Matthew SantosFormer Southwest High student Matthew Santos has gone on to record hit
songs with Lupe Fiasco (American Terrorist on the Grammy-winning Food
and Liquor, and more recently, Superstar), and landed appearances on Letterman early in
2008. He recently released a strong album snapped up by CandyRat Records, Matters of the Bittersweet, and has a number of hit videos on YouTube.
While he made his name in the world of hip-hop, his own influences run
more to the likes of Bjork, Martin Sexton, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. As Matthew succinctly puts it, "I love music with soul". Matthew's older brother Nathan will make the evening into a family affair with an opening set from his up and coming band Two Words.
"Blessed with a gorgeous voice introduced to the world at large on Lupe Fiasco's "American Terrorist" and "Superstar," this Columbia College grad is slowly but surely garnering attention for his own stripped-down folk-rock, as heard on last year's acoustic solo album "Matters of the Bittersweet." The fact that he continues to perform with Lupe in the company of Kanye and Pharrell Williams can't hurt, either." (Chicago Sun-Times)
