Bringing a bold, new sound to ‘vintage pop’, Matt Forbes is drawing widespread acclaim for his dynamic, soulful reinterpretations of pop songs, both old and new. Hailed by GRAMMY-winner Steve Tyrell as "an important new messenger for the Great American Songbook", Matt's music has been featured on E! News, CTV’s eTalk, BBC Radio 2 and The Huffington Post and can be heard regularly on SiriusXM's 'Siriusly Sinatra’ (as both an artist and Guest DJ), Los Angeles’ KJAZZ 88.1 FM and countless other stations across North America, the UK and Europe.
Matt has headlined some of the top jazz and concert venues in North America, including Segerstrom Center for the Arts, California Center for the Arts and Koerner Hall in Toronto. He has opened for Seth MacFarlane (‘Family Guy’) and recently, had the privilege of working on Willie Nelson's GRAMMY award-winning album, "My Way” and its follow-up, “That’s Life”. Also an accomplished actor, he recently starred as 'The Grinch' in the Broadway national tour of "Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical". His music has accumulated 8+ million views on YouTube, 20+ million streams on Spotify/Apple and over 260,000 followers across Instagram and Facebook. He is currently the “voice” of SiriusXM’s newest standards channel “The Chairman’s Lounge”.
