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Matt Woolley is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter from Shropshire who plays under the name of Quantum Penguin.His love of storytelling through song blended with driving instrumentals means his set is one minute lilting and filled with emotion and the next joyfully energetic with soaring Fiddle, Guitar or Bouzouki.
Matt is a founding member of the Folk music group String Workshop and enjoys collaborating with fellow musicians and artists on various projects and art installations from Cornwall to Shropshire.
Performances have included Chippenham Folk Festival, the Shrewsbury LoopFest Music Festival, Folk In The Orchard Festival, Lichfield Festival of Folk, Brimfield Folk Club and Albert’s Songwriters Showcase in Shrewsbury.
He has been nominated twice for Folk musician of the year at the Shropshire Music Awards and won 3rd price at the Lichfield Festival of Folk's Songwriting Competition.
For his second album Adélie (releasing on 24th November), he has taken advantage of his collection of instruments and created a mini-orchestra of Matts, including Fiddle, Guitar, Bouzouki, Vocals and Chin-Cello. The album includes several of his songs covering a wide range of topics, from shipwrecks to homelessness to songs about musicians’ woes.
From songs that make you cry to rip-roaring Fiddle tunes that will make you stomp your foot, Matt will guide you through the full spectrum of emotions while you sing along!
(Reviews)
"Matthew Woolley played an incredible set at Chippenham 2023 so much so that we invited him back in 2024. Matthew’s love for the folk tradition shines through his soulful singing and exceptional multi instrumental accompaniments.” (Debra Hannis – Chippenham Folk Festival)
"A violin player and guitarist by trade Matt had decided to showcase his bouzouki talented and it was a joy to see an artist play in a finger picked style, it’s not a style usually adopted by bouzouki players, but Matt did a wonderful job, and it very much complimented the songs he chose to sing… He rounded off the performance with a set of tunes on the fiddle and it was very apparent that this was his forte… A rising star indeed.” (Will Sartin - Patakas)
“The multi-instrumentalist is a delight to watch and hear. This is a new generation of Folk Singer, and it is exciting, he leaves one with no doubt that our traditional music will be left in safe hands if all performers were to apply themselves as Matthew has… His set comprises Vocals, Bouzouki and fiddle. He is without doubt superbly competent and can skip between instruments so smoothly, it is a delight to watch… With a clarity of vocal akin to crystal.” (Sofia Lewis - Sound of Shrewsbury Folk)
“A talented multi-instrumentalist, switching effortlessly from bouzouki to guitar to fiddle, Matthew’s song and tune writing abilities are truly impressive. His songs, though based in the time-honoured folk tradition, sound fresh and contemporary and pursue arresting and intricate narratives. His violin compositions provide welcome additions to the established canon of fiddle tunes and he sings with a rich mature voice which belie his years.” (Fergus Reid – Wheatsheaf Open Mic Shrewsbury)
Matt is a founding member of the Folk music group String Workshop and enjoys collaborating with fellow musicians and artists on various projects and art installations from Cornwall to Shropshire.
Performances have included Chippenham Folk Festival, the Shrewsbury LoopFest Music Festival, Folk In The Orchard Festival, Lichfield Festival of Folk, Brimfield Folk Club and Albert’s Songwriters Showcase in Shrewsbury.
He has been nominated twice for Folk musician of the year at the Shropshire Music Awards and won 3rd price at the Lichfield Festival of Folk's Songwriting Competition.
For his second album Adélie (releasing on 24th November), he has taken advantage of his collection of instruments and created a mini-orchestra of Matts, including Fiddle, Guitar, Bouzouki, Vocals and Chin-Cello. The album includes several of his songs covering a wide range of topics, from shipwrecks to homelessness to songs about musicians’ woes.
From songs that make you cry to rip-roaring Fiddle tunes that will make you stomp your foot, Matt will guide you through the full spectrum of emotions while you sing along!
(Reviews)
"Matthew Woolley played an incredible set at Chippenham 2023 so much so that we invited him back in 2024. Matthew’s love for the folk tradition shines through his soulful singing and exceptional multi instrumental accompaniments.” (Debra Hannis – Chippenham Folk Festival)
"A violin player and guitarist by trade Matt had decided to showcase his bouzouki talented and it was a joy to see an artist play in a finger picked style, it’s not a style usually adopted by bouzouki players, but Matt did a wonderful job, and it very much complimented the songs he chose to sing… He rounded off the performance with a set of tunes on the fiddle and it was very apparent that this was his forte… A rising star indeed.” (Will Sartin - Patakas)
“The multi-instrumentalist is a delight to watch and hear. This is a new generation of Folk Singer, and it is exciting, he leaves one with no doubt that our traditional music will be left in safe hands if all performers were to apply themselves as Matthew has… His set comprises Vocals, Bouzouki and fiddle. He is without doubt superbly competent and can skip between instruments so smoothly, it is a delight to watch… With a clarity of vocal akin to crystal.” (Sofia Lewis - Sound of Shrewsbury Folk)
“A talented multi-instrumentalist, switching effortlessly from bouzouki to guitar to fiddle, Matthew’s song and tune writing abilities are truly impressive. His songs, though based in the time-honoured folk tradition, sound fresh and contemporary and pursue arresting and intricate narratives. His violin compositions provide welcome additions to the established canon of fiddle tunes and he sings with a rich mature voice which belie his years.” (Fergus Reid – Wheatsheaf Open Mic Shrewsbury)
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Genres:
Contemporary Folk, Folk
Hometown:
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
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About Quantum Penguin
Matt Woolley is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter from Shropshire who plays under the name of Quantum Penguin.His love of storytelling through song blended with driving instrumentals means his set is one minute lilting and filled with emotion and the next joyfully energetic with soaring Fiddle, Guitar or Bouzouki.
Matt is a founding member of the Folk music group String Workshop and enjoys collaborating with fellow musicians and artists on various projects and art installations from Cornwall to Shropshire.
Performances have included Chippenham Folk Festival, the Shrewsbury LoopFest Music Festival, Folk In The Orchard Festival, Lichfield Festival of Folk, Brimfield Folk Club and Albert’s Songwriters Showcase in Shrewsbury.
He has been nominated twice for Folk musician of the year at the Shropshire Music Awards and won 3rd price at the Lichfield Festival of Folk's Songwriting Competition.
For his second album Adélie (releasing on 24th November), he has taken advantage of his collection of instruments and created a mini-orchestra of Matts, including Fiddle, Guitar, Bouzouki, Vocals and Chin-Cello. The album includes several of his songs covering a wide range of topics, from shipwrecks to homelessness to songs about musicians’ woes.
From songs that make you cry to rip-roaring Fiddle tunes that will make you stomp your foot, Matt will guide you through the full spectrum of emotions while you sing along!
(Reviews)
"Matthew Woolley played an incredible set at Chippenham 2023 so much so that we invited him back in 2024. Matthew’s love for the folk tradition shines through his soulful singing and exceptional multi instrumental accompaniments.” (Debra Hannis – Chippenham Folk Festival)
"A violin player and guitarist by trade Matt had decided to showcase his bouzouki talented and it was a joy to see an artist play in a finger picked style, it’s not a style usually adopted by bouzouki players, but Matt did a wonderful job, and it very much complimented the songs he chose to sing… He rounded off the performance with a set of tunes on the fiddle and it was very apparent that this was his forte… A rising star indeed.” (Will Sartin - Patakas)
“The multi-instrumentalist is a delight to watch and hear. This is a new generation of Folk Singer, and it is exciting, he leaves one with no doubt that our traditional music will be left in safe hands if all performers were to apply themselves as Matthew has… His set comprises Vocals, Bouzouki and fiddle. He is without doubt superbly competent and can skip between instruments so smoothly, it is a delight to watch… With a clarity of vocal akin to crystal.” (Sofia Lewis - Sound of Shrewsbury Folk)
“A talented multi-instrumentalist, switching effortlessly from bouzouki to guitar to fiddle, Matthew’s song and tune writing abilities are truly impressive. His songs, though based in the time-honoured folk tradition, sound fresh and contemporary and pursue arresting and intricate narratives. His violin compositions provide welcome additions to the established canon of fiddle tunes and he sings with a rich mature voice which belie his years.” (Fergus Reid – Wheatsheaf Open Mic Shrewsbury)
Matt is a founding member of the Folk music group String Workshop and enjoys collaborating with fellow musicians and artists on various projects and art installations from Cornwall to Shropshire.
Performances have included Chippenham Folk Festival, the Shrewsbury LoopFest Music Festival, Folk In The Orchard Festival, Lichfield Festival of Folk, Brimfield Folk Club and Albert’s Songwriters Showcase in Shrewsbury.
He has been nominated twice for Folk musician of the year at the Shropshire Music Awards and won 3rd price at the Lichfield Festival of Folk's Songwriting Competition.
For his second album Adélie (releasing on 24th November), he has taken advantage of his collection of instruments and created a mini-orchestra of Matts, including Fiddle, Guitar, Bouzouki, Vocals and Chin-Cello. The album includes several of his songs covering a wide range of topics, from shipwrecks to homelessness to songs about musicians’ woes.
From songs that make you cry to rip-roaring Fiddle tunes that will make you stomp your foot, Matt will guide you through the full spectrum of emotions while you sing along!
(Reviews)
"Matthew Woolley played an incredible set at Chippenham 2023 so much so that we invited him back in 2024. Matthew’s love for the folk tradition shines through his soulful singing and exceptional multi instrumental accompaniments.” (Debra Hannis – Chippenham Folk Festival)
"A violin player and guitarist by trade Matt had decided to showcase his bouzouki talented and it was a joy to see an artist play in a finger picked style, it’s not a style usually adopted by bouzouki players, but Matt did a wonderful job, and it very much complimented the songs he chose to sing… He rounded off the performance with a set of tunes on the fiddle and it was very apparent that this was his forte… A rising star indeed.” (Will Sartin - Patakas)
“The multi-instrumentalist is a delight to watch and hear. This is a new generation of Folk Singer, and it is exciting, he leaves one with no doubt that our traditional music will be left in safe hands if all performers were to apply themselves as Matthew has… His set comprises Vocals, Bouzouki and fiddle. He is without doubt superbly competent and can skip between instruments so smoothly, it is a delight to watch… With a clarity of vocal akin to crystal.” (Sofia Lewis - Sound of Shrewsbury Folk)
“A talented multi-instrumentalist, switching effortlessly from bouzouki to guitar to fiddle, Matthew’s song and tune writing abilities are truly impressive. His songs, though based in the time-honoured folk tradition, sound fresh and contemporary and pursue arresting and intricate narratives. His violin compositions provide welcome additions to the established canon of fiddle tunes and he sings with a rich mature voice which belie his years.” (Fergus Reid – Wheatsheaf Open Mic Shrewsbury)
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Genres:
Contemporary Folk, Folk
Hometown:
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
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