Larry Mathews from a small village in the South West of Ireland on the Atlantic coast sings and plays Irish music as well as his own compositions on guitar, fiddle and bodhran.
He has toured all over the world, working on stage together with other Irish musicians such as the Furey Brothers and David Arthur, Dubliners and Christy Moore. Larry has performed in clubs, festivals as well as his own concerts in many countries in Europe, USA and Canada.
For many years he played together with his brother Terry. They made a very successful album entitled "A kiss in the morning early" and their second album they recorded as a band with two other musicians called "Mathews, Wilson and Doonan". Larry also joined a well known Kerry folk band called Spailpin who went to the heights of the Irish charts. Searching for a new challenge he became a solo performer working all over the world.
For the last number of years Larry has been working with two other musicians. Ralph Bühr one of the best guitar and mandolin players on the scene, and Björn Beutler on bass. They call themselves "Larry Mathews Blackstone" after a stone bridge on the Caragh river in Co Kerry, in the South West of Ireland. In 2010 Björn Beutler left the Band and Andy Schmidt took over the bass. The same year Bernd Haseneder joined the trio to play Bodhrán and Cajón.