A singer/songwriter /guitarist with a soulful, sensitive voice. Ansel Matthews has played at New York's Bitter End and Zinc Bar, Philadelphia's Tin Angel, the North by Northwest and South by Southwest Festivals, and at Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls. He's opened for Suzanne Vega, Dave Van Rock, Shawn Colvin and Pete Seeger. and toured with Gloria Gaynor singing back-up as well as duets with her.