Copyright 2018 Philville Records
Ventura, CA 93001
Matthew R. Sayles is the founder and Praetorian Prefect of Philville Records,
an independent label he formed in 2003 in Marquette, Michigan.
Sayles has toured nationally and internationally with his bands Frostbitten
Grass and the Ventucky String Band, and has had the honor of performing
with country/bluegrass/and western swing legends like Merle Haggard,
Dwight Yoakam, Asleep at the Wheel, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, the
Duhks, Uncle Earl, and a long list of other highly talented regional and
national roots music performers.
Philville Records moved to Ventura, CA in 2009, and Sayles continues to
write, record, produce and perform around L.A. and the Central coast with the
Ventucky String Band, and his more recent alt. country project the Detroit
Sportsmen's Congress. He also performs and does session work with
several Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara alt. country and roots
music projects.