The Black Potatoe Music Festival

12/12/2024

BLACK POTATOE CYBER WEEK SALE!!!!

So, my son Theodore and I collect baseball cards. We will be launching our website in 2025 for BPM SPortscards, under the umbrella of all things Black Potatoe. I have had a few emails come in about the autographed posters we would sell at Christmas for Black Potatoe Black Friday sales, and I found a few more that we have a few extra copies of. For the time being we have listed only five, we will see if the interest is really there, and if those five move, we have five more we will add later.

This is a chance to get an autographed poster by Levon Helm, James Cotton, Ralph Stanley and many others. Here is the website, again limited just for this week. Sunday the 15th will be the last day you can order and we can get the posters out for Christmas.

Peace and love and enjoy,

Matt (Angus)

12/11/2024

Here is a clip from a past Black Potatoe Festival with the Matt Angus Thing playing the song “Face the Day”.

From 2015 Black Potatoe Music Festival. Great guitar work by Walt Bibinger as the entire band played great.

11/02/2024

If you are in NC today. Gregg Cagno.

10/09/2024

This was recorded shortly after the release of Political Pop. The studio version of this tune has yet to be released. It was a possibility to be added to "Po...

08/28/2024

Long time friend of mine and huge Black Potatoe supporter and festival patron Monica Bors Mansfield is helping a very cool friend Betsy Siggins chronicle her time in and around the folk revival scene. If you can help please do so, we need these people’s stories put down for history and to help tell the complete story of these different musical scenes from the 20th century. Especially those scenes that directly led to Black Potatoe even being a Thing. Thank you for helping out.

We are sharing this Go Fund Me page for contributions that will enabl… Monica Mansfield needs your support for Help Betsy Siggins Chronicle Folk Music History

08/24/2024

I recently posted an acoustic version of my song Maeve. Being it is Maeve’s birthday, I will re-post the studio version of the song. I love my Maeve, she is a good egg and we are very fortunate as a family to have her. Love ya Maevy. Sometime I even go with Maevy Gravy, or if I’m mad it’s “Mavis Staples”, followed by “I’ll take you there… if you don’t behave”. Which of course I would never do, but every now and then…. Just kidding, I love her to the moon and back. Tomorrow we will going to Santa Cruz Boardwalk, to hint vampires of course.

Working Mix of the song Maeve from an upcoming release from The Matt Angus Thing. Maeve's Birthday present version.

08/20/2024

With W***y Porter – I just got recognized as one of their rising fans! 🎉

08/20/2024

Yes Patty is right on.

08/20/2024

Happy Birthday Mr. Plant. Thursday night, him and Allison Krause at Stanford University.

Revisit some of Robert Plant's performances over the years as the Led Zeppelin singer celebrates his 76th birthday today.

08/19/2024

Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day... Thank you for your service!
A special thanks to leo.bounds on Instagram for this photo from the Navajo Code Talkers Memorial in Window Rock, Arizona ...

08/18/2024

From NJarts.net

NJArts.net newsletter, Aug. 16, with Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska,' Yo La Tengo, Grace Potter, Hank Azaria, 'Spoken Word Apex,' drag Grateful Dead tribute band Bertha, 'Last Waltz' tour, NJ Symphony's Jessica Rivero Altarriba, more.https://mailchi.mp/b4f8b486bc4a/njartsnet-newsletter-aug-16

Visual Arts Edward Fausty exhibition at Watchung Arts Center evokes the beauty, and terror, of nature by TRIS McCALL March 2, 2024…

08/15/2024

Week #10 - This is song from the 2000 Album by the band Angus called "Face the Day". This is live at the BlackPotatoe Festival - performed by The Matt Angus Thing maybe 2005, 2006?. I wrote this in 1999. Enjoy, and I will be working on next weeks selection.

This was song that was on the Angus Album "Face The Day" from 2000. I think this festival is either 2004 or 2005, leave a comment if you know. I wrote this...