For WMTV's Ramble On December issue, I wrote a comedic article that discusses The Guy Who Sings About Cities and Towns' song, "Williamsburg is Like Time Travel." Matt Farley, whose pseudonym is The Guy Who Sings About Cities and Towns, found the post and shared it on his Twitter. The full zine can be found here.
Talent has never been this locally-based.
You may not know the name Matt Farley, and for that, I pity you, dear reader. But as Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien's acclaimed novel, The Hobbit, once said, “People don’t know true genius and haters gonna hate” (“Gandalf’s Chat with Taylor Swift,” FanFiction.net).
Farley broke into the music scene back in 2012 under the pseudonym, The Guy Who Sings About Cities And Towns. His breakout album was the critically acclaimed Texas City & Town Song Fun, Tx. This album gave the music world hits like, “Dallas, Texas. Such a Great Place!”, “Coffee City Has the Best Coffee in Texas, I Think”, and “Pearland Has Great Pears, or Does It?”. Within two weeks, Rolling Stones gave this debut album 6 rolling stones out of 7.
Since then, the Massachusetts native has created albums for 15 more states and has even traveled over lyrical international waters with albums about the UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Matt Farley has turned this into a full-time job, since he’s able to make around $4,000 a month on songs he has uploaded to Spotify and Apple Music.
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