Matt Nathanson (born 28 March 1973 in Lexington, Massachusetts) is a singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic guitar (usually a twelve-string), and has played both solo and with a full band.
The members of his band have changed in the past year. Among others, he has been accompanied by Aben Eubanks on guitar, keys and vocals, but later replaced by Aaron Tap. John Thomasson has been his bassist since 2004; Jason McKenzie was on drums until Fall 2006. His current drummer is Nick Amoroso. Before 2005, Nathanson was often accompanied by cellist Matt Fish.
Matt has been a resident of San Francisco for the past eight years. Before that, he attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California where he met long time collaborator Mark Weinberg (of the bands Crumb and Gratitude).
Matt Nathanson's cover of "Laid" by Manchester band James was featured on the American Wedding soundtrack, as well as American Pie Presents Band Camp.
His latest album, Some Mad Hope, was released on August 14, 2007. The song "All We Are" was featured on the television series NCIS in the fifth season episode "Family" and on the television series Private Practice in the first season episode In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole also on the series One Tree Hill episode "My Way Home is Through You". The ABC show Big Shots featured his song "Come On Get Higher" in an episode this season. His song "I Saw" was also featured on Scrubs Season 6 in the episode My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby. On January 30, 2008, Matt and his band performed "Car Crash" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
In the outro of 'Bent', off his live album "At the Point", he sings the chorus of Iron & Wine/The Postal Service's song "Such Great Heights".
