In the early 1970s, Wall Matthews and
Biff Rose performed throughout the
US and
Canada, and released the album
Hamburger Blues. He was composer in residence for dance at
Connecticut College from 1978 to 1994. In 1983 he began recording for the label Clean Cuts. In 2003 he started Zen Gardens Music/ZGM. Its first release was
Zen Gardens, Music Inspired By The Temples and Gardens of Kyoto. In 2010 ZGM released
Air Over Water, one of Zone Music Reporter's top 100 recordings of the year. From 1994 to 2012, Matthews has composed for television and radio for Clean Cuts Music. He was nominated for an
Emmy Award in 2010, along with fellow composers Chris Kennedy and Austin Caughlin, for his work on Yellowstone Battle For Life. His 2012 recording "The Dreaming Light" was #48 on Zone Reporter's Top 100 recordings for 2012. His Clean Cuts recording, "Christmas Guitar", was nominated in 2014 for Zone reporter's Holiday Album Of The Year ==Selected discography==