MP3: Matthew Larkin Cassell “Heaven”
STORE: Matthew Larkin Cassell – The Complete Works

San Francisco Bay Area songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Larkin Cassell is now known for a trilogy of late 70s/early 80s records that he self-financed and released on his own imprint. These records – soulful, brilliant and difficult to easily categorize – showed the influence of Cassell’s childhood love of rock, jazz and R&B and demonstrated the chops he saw demonstrated by his heroes at legendary Bay Area venues such as Winterland, Keystone Corner, and the Fillmore. Though his style is unique, Cassell name checks the Sons of Champlin, Tower of Power, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Laura Nyro as influences on his sound.

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