in Tel Aviv, Karmiel, Jerusalem, Ra'anana and Beit Shemesh. Percussionist and good friend Tomer Tzur, founder of New York's Sway Machinery, joined Matt for his Tel Aviv performance. The shows were mostly unplugged with some new material from Matt's upcoming solo release due out later this fall. )
Matt Turk and Tomer Tzur, Tel Aviv Folk Club Photo by Ariella Orion.
On the Air
G&T were live on the air at WNJR at Wililam Jefferson College with David Singer, WORT in Madison with John Fabke and KUMD in Duluth with Maija Morton. In Sheboygan, Gillen & Turk met Music Integrated Kiosk Environment (known as M.I.K.E.), the mobile recording unit and stage at the Kohler Arts Center. )
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Gillen & Turk open for Todd Rundgren
Backstage in Tarrytown with Todd |
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Endurance
Montreal Quebec's Valmor Kurol has listed "Endurance," and Washington Arms, with lyrics, in his Antarctic discography at Antarctic Circle. Kurol is a collector of Antarctic-themed music interested in Turk's motivation writing "Endurance." Matt shares, "I was going through a very challenging time in a personal relationship. After an afternoon at the Natural History Museum exhibit on Shackleton, I was inspired by Shackleton's devotion to his crew and his ability to rescue them against all nautical and natural odds and drew upon that inspired commitment in my composition. And relationship. At least that's a part of it. Shackleton was an unbelievable man."
Think Globally, Sing Locally
Matt Turk will join Jenny Murphy, Leo Leibeskind and the 12 Miles North Children's Community Chorus in support of Pete Seeger's new Singalong Memoir – Where Have All The Flowers Gone – with special guest Pete Seeger, in concert Thursday December 10, 7-9pm in Dobbs Ferry, NY at the South Presbyterian Church, 343 Broadway. A book signing and hootenanny will follow the show. www.rivertownsguide.com 
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Pete Seeger Matt Turk at the Coachman Photos by Barbara Prisament
Gathering of the Vibes August 2009
Matt & Fred at GOTV09 Photo: Simon Feldman
G&T Live on Night Rhythms with Catherine Michaels
Mandolin Sessions
Matt Turk appears on mandolin on three current Hudson Valley releases: Glass of Desire by Carolann Solebello, produced by Fred Gillen Jr. at Woody's House, Highway Bouquet by Susan Kane, produced by Billy Masters (Suzanne Vega) and Big Green Hope Machine, Hope Machine's second release.   
I'd Love to Change the World
Matt Turk's version of the Ten Years After, Alvin Lee classic "I'd Love to Change the World" appears on the forthcoming compilation Play Back III which is being released by Sony Music in Greece and Cyprus.  
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Matt Turk's new recording American Preservation will be released March 15, 2010.
It is a collection of traditional songs and classic tunes
produced by David Dobkin and Dan Pinnella recorded live over a long weekend at Matter Music in Los Angeles. Singing, playing guitars,
mandolin and lap steel, Matt Turk leads a stellar band consisting of drummer Dean Butterworth, upright and electric bassist Chris Wagner,
keyboardist Chris Joyner on piano and Wurlitzer, vocalist Gaby Moreno, fiddler Gary Star, saxophonist Tracy Wannamae , harmonica player Jack
Rudy and Dan Pinnella on guitars, pedal steel, dobro and slide. Songs include "Bang a Gong," (T.Rex), "City of New Orleans," (Steve
Goodman) "On the Turning Away," (Gilmour/Moore) and more.
Matt Turk and Curtis travelled this Halloween on the central west coast of Ireland. Days were spent enjoying incredible scenery -
the mountains of Dingle, the lakes of Killarney, the lonely windswept Aran Islands, the Burren and more. Driving on the left and
looking to the right, eating the freshest food from local farms and drinking Guinness. Some pubs were compromised. In Doolin,
Galway, Inish Meian, Killarney, Ennis, Dingle and more, the two listened and joined in the all night music sessions.
Like a 21st Century Gladiator, Todd Rundgren conquered the Tarrytown Music Hall October 11.
Gillen & Turk opened with a crisp set featuring sweet harmonies, washboard grooves, chicken picking, mandolin
and blues harmonica; and it was all in support of G&T's well crafted songs. One highlight of the show was audience
participation and skat singing during "Satchmo." "It Really Matters" had an extended solo/jam that evoked the rhythms
and sounds of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Gillen's "Devils Bluff" was a home run. Fred, the hardest working man in
Hudson Valley show business split to perform in Beacon at the Dissident Folk Festival shortly after G&T's set.
Matt met Todd and is pictured with friend Anna Leinbach.)
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