Kalle Mattson
| Kalle Mattson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 21, 1990 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Folk rock, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Home Music Co., Trickser Tonträger |
| Associated acts | The Wooden Sky, Cuff The Duke, Jeremy Fisher, Howie Beck, Jim Bryson |
| Website | www |
Kalle Mattson (born Kalle Mattson Wainio, September 21, 1990 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
His music video "Avalanche" was nominated for Video of The Year at the Juno Awards of 2016, & won the 2016 Prism Prize. His album Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold was nominated for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize, & he has also won SOCAN's Songwriter of the Year and four Northern Ontario Music Award's for Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year in both 2012 and 2015.
Mattson began writing songs in 2009 and has toured with The Wooden Sky, Sunparlour Players, Cuff The Duke, Jeremy Fisher, Hozier, Jim Bryson, The Rural Alberta Advantage and Blue Rodeo. In 2012 his music video for "Water Falls" was dubbed "the coolest music video of 2012” by The Huffington Post. and in 2014 he went on four tours of Europe and three of North America in support of "Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold".
Mattson has received attention in mainstream media for several music videos:
In November 2011 Mattson's music video for "Thick As Thieves" went viral with over 1,000,000 views over the three uploads of the video. The video was created with only $250 in materials and depicted a "stopmotion history of the world". It was covered by Time Magazine, Huffington Post, Yahoo! and MuchMusic.
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