Biography

"I have been in and around music, and the business of music, since the early 1970s. In all of that time I have heard a lot of bad music, a lot of good music, but very little GREAT music. This is GREAT music; well written, well played, solidly produced. "Dirt Town City Limits" is, from beginning to end, the finest example of Americana Rockabilly I have ever heard. I listen to it almost daily, and hear something new every time. It stacks up with Haggard, Cash, Elvis, and kicks the liver out of most major label attempts in this genre." - Jim Pipkin, Independent reviewer and contributor HickoryWind.org/No Depression.com

Singer-Songwriter Mathew deRiso has been performing on American stages since 2003. Hailed by critics as "A young Steve Earle with a more powerful set of pipes" with music likened to "Johnny Cash on steroids" Mat combines elements of folk, blues, rock n roll and traditional country into a sound best described as hardluck Americana. His recordings have earned him numerous album of the year nods from the Folk and Americana music communities as well as earning him the privilege of performing alongside an impressive list of songwriters and performers including David Allan Coe, John Hiatt, the Bottle Rockets, Reverend Horton Heat , Whitey Morgan, Bob Wayne , Wayne Hancock and Bruce Hornsby. Mat performs regionally in the Midwest often performing solo and with band mates the Profane Saints. 2011 finds him concluding a succesful tour as well as returning to the studio to produce two new albums to be released in late 2011/early 2012.

For more information visit www.MatDandtheProfaneSaints.com