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Matthew O’Neill is a musician based in the Catskill mountains. His practice is rooted in global Indigenous ways of experiencing and participating in community through sound. Believing in the central role of music in nurturing resilience and innovation and maintaining a harmonious relationship with Mother Earth and the Cosmos - Matthew is committed to making work that honours timeless wisdom.

Working over decades with world class musicians, his music comes to life through dynamic collaboration, fuelled by a connection to living systems. Matthew’s work is guided by gratitude and seeks to be an act of reciprocity, honouring ancient instructions for creation.

Viewing the world through a non-human centric narrative, he seeks kinship with non-human relatives and speaks out against injustice, binding all together with the medicine of humour and playfulness. His songwriting acknowledges the interconnectedness of all things and journeys through states of gratitude, joy, suffering, celebration and loss, acknowledging the beauty of human complexity and vulnerability within the web of life.

With a background in musical ethnography, soundscape ecology, history and wisdom traditions, his work is rooted in deep study and balanced by a practice of intuitive creation. Ultimately he seeks to decolonize and re-indigenize music, inspiring others to connect with their own ancestral roots.