Matt Owens

Matt plays his favourite songs from the Singer-Songwriters of the 60's and 70's, on an Old Gibson guitar, accompanied with a harmonica. He covers everything from the likes of Van Morrison, James Taylor and Neil Young to more eclectic stuff like Tom Waits, and Townes Van Zandt and rare Blues.

Matt is a British singer-songwriter and musician, who came to prominence as one of the founder members of indie-folk band Noah and the Whale, and for fronting Rock’n’Roll band Little Mammoths.
Matt recorded four albums with Noah and the Whale, (under the pseudonym of Urby Whale) that have collectively sold over a million copies in the U.K, including two gold records and one platinum record. Having toured the world constantly since 2006 (with both bands and solo) he's played festivals such as Austin City Limits, Fuji Rock and Lollapalooza, touring with Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend and Broken Social Scene.
Little Mammoths debut album Phantom Dreams came out in summer 2016 to critical acclaim, and after a festival run taking in Wilderness, Mumford and Sons Aviemore Stopover, and Belladrum, the band released their second record "Cargo for the Road" this year with 6 sets at Glastonbury Festival.