Quantum Penguin (Matt Woolley)

Matt Woolley is a multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter from Shropshire who plays under the name of Quantum Penguin. His love of storytelling through song blended with driving instrumentals means his set is one minute lilting and filled with emotion and the next joyfully energetic with soaring fiddle, guitar or bouzouki. Matt is a founding member of the Folk music group String Workshop and enjoys collaborating with fellow musicians and artists on various projects and art installations from Cornwall to Shropshire. He is performing for the second time at LoopFest in Shrewsbury and was nominated for Folk musician of the year at the Shropshire Music Awards. He loved performing at both Chippenham Folk Festival and Shrewsbury’s LoopFest last year and is thrilled to be asked back by both for this year. His debut album Rockhopper is available on CD and in digital music stores and his second album Adelie is due to be released in mid-May.