CATCHING UP WITH VONU MUSICIAN MATT ARMITAGE
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT MATTHEW ARMITAGE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN. SINCE RELOCATING FROM NEW ZEALAND TO BYRON BAY IN 2013, ARMITAGE HAS BEEN MAKING HIS MARK AS A SOLO BLUESMAN AMONGST BYRON’S THRIVING MUSIC SCENE. A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, SINGER AND SONGWRITER, ARMITAGE HAS THE ABILITY TO CAPTIVATE HIS AUDIENCE AT AN INTIMATE LEVEL OR SET A HUGE VENUE ALIGHT FOR A PARTY LIKE NO OTHER. HIS TALENTS HAVE SEEN HIM PLAY IN HUNDREDS OF SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA AND TRAVEL ACROSS THE WORLD PLAYING GIGS IN MUSIC HUBS SUCH AS NEW YORK AND BERLIN. EARLIER THIS YEAR VONU ASKED ARMITAGE IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT FORWARD AN ORIGINAL SONG FOR ANDY GOUGH’S SHORT FILM ‘MOONTIDE.’ ARMITAGE ACCEPTED OUR REQUEST AND THE END RESULT WAS SPECTACULAR. ON THE CUSP OF RELEASING HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM TITLED ‘NEW TIDE’ VONU CAUGHT UP WITH ARMITAGE TO HAVE A QUICK CHAT ABOUT HIS MUSIC.
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