Mat D and the Profane Saints
"I have been in and around music, and the business of music, since the early 1970s. In all of that time I have heard a lot of bad music, a lot of good music, but very little GREAT music. This is GREAT music; well written, well played, solidly produced. "Dirt Town City Limits" is, from beginning to end, the finest example of Americana Rockabilly I have ever heard. I listen to it almost daily, and hear something new every time. It stacks up with Haggard, Cash, Elvis, and kicks the liver out of most major label attempts in this genre." - Jim Pipkin, Independent reviewer and contributor HickoryWind.org
Singer-Songwriter Mathew deRiso has been performing on American stages since 2003. Hailed by critics as "A young Steve Earle with a more powerful set of pipes" with music likened to "Johnny Cash on steroids" Mat combines elements of folk, blues, rock n roll and traditional country into a sound best described as hardluck Americana. His recordings have earned him numerous album of the year nods from the Folk and Americana music communities as well as earning him the privilege of performing alongside an impressive list of songwriters and performers including David Allan Coe, John Hiatt, the Bottle Rockets, Reverend Horton Heat and Whitey Morgan and the 78's. He has performed with band mates the Profane Saints since 2006, which featured a revolving line-up until 2008. The group consists Jeff Deignan on percussion, Kurt Mullins on guitar and Bob Birch on bass. All of the band's recordings are self produced and engineered with guitarist Kurt Mullins at the production helm.
Discography -
The Mermaid EP 2006
Small Town Burning 2006
Brand New Faith EP 2007
Gasoline Rattle 2007 (Folk Rising's Album of the Year 2007)
Merciful 66 2008 (Folk Rising's Album of the Year 2008)
Dirt Town City Limits 2009
Plank Road Drag 2010 (Twangnation.com's #1 Album of 2010)