A Celebration of the Marriage of Poetry and Song
Saturday, October 18 7:30 pm
@ Arts at The Armory
191 Highland Ave. Somerville, MA
Doors open 7 p.m.

Come celebrate in the Release of the song “Oh Don’t, She Said” A collaboration by Songstress Jennifer Matthews and Poet Doug Holder. Enjoy live musical sets by Sam Franklin & his band, Jennifer Matthews with Jack Holland on electric guitar, and special guest Jennifer Greer. Also, a poetry reading by Doug Holder and live, interactive drawing/painting with Syed Zaman.

Jennifer Matthews

About Jennifer’s new single ‘Oh Don’t She Said’ – Jennifer wrote this song after her friend and notable Boston poet, Doug Holder, showed her his poem: “Oh don’t, she said, it’s cold.” After reading it, Jennifer felt inspired and heard a song in it. She had to change some of the words to make it work lyrically with the music, but she made sure to stay close to the original poem as much as possible. Jennifer played all the instruments on it and engineered it. It was mixed by Phil Greene at Normandy Sound, who worked with the likes of Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and many, many other noted artists.

Oh Don’t She Said

“Jennifer Matthews, a troubadour known to swing vocally from the sweetness of Kate Bush to the sass of Janis Joplin”
“At times as individual as PJ Harvey and Kate Bush, at times as hippie-sensual as Neil Young and Joan Osborne, Matthews covers a lot of ground. She’s an appealing chameleon.” — Steve Morse , Boston Globe

“Jennifer is an artist of great versatility with the ability to play any of her songs with great emotion… and musical beauty… Her talent as an artist is not to be ignored.” —Michael Friedman, Skope Magazine

“Jennifer is the specter of Patti Smith meeting Nick Drake, Rumi whirling with Billie Holiday, the perennial Girl-with-a-Guitar, a Radiohead having “better days”, a little Joni Mitchell and David Bowie, Yes, multifaceted!” — Mike Amado, Open Bark

“Her melodies are as appealing and azure as her guitar”– Richard Hill, BBC radio

Jack Holland

Doug Holder