Matthew King
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
teacher, musician, poet, freedom fighter
I have been a student and teacher of world music and people’s history, and a community activist and organizer, for decades. I grew up on the classic rock and soul of the 1970s, and have immersed myself in musical study of Cuban and Brazilian rhythms, as well as various traditional/Roots musics of India, the Americas, Caribbean and beyond. Politically, I have fought for political prisoners’ rights, women’s rights, poor people’s rights and environmental issues for as long as I can remember.