Grapefruit Moon // June

record release, summer dates, a little piece (plus a Brian Wilson song)

Two of my biggest inspirations in music are now gone, within days of each other no less — Sly Stone and Brian Wilson. Before I get into updates and such, I wanted to share a little bootleg gig recording of “God Only Knows” from a few months ago. This is my band Storms of Love, live at Simon’s, featuring myself on telecaster, Gus Martini on bass, and Quin Kirchner on drums:

[thanks to Zhenya Nemirovsky for the recording]

Horizon, my collaborative record with Will Miller (of Resavoir) is available on streaming as of today. Records have been available in stores and online for a few weeks, and we’re excited to now have the music available in all formats for your listening pleasure. We hope you dig it! Big thanks to International Anthem for getting behind this release.

We’ll be celebrating by spinning records tonight (Thursday, June 12) at Dorian’s from 8pm - 12am; the official record release show is on Saturday June 21 at Constellation, with an opening set from our dear bud and incredible songwriter V.V. Lightbody. Tickets here.

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Here’s what’s coming up more broadly:

6.12 // Matt Gold & Will Miller [DJ set] @ Dorian’s

6.13 // Sidepieces @ the Hungry Brain

6.15 // Devin Drobka Bell Dance Songs @ Madison Jazz Festival (Madison, WI)

6.21 // Resavoir & Matt Gold Horizon record release @ Constellation

6.25 // Matt Gold & Storms of Love @ Simon’s Tavern

6.27 // Clay Schaub Quartet @ the Jazz Estate (Milwaukee, WI)

6.29 // John Christensen Quartet @ North Street Cabaret (Madison, WI)

7.4 - 7.19 // Makaya McCraven European dates:

• 7.4 @ Gent Jazz Festival (Gent, BE)

• 7.5 @ Vijazz Festival (Vilafranca del Penedes, ES)

• 7.7 @ Copenhagen Jazz Festival (Copenhagen, DK)

• 7.8 @ Pisa Jazz Festival (Pisa, IT)

• 7.10 @ Pescara Jazz Festival (Pescara, IT)

• 7.11 @ Auditorio de Espinho (Esphinho, PT)

• 7.12 @ Bilbao BBK Live (Bilbao, ES)

• 7.13 @ North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam, NL)

• 7.15 @ Jazz on the Road (Brescia, IT)

• 7.18 @ Molde Jazz Festival (Molde, NO)

• 7.19 @ Pori Jazz Festival (Pori, FL)

7.27 // Matt Gold & Dustin Laurenzi @ Middlebrow

Hope you see you somewhere !!

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— MG