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From Nugene Records:

Inspired by the Blues, infused with the funk rhythms of New Orleans and topped-off by virtuoso musicianship, Matt Schofield is being talked of as the finest Blues guitarist to have emerged in Europe for several generations.

Guitar & Bass magazine named him as one of the Top 10 British Blues Players of All Time. While Britain's Guitarist magazine described Schofield's guitar playing as "Dynamite", picking him as the only non-American in their review of the future of Blues guitar. And in 2006, just two years after his debut CD, Schofield gained the distinction of being one of only two living British artists to be given a four star (excellent) rating in the Penguin Book of Blues Recordings.

On his latest release "Ear To The Ground" (Nugene Records) Schofield once again demonstrates why America's Blues Revue Magazine call him "The entire package -- a singer with range and soul, and a guitarist who delivers with devastating tone and superb dynamics".

His 2005 album "Siftin Thru Ashes" received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. The LA Daily News described Schofield as "Head and shoulders above the herd". British newspaper The Independent picked it as Album of the Week describing it as "real, heart-felt electric blues played with panache", while music bible AllMusic.com marked Schofield's approach "an enjoyable demonstration of what can happen when blues-rock and blues-jazz are united".

The band line-up harks back to the classic organ trios of the fifties and sixties. Hammond organ master Jonny Henderson creates sleazy texture and dynamics while holding down left hand bass lines, and "drummers' drummer" Evan Jenkins provides compelling grooves. But that's where any comparison with a traditional organ trio ends. With their huge sounding, multi-layered and rhythmically infectious delivery this band, as one reviewer remarked, "redefines the meaning of power trio" and are unlike anything else on the Blues scene today.