Matisyahu put on an amazing show last night at the Central Park Summerstage in the heart of NYC, gearing his fans up for his new album Light (cover above), which is in stores August 25th. He swung back into town in the midst of a monster US touring schedule, and got a perfect night of weather to play some old favorites and show off his new single “One Day”. Check out the official video and a stripped down, in studio clip from WNYC’s Soundcheck of “One Day”below:
Back to last night’s show. Lots of good vibes and love backstage and out in the crowd, and I saw a lot of old friends from White Plains, University of Maryland, and even my boy Ben who used to work for me at Kidsco, which was amazing. Big Moshe (pictured below) sat in on the congas and did his thing, and I came out on “WP” for my 16 bars of fame, which is always a thrill. I spotted a few dudes in the front row spitting my verse along with me word for word (or at least trying to, it’s a tricky one huh fellas LOL). Check the pics from backstage that my wife took (pardon the sunburned face I was at Playland all day with a bunch of crazy summer camp kids) and the video of “WP” courtesy of LC at www.dreamtime.tv…
Get ready for that Light album, it’s dope (“One Day” is available now on Itunes). I got a copy of the whole thing last month, and it’s got some great songs on it and a lot of new sounds. DJ Roz is also finishing up his Matisyahu No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn mixtape, which will drop exclusively here at Westcheddar before the album comes out, so stay tuned for that it’s going to be crazy. And Moshe and I will finally be holding our live music/open mic River Ciphers on Wednesday, July 22nd at The Rec Room in Dobbs Ferry, so come through for that.
I’ll leave you with a couple recent interviews/live performances Matis did on the radio. First is a fun one from Philly’s Preston and Steve morning show, courtesy of my boy Ariel from WP at themerchan.com, and second is the full audio link to Matis and the boys on WNYC’s Soundcheck…
Matisyahu on Preston and Steve in Philly
Matisyahu on WNYC’s Soundcheck
*BONUS*
Read this recap of the Matisyahu Central Park Summerstage show written by my boy Craig Dershowitz, which also includes some great pictures…
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