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If the jury was out after “Youth,” to see if Matisyahu could cement himself as an artist that could cross over into mainstream, the verdict is now in. Simply put, Matisyahu’s new album is light years beyond his previous CD’s. No pun intended…ok, pun intended.

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This fall Matisyahu is heading back on the road for an impressive 40-date North American tour, with backing band Dub Trio, in support of his new album Light.


This tour Matisyahu has aligned himself with Posse for a groundbreaking artist-fan collaboration. After a wildly successful Summer tour previewing songs from Light, Matisyahu becomes the first major American artist to team up with Posse, an Australian based peer-to-peer ticketing...

Last weekend I had the opportunity to meet musician Matisyahu and shoot some footage at his surprise performance at Smith College. After the performance, I sat down for an interview with the him about his new record, “Light.” I spent a few days before the concert and the interview doing some homework on Matisyahu, and he seemed to be a pretty interesting guy. But I noticed something peculiar about the tenor of the interviews I read: They all seemed to focus much more on his Hasidic Jewish faith than his music, and some even tried to bring in Jewish identity politics into the equation, even though Matis has, on numerous occasions, said that “music and politics is two different things.” ...

Kenneth Cole’s Fashion’s Night Out was an evening of opportunity to help people “do good” while helping themselves “look good,” which in turn helps us all “feel good.” 

Check out this video of Matisyahu’s performance at the event.

Come check out Aaron Dugan’s Booby Trap gig in New York City on Monday, September 7th!

The band:
Matisyahu- vocals
Aaron Dugan- guitar
Jason Fraticelli- bass
Mark Guiliana- drums

Venue:
Rockwood Music Hall, 184 Allen St, New York, NY

Details:

11pm
2 hour set
1 drink minimum

This Thursday, Matisyahu will put on a rare performance at Twitter’s head office in San Francisco for the company’s founders and staff, but you can join in and stream the concert live from your computer thanks to Ustream!  Beginning at 5pm PST, Matisyahu’s intimate, acoustic performance will be broadcast live on the web at www.ustream.tv/matisyahu  and www.facebook.com/matisyahu(under the matisLIVE tab).  Ustream allows viewers to...

In case you missed Matisyahu’s performance on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien last Thursday, you can check it out here!