An Eddy Christmas Jam

Here's two generations of Eddy musicians working on a souped-up version of "Away in a Manger" for Christmas 2011.

Matt in Robin Hood at Oxford

Matt is apparently making his contribution to the great English theatrical tradition while at Oxford with this production based on Robin Hood. Appears to be a fairly loose adaptation. Pictures by Karen Rice from FaceBook.

Eponymous Tune from Southern Ivy League

Here's the eponymous new song from Southern Ivy League with Matt on lead vocals. We're rocking on this one.

Having trouble with "eponymous"? Here's some help. Don't feel bad; I had to look it up for spelling. I can't tell you how long I've waited to use it in a blog post! The recently defunct REM (as of yesterday) released a "greatest hits" album in 1988 that was titled "Eponymous," which was highly ironic because the album wasn't eponymous, i.e., wasn't named "REM."

Matt's Band Puts Out New Song

Southern Ivy League has added another song to their growing repertoire.  This one is called 20 Is a Lonely Heart.  Features a vocal (not Matt) that sounds like John Lennon in one of his mellower moments. Matt plays some banjo on it  it, though not in a bluegrass style.  The band's unique style continues to emerge.  You can hear the song here.

Oxford Is On!

Lisa confirmed last week that Matt has been accepted into the Oxford program.

New Song from Southern Ivy League

Here's a new song from Matt's band, Southern Ivy League.  Matt sings lead on this sort eerie number about people who become spacemen. Also a striking piece of cover art.

Matt to Oxford?

It appears pretty likely that Matt will be invited to participate this fall in Georgetown College's unique Tutorial Program at Regent's Park College, Oxford University (shown in picture). The program is unique in that American participants learn alongside regular Oxford students using the tutorial method that Oxford and other traditional English universities are famous for. Participants are selected by Georgetown faculty and faculty from Regent's Park College at Oxford on the basis of writing samples and interviews. Selected students are trained in the tutorial method before their experience so that they can succeed in Oxford. Should be a great experience for Matthew, who may come back with a high-toned British accent. Here's a link on Georgetown's tutorial program.

Latest from Southern Ivy League

Here is the latest from Matt's band, Southern Ivy League.  It's a seven-song EP called Demo with a very different sound from Likable Inbetween.

By the way, the Southern Ivy League was a real attempt by several Southern colleges and universities to create an athletic conference that would compete with that well-know Yankee institution.