Matt Nakoa is an award-winning singer-songwriter and a multi-instrumentalist, modern troubadour who makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America. The Boston Globe acclaims of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.”

Born on a small goat farm in New York State, Nakoa trained to be a concert pianist before accepting a scholarship to Berklee College of Music as a vocalist. He developed his dramatic songwriting style with his college art-rock band, The Fens, and when the band dissolved, he landed in NYC. It was in Manhattanʼs all-night piano bars that Matt developed an uncanny ability to command the attention of any audience.

In 2012 and 2014, he released his first two solo albums, garnering multiple songwriting awards, including a win at Kerrville Folk Festivalʼs new folk competition. Nakoaʼs latest album, Antique Dances, is a critically acclaimed throwback, old world piano record.

Website: mattnakoa.com