Read the full rave review of Matuto’s live show here

“Matuto delivered a lively performance that had every head bobbing, every toe tapping, and – for the last number – every person standing and dancing.  I cannot wait to see them again.” – Suze Uttal

“…the raucous, eclectic fun of Matuto! The New York-based band was just one of the many happy discoveries I made at this year’s festival. What drew me over to stage three to see them was the description of their music as “Brazillian blugrasss.” (What doesthat sound like?) What kept me there, however, was the high energy, infectious fun they were having onstage, and how eclectic their music actually turned out to have been, not to mention the dance party that no one even remotely close to the stage was able to resist participating in! Dancing under the willow trees at Jericho Park: these are the kinds of moments music lovers come to this festival for.”  – The Vancouver Weekly

This year the Christmas spirit really got under our skins, so much so that we needed to sing about it. We’re quite sure that in neither North or South America has the most popular Christmas Song of all time ever sounded quite like this.  Please enjoy our forró friendly recording of White Christmas, available now as a free download. From the Matuto family to yours, Happy Holidays!

Our new “Africa Suite” EP is now available on iTunes and Bandcamp!

The album is unique to our previous work and very much it’s own statement, but deeply connected to the rhythmic spirit of the Matuto sound. African diaspora is a common thread in the North and South American musical influences we’ve embraced since our inception. Working on this project allowed us to focus more deeply on Africa’s influence and to document a 5-week long tour that took us across Mozambique, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Senegal in 2013. It features 5 different compositional voices, with one piece from each musical collaborator on the tour, and we are all extremely proud of this work. We’ve been amazed by the exciting travel opportunities that Matuto has provided, but our journey across Africa was singularly inspiring and deserving of it’s own voice in our recorded catalog. We hope this music will bring you a little taste of the joy we felt in the motherland. Please enjoy!