Singer/songwriter Matt Aquiline lived and performed in Washington, DC for nearly two

decades, but he has always been of Pittsburgh first and recently returned to his

hometown to raise his family and perform his music in the town where it was formed.

 

Aquiline began performing in Pittsburgh in the early '90s and recorded his cd, Dice Roll,

at Dave World in Ambridge, PA, backed by some of Pittsburgh's best musicians including

Whitey Cooper and Sam Klingensmith of Norman Nardini and the Tigers, Joe Marini of

Jim Donovan and the Sun King Warriors and at least 1 Granati brother.

 

He moved to DC to further other career pursuits, where he formed the band, Kid Goat,

which performed in the DC area for ten years and recorded the 2009 cd, These People

Aren’t You. Kid Goat disbanded in 2013 and Aquiline returned to Pittsburgh to continue

writing and performing his music there.

 

To help bring his sound home, Aquiline enlisted veterans of the local scene Stefan

Rodriguez (Bad Attitude, Full Circle Band, Electriflyers) on Bass, Neil Carr (Scene 14,

RockHeart, Gringo Zydeco) on Lead Guitar and Vocals and Bill Maruca (Sandoz, The

Pawnbrokers, TheCAUSE, Billy Price) on Keys, and the youthful talents of Evan Cvejkus

on Drums and Heather Catley on Vocals and Guitar. Catley and other band members

have also begun contributing their own stellar original material to Aquiline's, adding

even more dimension to a sound that already married folk, rock, blues, country and a

little blue-eyed soul into an Americana sound that is pure Pittsburgh, with skill,

authenticity and the kind of depth you develop surviving a few cold Winters.