Modern troubadour coming to MOM

Matt Nakoa, an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, will perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at Music on Malphrus.

General admission tickets at the door are $25. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

Nakoa is a modern troubadour, making his home on the highways and concert stages of America and appearing regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush.

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 New York City. It was in Manhattan’s all-night piano bars that Nakoa developed an uncanny ability to command the attention of any audience.

Nakoa’s newest album, Casting Shadows, is a spellbinding blend of pop, soul, and classical influences and tells a story of childhood dreams crashing headlong into a grownup reality.

Nakoa has won awards at Kerrville Folk Festival and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, made the Sundilla Radio Hours’ “Albums of The Year” list, and was selected to play at the White House. Music on Malphrus is held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry, 110 Malphrus Road in Bluffton. For more information, email MusicOnMalphrus@gmail.com or call 843-837-3330.

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