Matt Goldberg- Rip it Up
If over the
last couple of years you’ve frequented Harrogate’s more salubrious music venues you will have come across the mighty
skanking sound that is The Matt Goldberg Band!
Rip
It Up is the Matt Goldberg debut
solo album recorded and produced by Dan
Mizen at Active Studios Harrogate.
This album is no less skanking than
the MG Band it’s subtlety is a
stripped back to basics sound that accentuates its core roots! A collection of thirteen brand new self-penned
songs featuring a microphone, Matt on lead & backing vocals all accompanied
by his trusty telecastelele!
Goldbergs unique catchy phonetic scat and trademark kitchen sink humour
are prevalent throughout and impossible
to ignore, his considered Caribbean lilt
and Marley-esque renditions give off real warmth and a feeling everything
really is going to be alright!
There’s a new found fluidity here
with Goldberg stepping into his new guise of reggae troubadour and we the
audience are very much required to listen carefully, titles such as Commonsense extoll on how we all make
the rules so we can break them, Matt revels on Positivity and the fact it’s “lifting me” and on Live Life the affirmation to one and all
“pretty little ting live life, you’ll never know until you try it”!
Rip It Up is very much geared up on
sunshine , laughter , and living a life you don’t plan it is a highly
accomplished and enjoyable work from an artist who deserves to get far more recognition!
Matt
Goldberg can be found on Facebook or if you’re lucky at a venue near you and
ting!
