Matt Paxton - Hand Drawn Maps

Paxton has been recording and writing songs since 2003 and released this EP of five songs in 2006. His musical influences reads like a Who's Who of great contemporary songwriters: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Band, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Mississippi John Hurt, Townes Van Zandt and many more. Matt has played many shows across the Canadian landscape, sharing bills with Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Tom Wilson, Jason Collett, Peter Elkas, Elliott Brood, Apostle of Hustle and Cuff The Duke among others.

20-year-old Matt writes his haunting songs with a longing for Northern Ontario and says that he likes writing "honest, poetic, Canadian lyrics about growing up in Ontario, love, loss, music and art." He sometimes plays solo with only an acoustic guitar and other times full band sets with his backing band The Mountain. The songs came from inner and outer spaces including past relationships, train rides to Montreal, traveling from the city to the north country of Ontario, getting lost in the woods with friends and playing guitar and singing around a campfire.

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