Composer / performer – guitar, keyboards, percussion – who, in addition to performing with Warmth, Biff Rose (see bio), the Entourage Music & Theater Ensemble, Aleta Greene, Rusty Clark… has released at least twelve albums of his original compositions.
Wall has performed throughout the continental U.S., as well as Canada, Korea, and Scotland. Wall was Composer in Residence for Dance at Connecticut College for almost 20 years. In ‘80s-90s he worked at Clean Cuts Music as a producer and composer with credits for albums and television and radio spots. He started Zen Gardens Music label in ‘00s.
“Solo Piano & Guitar” was picked Best Local Album (1985) by Baltimore magazine readers poll.
Several of his albums were chosen as Record of the Year by Zone Music Reporter, an organization that tracks New Age, world, and instrumental music.
In 2010 Wall was nominated for an Emmy Award in collaboration with Chris Kennedy and Austin Caughlin for their work on Yellowstone Battle for Life.
1973(LP) Sweet Jane 1273 Hamburger Blues (Biff Rose – Wall Matthews)
1975(LP) Folkways The Neptune Collection (The Entourage Music and Theater Ensemble)
1981(LP) Fretless 158 The Dance in Your Eye
1984(LP) Clean Cuts 708 Solo Piano and Guitar
1987(LP) Clean Cuts 709 Riding Horses, Clean Cuts
1988(CD) Clean Cuts 710 The Heart of Winter
1991(CD) Clean Cuts 712 Gathering the World
1996(CD) Clean Cuts 715 The Color of Dusk (with Aleta Greene)
2003(CD) ZGM 001 Zen Gardens, Music Inspired by The Temples and Gardens of Kyoto
2011(CD) ZGM 002 Air Over Water (with Rusty Clark)
2012(CD) ZGM 003 The Dreaming Light
2020(LP) Tompkins Square 5746 Spine River : The Guitar Music of Wall Matthews, 1967-1981
