Matthew R. Sayles
Matthew R. Sayles is the founder and Managerial Melomaniac of Philville Records, an independent label he formed in 2000 in Marquette, Michigan.
Sayles has toured nationally and internationally as a solo artist and with the Ventucky String Band, and has had the honor of performing with country, bluegrass, and western swing legends like Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Asleep at the Wheel, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, the Duhks, Uncle Earl, and a long list of other highly talented regional and national roots music performers.
Photo: Jenna Smith
Photo: Jenna Smith
Philville Records was located in Ventura, CA from 2009-2019, and is now based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Sayles continues to write, record, and produce, as well as perform with his latest project the Driftless Revelers, the Ventura based Ventucky String Band, and his California alt. country project the Detroit Sportsmen's Congress. He also performs solo and does session work with Eau Claire, Duluth, Marquette, Los Angeles, Ventura, Portland and Santa Barbara alt. country and roots music projects.
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All Proceeds from "This Land Is Your Land (2019)" will be donated to:
the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the Natural Resources Defense Council
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