Soulful Rock and Roll, Folk and Blues from Alaska and Beyond – ID – OR – WA – AZ – CA

Sitting somewhere on Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington, USA getting ready to drive north to Glacier, WA to ring in the New Year with some rock and roll and party animals at Mt. Baker. 2011 has been amazing. Played gigs in Mexico, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, and of course, good ol’ United States of America.  Met Dr. John! Played my first Alaska Folk Fest and spent a beautiful week in Juneau. Played on all the “big” stages in Boise including Egyptian Theater and Knitting Factory…and also played some amazing music festivals like Idaho-Down, Boise Beer Festival, Boise Rec Fest and Alive After Five.  Watched some of my favorite performers such as Lucinda Williams, Fleet Foxes  and Lindsay Buckingham. Bought a 92 Chevy Van that has already doubled in price with all the breakdowns. Pretty much lived the life I’ve always dreamed about. Hope you did the same with your year.

Here’s to a great 2012 – Cheers – Cin Cin – Prost – Opa – Hopper

We’re playing in Portland next week!

Check this link for details and tickets.

http://www.albertarosetheatre.com/?p=2819

If all goes well we should be playing in Bend on Thurs as well.

Visit this link to order your tickets for Idaho-down w/ Equaleyes + Jupiter Holiday.

http://www.ticketfly.com/tickets/event-details/?tfly_event_id=26731

Additionally, tickets are for sale directly through the band (no processing fees) and stay tuned for some giveaways leading up to the show.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Anchorage, AK – Alaskan singer-songwriter and rock and roll band leader Matt Hopper has songs appearing in two films this weekend at the Anchorage International Film Festival.

“Denali”, a track from Hopper’s current release “Jersey Finger”, is featured prominently in Alex Stein’s “M.U.S.H.” a documentary on the Iditarod, at the soft start of the festival in Anchorage.

“Stein approached me at a small gig in Los Angeles and was particularly interested in Denali, a song I had written about Alaska,” Hopper says. “I really enjoyed the documentary and loved seeing my song used during the Iditarod start…there is a clip that shows the Sunshine Plaza. I played a show in there once back in the day.”

The other film, a comedy by Bryant Mainord titled The Beekeepers, is one of 7 Alaskan based films appearing at the festival and features a track off Hopper’s last record “Reverse Odyssey”.

“Bryant had me in one of his first films set in a library when I was in college,” states Hopper. “It was low budget comedy from a local boy…I hope the new film BEEKEEPERS is a step forward and from the looks of the trailer I think it is.”

Matt Hopper is an American Troubadour with rock and roll in his veins, a weathered voice and blues hands. Though currently based out of Boise, Idaho he cut his teeth on the Alaskan music scene. Hopper has released six albums, both solo and with his band The Roman Candles.

For more information on these films, please visit the following links:
http://mushthemovie.com/ – official website of the documentary
http://anchorage.slated.com/2010/films/mush_alexstein_anchorage2010 – official MUSH page from AIFF
http://anchorage.slated.com/2010/films/thebeekeepers_bryantmainord_anchorage2010 – official BEEKEEPERS page from AIFF
http://community.adn.com/node/154007 – a clip from Anchorage Daily New’s Play Blog about Beekeepers

http://www.anchoragefilmfestival.org/

For more info on Matt Hopper & The Roman Candles visit www.matthopper.com

Friends, Fans, Followers, etc. Whatever you are reading this…hope this finds you well. I want to let you know that something important is happening right now for our band and my latest album “Jersey Finger” – a radio campaign. It basically means that my record went out to about 340 radio stations across the USA and that I’ve hired a person to specifically call many of the stations and to remind them that within the piles of albums stacked is a little record by Mister Matt Hopper that they should give a listen to. Hopefully they will not only listen but play it on the air for their listeners – perhaps even multiple times a week. This is where you come in. I’ve posted below a list of stations across the USA that my record is in review with and I’d like you to take a quick minute to see if your local, beloved radio station is on this list. If it is not, then please e-mail us the station we should mail an album to wherever it is that you live that does not have a copy. If a station you know and love is on this list and you are an active listener, we just wanted to let you know that they have the CD and it’s up to you to let them know you want to hear it. That’s all. Without your help it will most likely shrivel up and die at radio. One person (you) might have the entire control of whether or not an entire population of radio listeners even has a chance to hear one of my songs. Please don’t bother radio DJs in a pesky way, but rather truly request a song from the heart to the on-air DJ at a natural time for you if you think they will play it and also to see if they even have it in the on-air library available to the DJs to play. I’m happy with this record and think lots of people will like it, so please help if you feel the urge. Thank you, and without further ado, here is said list:

WBJB
WNTI
WFUV
KCSN

KCRW
WDIY
WXPN
KRCB
WUMB
WMBR
WAPS
WJCU
KFAI
KCMP
WMNF
KEXP
WYEP
KDHX
KCLC
KDNK
KUNC
KVMR
WHFC
WTMD
WFIT
WFHB
KBOO
WBSD
KKFI
KTBG
WNKU
WSGE
WCBE
WNCW
KSLU
WYCE
WEVL
KRCL
WHRV
WSYC
WFPK
WEXT
KFMG
WGWG
WUKY
WMKY
KUT
WRUR
WBER
KXCI
KUNI
WUTC
WORT
KUWR
KUSP
KRVS
KVNF
KRCC
KNBA
KKCR
KLCC
KRVM
KAXE
MPB
KMUD
WNRN
KSUT
WERU