Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews was born in Scunthorpe, England, United Kingdom on June 16th, 1946 and is the Folk Singer. At the age of 78, Iain Matthews biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Iain Matthews (born Ian Matthews MacDonald, 16 June 1946) is an English singer and singer-songwriter.
Ian MacDonald, a founding member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969, before launching Matthews Southern Comfort, his own band, had a UK number one in 1970, but he avoided identifying him with Ian Matthews (his mother's maiden name) after she left Fairport.
In 1989, he changed the spelling of his first name to Iain, and has been known as Iain Matthews ever since.
He appeared on their first three albums before retiring in 1969 as a member of Fairport Convention when they were heavily influenced by American folk rock.
He began as a solo artist before forming the bands Matthews Southern Comfort and then Plainsong.
He was also a member of Hi-Fi, No Grey Faith, and More Than A Song, and has twice revived Plainsong and Matthews Southern Comfort in the 2000s.
With the latest MSC version, he continues to tour regularly, and a new album titled "The New Mine" is set to debut in 2020. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has appeared on more than 100 albums and written "Thro' My Eyes : A Memoir" about his time in the music industry.
Later career
Fairport Convention was held every year starting in 1977. In the mid-1980s, there was a lot of buzz in reviveing the band and recording new music. At the 1986 Cropredy Festival, Matthews was invited to perform with them as a member of the band and in other projects. This resulted in Walking a Changing Line (1988) on Windham Hill, a salute to Jules Shear of Jules and the Polar Bears. Matthews then moved to Austin, Texas, and released several albums on a number of German independent labels. He appeared with Andy Roberts at the 1992 Cambridge Folk Festival, which resulted in the first of what became several altered versions of Plainsong.
Matthews, a member of the Shannon Denny tribute band "Fotheringay," which was the name of the castle in which Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned, as well as the name of a song about the castle that Denny had performed for Fairport Convention in the 1970s, was relocated to Amsterdam, where he became involved in independent music projects and collaborations, including the introduction of a short-lived band Denny, as well as the name of ay In 2008, he and the Dutch jazz ensemble, Searing Quartet, met in Horst, the south of the Netherlands. He recorded his first Matthews Southern Comfort album in 40 years in September 2010 and then returned to a major recording label in September 2010.
Matthews has collaborated with Dutch pianist and composer Egbert Derix since 2003. They met in Cambrinus when Matthews, a jazz fan, attended a Searing Quartet concert (Horst, The Netherlands). Matthews asked Derix to accompany him on his 2003 tour of his 1970 album If You Saw Thro' My Eyes. They appeared at a number of concerts with Eric Coenenen (bass), Arthur Lijten (drums), and Ad Vanderveen (guitar). Matthews and Derix began writing together, resulting in the 2008 album Joy Mining Matthews & Derix's appearance on the album: MatriX. Verve Records' Iain Matthews/Egbert Derix album In the Now was released in 2012. In the United Kingdom and the United States, Joy Mining and In the Now had separate launches.
He appeared at Butlins Skegness' 2nd Great British Folk Festival in December 2011 as Matthews Southern Comfort with his Dutch band, performing a number of old and new songs. Matthews appeared in January 2014 as part of the Gene Clark No Other Band, performing Gene Clark's album No Other with other singers, such as Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes.
Matthews and Derix toured in California in January to February 2015 to promote their albums' US releases. In the Now, Dutch filmmakers Peter Jong and Olivier Hamaker produced a film about the creation of In the Now. Matthews can also be heard on Egbert Derix' solo album Paintings in Minor Lila (2012), on which the music of British progressive rock band Marillion is included. Matthews, Marillion singers Fish and Steve Hogarth, as well as Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell appear on the album. Matthews appeared on the Helliwell/Derix Quintet tour in The Netherlands in 2011. For Matthews' solo album The Art of Obscurity (2013), Matthews and Derix co-wrote eight songs.