Matt Epp is an Canadian folk/rock/soul singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has released several albums and collaborated with Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson is an Austin, Texas-based folk musician. She is the daughter of songwriter and folk musician Terry Gilkyson and Jane Gilkyson. She is the sister of guitarist Tony Gilkyson, who played with the Los Angeles-based bands Lone Justice and X...

, Ann Vriend

Ann Vriend

Ann Vriend is a singer-songwriter/pianist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A popular performer, she has sold thousands of albums and played festivals and venues around the world.- Recording career :...

 and Matt Mays

Matt Mays

Matt Mays is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian indie band The Guthries...

, among others.

Solo career

Epp released You'll Find Me Alone in 2005, followed by Love in Such Strong Words in 2006. Extensive touring, and a radio hit in the single "My Love Will Come", brought Epp international attention in 2008, following the release of Orphan Horse, his third album. Orphan Horse was given an A+ by Uptown Magazine.

Safe or Free, released in 2009, included collaborations with Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson is an Austin, Texas-based folk musician. She is the daughter of songwriter and folk musician Terry Gilkyson and Jane Gilkyson. She is the sister of guitarist Tony Gilkyson, who played with the Los Angeles-based bands Lone Justice and X...

, Jesse DeNatale and Amelia Curran

Amelia Curran (musician)

Amelia Curran is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia...

. It was listed as one of the top ten albums of the year by a number of Canadian folk magazine Penguin Eggs expert panelists in their 2009 Year in Review edition. He released his first official video, for revenge murder ballad

Murder ballad

Murder ballads are a sub-genre of the traditional ballad form, the lyrics of which form a narrative describing the events of a murder, often including the lead-up and/or aftermath...

 "They Won't Find the Bodies".

In 2010, Epp was nominated for Singer-Songwriter Discovery of the Year on Sirius Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio

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's popular The Coffee House program, for whom he performed a half hour set. He continued to tour Europe and North America extensively, and played at various prestigious festivals, including the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver Folk Music Festival

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is an outdoor multistage music festival. It takes place annually, on the third weekend of July. Founded in 1978, this annual festival uses eight outdoor stages, located at Jericho Beach Park on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia.In the past it has...

. Epp was also spotlighted on Spanish television in 2010 and had a song included alongside songs by Fred Penner

Fred Penner

Frederick Ralph Cornelius Penner, is a Canadian children's entertainer who gives appearances throughout North America. His television show, Fred Penner's Place, aired on CBC in Canada from 1985 to 1997. It was co-produced by Nickelodeon in 1989 and 1990.Penner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba...

 and others on a charity album of children's music.

Matt Epp was the May 2011 artist for Sirius

Sirius Canada

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' Backstage Pass series. A short interview and clip segment on him will run before every Cineplex

Cineplex Entertainment

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 movie screening for the month.

Amorian Assembly

In 2010, Epp formed the Amorian Assembly with Antonio Lomas, drummer from the successful Spanish band Lori Meyers, and Joel Couture, a French Canadian bassist. Their first album, At Dawn, was released in April 2011. It features collaborations with Bahamas

Bahamas (musician)

Afie Jurvanen , known by his stage name Bahamas, is a Canadian musician, best known for the 2009 album Pink Strat, which was nominated for a 2010 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo....

 and Rose Cousins

Rose Cousins

Rose Cousins is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Prince Edward Island, she is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia....

.

Discography

• You'll Find Me Alone, 2005
• Love in Such Strong Words, 2006
• Orphan Horse, 2008
• Safe or Free, 2009
• At Dawn (as Matt Epp and the Amorian Assembly), 2011