Matt Nakoa at the Spire Center (Plymouth)

Matt Nakoa has recently appeared at The White House, throughout India, and regularly with folk icon Tom Rush. Across the board, his song craft has garnered awards, including a win at Kerrville Folk Festival’s prestigious New Folk Competition. Though not easily pinned down, “In sum,” as a recent review put it, “Matt Nakoa is a musical adept, one of those well-kept secrets you just can’t help but celebrate: intimate and genuine, soulful and bittersweet, a rich poetic songbook sung in praise to a complicated, emotionally present world.”