Matthew Brookshire is a songwriter and performer originally from North Carolina. His song “Belly Breathe” is featured on the 50th anniversary season of Sesame Street on HBO. “Belly Breathe” also appeared in Sesame Street the Musical.

Matthew’s acoustic duo project with singer/banjo player Anielle Reid, Boy Girl Banjo, appeared on TED.com, and their debut EP is available now.

Matthew collaborated with choreographer Keely Garfield on several dance-theater works, including the Bessie Award-nominated Twin Pines (Joyce Theater, Danspace Project) and Pow (Roulette & 92nd Street Y). About Garfield’s WOW, where Matthew interpreted the songs of Kate Bush, The New York Times wrote: “performed live by the marvelous Mr. Brookshire on vocals and piano…The arrangements are stripped down and seductively vibrant.”

With composer Curtis Moore, Matthew wrote original music for the film Palindromes (co-written with Eytan Mirsky; directed by Todd Solondz), pop songs for drag icon Kevin Aviance and Sara Ramirez, and created a musical about a woman’s obsession with Lifetime Movies called For The Love of Tiffany (book co-written with Thomas Mizer and lyrics by Amanda Green). Matthew contributed songs to several films by Casper Andreas–including Violet Tendencies, starring Mindy Cohn from The Facts of Life! Matthew’s albums 8 Songs and Best Friend are available on iTunes. He is also featured on Kelli Rae Powell’s Live at Jalopy and on a compilation from the American Folk Art Museum.

Matthew is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

CONTACT: matthew@matthewbrookshire.com