"Seriously gorgeous sounds"
- Mike Scott, The Waterboys
"Entirely engrossing..compelling"
Ocelot Magazine
"This is magnificent...The crossovers between Blues, Folk, Americana and a Floydian rock element keep the attention from track to track and there is a delicious sense of wonder as you come across another twist or turn in this wonderful album."
- Music-News.com
“These songs drip with atmosphere...simple classic songwriting that takes in woozy folk, fractured blues and battered Americana"
- The Crack Magazine
“Gravelly, gospel-tinged, gothic folk blues”
- Nightshift Magazine
“Consummate creators of classic music:
truly great songs” -
- With Guitars Magazine
“A fine debut that deserves to be heard”
- Americana UK
“Beautiful”
- BBC Introducing
- Mike Scott, The Waterboys
"Entirely engrossing..compelling"
Ocelot Magazine
"This is magnificent...The crossovers between Blues, Folk, Americana and a Floydian rock element keep the attention from track to track and there is a delicious sense of wonder as you come across another twist or turn in this wonderful album."
- Music-News.com
“These songs drip with atmosphere...simple classic songwriting that takes in woozy folk, fractured blues and battered Americana"
- The Crack Magazine
“Gravelly, gospel-tinged, gothic folk blues”
- Nightshift Magazine
“Consummate creators of classic music:
truly great songs” -
- With Guitars Magazine
“A fine debut that deserves to be heard”
- Americana UK
“Beautiful”
- BBC Introducing
Art Theefe are a three piece band from Oxford, England, put together by singer and guitarist, Matt Sage.
“A great artist” – Gilles Peterson;
“Seriously gorgeous sounds” – Mike Scott, The Waterboys,
“Sublime”, Nightshift Magazine
When his first band came to an end - with the other founder members going on to form Faithless – Matt Sage moved onto a boat on the Oxford Canal and founded the City’s now legendary weekly performance night, The Catweazle Club, for singers, poets, storytellers, musicians and performers of every imaginable hue.
“Magical” – BBC Radio 4
“An Essential Cultural Interlude” – The Guardian
“Britain’s Most Intimate Performance Space” – The Times.
Catweazle has been the springboard for literally thousands of artists since it began in 1994, including first performances from the likes of Stornoway and Foals.
While drawing huge rewards from having been at the axis of such a vibrant scene for well over two decades, Sage still uses the Club to keep his own game razor sharp. A relentlessly prolific artist and song writer, his songs have such broad appeal that they have been played on Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 (his remaining ambition is to get played on 5 Live).
As both a solo artist and song writing mentor, he has appeared at festivals throughout the world, including Glastonbury, WOMAD, Secret Garden Party, Bestival, etc.
Art Theefe are:
Matt Sage – guitar, vocals
Josh Rigal – bass
Joel Bassuk - drums
Art Theefe are consummate creators of classic music: truly great songs, played by a quintessential trio of bass, drums and guitar, but one which also belies a searing versatility.
With the intense emotion of The Swell Season’s Glen Hansard or Jeff Buckley, the layered guitars of Fleetwood Mac and the heartfelt soul of Van Morrison; the care-worn keening of John Martyn, to the ragged mastery of the Stones at their peak: theirs is a thrilling confluence of influences.
Art Theefe’s debut album, Dig Deep, is released on October 19th.
Album Launch Shows:
Thursday October 11th Truck Records, Oxford, 6pm (acoustic)
Thursday October 11th, Catweazle Club, Oxford, 8pm (acoustic)
Friday October 12th, Modern Art Oxford, 8pm
Thursday October 18th, Servant Jazz Quarters, London, 8pm
http://www.art-theefe.com
