Artist description singer, dreamer, poet.. just drifting through life...

Music Style my own

Musical Influences My family, Bob Dylan, Amanda Marshall, Patty Griffin, Kasey Chambers, Steve Earle, The Innocence Mission, The Beatles, The Eagles, David Harris, Tracy Chapman, Susan Tedeschi, Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky, Patti Griffin, Counting Crows, Joan Baez, Indigo Girls, Neil Young, Aimee Mann, Sara Maclaughlin, Freedy Johnston, Mazzy Star, Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette, Billie Holiday, Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Joan Osborne, Joni Mitchell, The Sundays, Patsy Cline, Stevie Nicks, Joan Baez, Elvis, Tom Petty, The Sundays, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Shawn Colvin, Patsy Cline, Amy Grant, Janis Joplin, Beck, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Mamas & The Papas, Jeff Hightower, Janis Joplin, Willie Nelson, Lee Tyler Post, Gregory Page, Alice in Chains, Mick OD, Karen Ires, Dino Romanelli, Lucinda Williams, Eve Selis, Gregory Page, Steve Poltz, Live, Dave Matthews, Moby, Gov't Mule, Bonnie Raitt, Things in Herds, and pretty much everything else I've ever heard...

Similar Artists Julie Miller, Kasey Chambers, Alison Krauss,Lucy Kaplansky,Gillian Welch,Emmylou Harris,Nickel Creek,Kate Rusby,Victoria Williams,Melanie Safka,Michelle Branch,Patty Griffin,Joan Baez, Jewel

Artist History Artist Bio: There were times quite recently when Serena Matthews felt that there weren't very many listeners out there who would ever hear her words with an eager heart and soul. After she graduated from college in 2002, and the time finally came to begin working on a career that would carry her through the rest of her life, she began to wonder if her music would compose a vast part of that picture. She persistently continues to write and perform her songs anyway, for an audience which is predominantly inhabited by Internet listeners and open mic gatherings in Nashville, TN. Serena was recently featured on Jewel's Soul City Cafe website at www.soulcitycafe.com

Group Members just me

Instruments guitar, harmonica, piano

Press Reviews Review of "Here in the Blue" from godsofmusic.com: "Someone much wiser than myself once said that the simpler the song, the more difficult it is to pull off. In the folk song "Here in the Blue" all we have is an acoustic guitar and the voice of Serena Matthews to break through the darkness and touch our souls. If that's all there is than they both have to be good. And in this case they are... Her guitar melodies are simple but that's not a bad thing. They provide the perfect backdrop for her voice. The sounds seems to convey the emotion she is trying to get across all on their own. Then you add in that voice... Oh, that voice! This is where she really shines. A unique, sultry, baby-doll voice that holds the listener to the song and makes you want to have another listen..." ----------------- Review of "Where the Angels Go": "There's a girl crossing the road in the drizzling rain, the cold wind is swirling. The sun will come out once she gets it all out of her soul. This song is going to help along with a bottle of wine and an open fire. The lyric is potent, the vocal compassionate, and the melody fitting. Tell Jewel to pull up another chair, set up another mic, and make room up the back for people to stand and behold, someone is telling the truth! ~reviewer at garageband.com ---------------------------"I was around in the '60s, and though much of it is a blur, one part stands strong in my mind; the music. The street concerts, concerts in the parks, and of course the big ones; Monterey, Woodstock, etc.. But what stands out in my memory the most, the coffee shops; the music from the streets, the Indies of the day, telling their stories and reciting their poems in song... Well, it's back, and a young woman from Tennessee has brought it back. Serena Matthews, the coffee house princess of the new millennium.Listening to Serena is like being there all over again. She is much too young to have experienced it first hand, but she got it from somewhere, and she got it good." ~Bill Bruedigam, InsideIndieMusic.com ------------------- "Normally I review on a scaled system, like I've seen so many times in music magazines. But Serena's beautiful music transcends those mere boundaries, and I would only be giving her perfect scores anyway." ~Bent Twig Productions ---------------Review of "Backstreet Cafe": "ChapmanJames about Serena Matthews: "In her "Backstreet Café" she shares a dream or two and finds a way to breathe simple words like "pretty" and "crazy" with such intensity that a 5 minute cup of coffee quickly becomes an hours stay just to hear what she says next. I would daresay that her simple arrangements offered online are so classic that to see her live and to own her complete set of recordings would be a great investment in serenity. Thank You Serena, we'll leave a cup at the table for you." ~Chapman James, Folk Writer, Besonic.com

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Location Nashville, TN - USA

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