Mat Hook tells us about his life in music, Sheffield and headlining EchoSound Festival Saturday 7th of March from 11am

About this episode

Mat Hook discusses his music career, life in Sheffield, and upcoming events.

Matt is the former lead singer of the fine Sheffield band Kartica. When they disbanded (literally) he want and had a big lie down but for the past 3 years has been producing music and gigging, with his band, as Mat Hook. He tells us about his time in music, his past, his present and his upcoming plans. Please have a listen and if there is anything, Sheffield, you'd like us to do for future episodes do please get in touch via helpmycityelves@gmail.com The things mentioned in the podcast include Mat himself whose info can be found via hs website at https://mathook.com/ EchoSound Festival where details and tickets can be found via https://www.fatsoma.com/e/g2br6p4x/echosound-fesitval Steve Cowen's Mosfest book launch event can be accessed here https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Sheffield/Sidney-And-Matilda/Mosfest-Sheffield-book-launch-festival/42074090/#lineup The promoters of good northern events Gig Life Crisis can be found here https://giglifecrisis.co.uk/ And the football kickabout shenanigans are here https://www.instagram.com/kickabout.sheff7s/?hl=en We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and BlueSky. We run Sheffield Socials on a sub Reddit of that same name as well as on…

People in this episode

Host: HelpSheffield

Guest: Mat Hook

Topics covered

• music
• Sheffield
• festivals
• interviews
• local culture

Keywords

• Mat Hook
• EchoSound Festival
• Sheffield music
• Kartica
• local events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kartica, Gig Life Crisis

Places: Sheffield