Crys Matthews
@crysmatthews.bsky.social
International Folk Music Awards Artist of the Year and Song of the Year winner (2025/2022). Folk singer. Truth teller. Light bringer. Woman. Butch lesbian. Polyamorous. Hella Black. Hella Proud.
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Ghosts
18/20 "Waking Up the Dead"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-oO...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social
Backing vocal by Nickie Conley and Kyshona Armstrong
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
18/20 "Waking Up the Dead"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-oO...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social
Backing vocal by Nickie Conley and Kyshona Armstrong
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
![So now, I sense a hand
Upon my shoulder
I'm waking up the dead
And the air is getting colder
And I'm minding my steps
Oh, my eyes are wide
And I am who I am
'Cause they were alive
Dirt on my soles
From a graveyard stroll
Picking up the pieces of the past
And the ghosts don't scare me
In this cemetery, no, no
They're singing, "Freedom! Freedom at last!"
Crys Matthews
[Image: pale grey with gritty texture]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zwguxl6p6mezinzwm6ak3hee/bafkreiflgqtxycit4w3pka3swvwwjqc4232n2eop2df6nu7b4dlqtqytqi@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ghosts
18/20 "Waking Up the Dead"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-oO...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social
Backing vocal by Nickie Conley and Kyshona Armstrong
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
18/20 "Waking Up the Dead"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-oO...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social
Backing vocal by Nickie Conley and Kyshona Armstrong
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
She asked me today whether I wanted to get married inside or outside... hit that link so we can have our dream wedding, y'all. americasfavcouple.org/2025/crys-heather
August 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
She asked me today whether I wanted to get married inside or outside... hit that link so we can have our dream wedding, y'all. americasfavcouple.org/2025/crys-heather
I'm just going to post this one last thing and then leave it up to the Universe. We trust that all things work together for good... always, so the Universe is going to do what she always does. We'll just be here loving each other through all of it.
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I'm just going to post this one last thing and then leave it up to the Universe. We trust that all things work together for good... always, so the Universe is going to do what she always does. We'll just be here loving each other through all of it.
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This is totally an anthem for our times! Thank you @crysmatthews.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/forged...
Forged in Fire | Crys Matthews
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July 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is totally an anthem for our times! Thank you @crysmatthews.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/forged...
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Pride Season 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💛🤍💜🖤🩶
6/20 "The Good Stuff"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmX4...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social with (and featuring) Heather Mae
(They are fiancées 🥰)
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
6/20 "The Good Stuff"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmX4...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social with (and featuring) Heather Mae
(They are fiancées 🥰)
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
![Our love is that sneak-up-on-you kind
We were friends
Then more than friends
And then I couldn't get you off my mind
Our love ain't a fairytale or bedtime story
It's a Broadway play
With joy and worry
If you love hard, you fight hard for it
It's saying yes to forever
Not knowing what tomorrow might bring
It's "for better or worse"
With or without the ring
Crys Matthews feat. Heather Mae
[Image: shades of pale pink and very pale purple]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zwguxl6p6mezinzwm6ak3hee/bafkreiakbnhritgsob3oqk6y723jxrsyyxncjkxfswccxs6tf3gt2rfe6i@jpeg)
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Pride Season 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💛🤍💜🖤🩶
6/20 "The Good Stuff"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmX4...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social with (and featuring) Heather Mae
(They are fiancées 🥰)
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
6/20 "The Good Stuff"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmX4...
Written by @crysmatthews.bsky.social with (and featuring) Heather Mae
(They are fiancées 🥰)
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
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Just discovered @crysmatthews.bsky.social is here and at least occasionally posting, so a good time to go “oh shit i never did post the videos I took when she came to Pittsburgh”
July 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just discovered @crysmatthews.bsky.social is here and at least occasionally posting, so a good time to go “oh shit i never did post the videos I took when she came to Pittsburgh”
Call them out, and then, call them in. ❤️✊🏾
If we don't learn anything from Tuesday's Mamdani victory lets at least adopt @crysmatthews.bsky.social Make Trouble as the Democratic Anthem from now on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yo...
Crys Matthews - Call Them In (OFFICIAL Music video)
YouTube video by crysmatthews
www.youtube.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Call them out, and then, call them in. ❤️✊🏾
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The federal prosecutor in Tennessee who would be responsible for the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia has resigned as US Attorney General Pam Bondi orders politically motivated charges against the wrongly deported Maryland man in Nashville.
Federal prosecutor reportedly quit over concern Ábrego García indictment was politically motivated –US politics live
Ben Schrader resigned same day people-smuggling charges were filed against Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador, media report says
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The federal prosecutor in Tennessee who would be responsible for the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia has resigned as US Attorney General Pam Bondi orders politically motivated charges against the wrongly deported Maryland man in Nashville.
It's getting real gay out here, y'all, so it's probably a good time to bring that uncle who voted for you-know-who to a Crys Matthews show. 😂❤️✊🏾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's getting real gay out here, y'all, so it's probably a good time to bring that uncle who voted for you-know-who to a Crys Matthews show. 😂❤️✊🏾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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'Gaslighting' comes from the title of a 1938 play and the movies based on that play.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'Gaslighting' comes from the title of a 1938 play and the movies based on that play.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
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On Wednesday, McMahon testified before the House education committee and, on Tuesday, before a Senate appropriations subcommittee. Here are several moments that stood out.
In hearings, McMahon faces questions about the shrinking federal role in schools and colleges
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15lTM9LX0xK5oWhTn0jFaBnWjuYfQHRHsj5H6gJsNeEI/edit?usp=sharing
n.pr
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
On Wednesday, McMahon testified before the House education committee and, on Tuesday, before a Senate appropriations subcommittee. Here are several moments that stood out.
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BIDEN'S FEMA DIRECTOR
Deanne Criswell
Firefighter for 21 years
Ran Emergency Management, Aurora, CO
Served on FEMA staff
Ran NYC Emergency Management
FEMA Director
TRUMP'S FEMA DIRECTOR
David Richardson
No experience in emergency management
Didn't know there's a hurricane season
But DEI, right? 🙄
Deanne Criswell
Firefighter for 21 years
Ran Emergency Management, Aurora, CO
Served on FEMA staff
Ran NYC Emergency Management
FEMA Director
TRUMP'S FEMA DIRECTOR
David Richardson
No experience in emergency management
Didn't know there's a hurricane season
But DEI, right? 🙄
Fema chief tells staff he did not know US has hurricane season
Staff reportedly baffled after remark from David Richardson – but spokesperson says comment was a joke
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
BIDEN'S FEMA DIRECTOR
Deanne Criswell
Firefighter for 21 years
Ran Emergency Management, Aurora, CO
Served on FEMA staff
Ran NYC Emergency Management
FEMA Director
TRUMP'S FEMA DIRECTOR
David Richardson
No experience in emergency management
Didn't know there's a hurricane season
But DEI, right? 🙄
Deanne Criswell
Firefighter for 21 years
Ran Emergency Management, Aurora, CO
Served on FEMA staff
Ran NYC Emergency Management
FEMA Director
TRUMP'S FEMA DIRECTOR
David Richardson
No experience in emergency management
Didn't know there's a hurricane season
But DEI, right? 🙄
This kind of broke my TikTok, so I figured I should share it here too. Hope you'll come join us in the woods of Michigan this summer!! Tickets are buy one, get one for a limited time. www.michiganfernfest.com/tickets
June 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This kind of broke my TikTok, so I figured I should share it here too. Hope you'll come join us in the woods of Michigan this summer!! Tickets are buy one, get one for a limited time. www.michiganfernfest.com/tickets
It's been too long since Heather Mae and I have gotten to tour together! Come find us!
May 18 | #Denver Swallow Hill Music (this show will be interpreted, so please let your DHoH friends know)
May 22 | #SanFrancisco The Lost Church - San Francisco
May 24 | #Sacramento (house concert)
May 18 | #Denver Swallow Hill Music (this show will be interpreted, so please let your DHoH friends know)
May 22 | #SanFrancisco The Lost Church - San Francisco
May 24 | #Sacramento (house concert)
May 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's been too long since Heather Mae and I have gotten to tour together! Come find us!
May 18 | #Denver Swallow Hill Music (this show will be interpreted, so please let your DHoH friends know)
May 22 | #SanFrancisco The Lost Church - San Francisco
May 24 | #Sacramento (house concert)
May 18 | #Denver Swallow Hill Music (this show will be interpreted, so please let your DHoH friends know)
May 22 | #SanFrancisco The Lost Church - San Francisco
May 24 | #Sacramento (house concert)
#Denver, I'm coming to Swallow Hill Music on 5/18 with my partner on and off stage Heather Mae. If you've been feeling hopeless about the state of our country and our world, you do not want to miss this night of music.
This show will be interpreted, so please spread the word to the DHoH community.
This show will be interpreted, so please spread the word to the DHoH community.
May 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#Denver, I'm coming to Swallow Hill Music on 5/18 with my partner on and off stage Heather Mae. If you've been feeling hopeless about the state of our country and our world, you do not want to miss this night of music.
This show will be interpreted, so please spread the word to the DHoH community.
This show will be interpreted, so please spread the word to the DHoH community.
I really wanted to make a #MothersDay video using The Bigger Picture, but I just love this one too much not to share it again. All of that to say, make sure you listen to The Bigger Picture today or request it on your local station and dedicate it to your mom. ❤️
May 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I really wanted to make a #MothersDay video using The Bigger Picture, but I just love this one too much not to share it again. All of that to say, make sure you listen to The Bigger Picture today or request it on your local station and dedicate it to your mom. ❤️
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roll your sleeves up ... @crysmatthews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARj3...
SLEEVES UP by Crys Matthews - Theme song of the Persisterhood Oral History Project
YouTube video by Persisterhood Project
www.youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
roll your sleeves up ... @crysmatthews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARj3...
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I got to attend a great concert today from the folk singer @crysmatthews.bsky.social in our neighborhood. Her music really speaks to the moment and deserves a wide audience on Bluesky.
April 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I got to attend a great concert today from the folk singer @crysmatthews.bsky.social in our neighborhood. Her music really speaks to the moment and deserves a wide audience on Bluesky.
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Grateful to my friend and neighbor Buzz, who introduced us to the fantastic @crysmatthews.bsky.social and her inspiring music. The perfect soundtrack for these times. You can support her work here: www.crysmatthews.com
SLEEVES UP by Crys Matthews - Theme song of the Persisterhood Oral History Project
YouTube video by Persisterhood Project
www.youtube.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Grateful to my friend and neighbor Buzz, who introduced us to the fantastic @crysmatthews.bsky.social and her inspiring music. The perfect soundtrack for these times. You can support her work here: www.crysmatthews.com
I'm so honored and excited to share this book with all of you!! I met Fern when I was out west this last time! I was telling them about Heather's birding hobby, and they started telling me about their deep love of birding and about their book,
March 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I'm so honored and excited to share this book with all of you!! I met Fern when I was out west this last time! I was telling them about Heather's birding hobby, and they started telling me about their deep love of birding and about their book,
I'm so honored and excited to share this book with all of you!! I met Fern when I was out west this last time! I was telling them about Heather's birding hobby, and they started telling me about their deep love of birding and about their book,
March 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I'm so honored and excited to share this book with all of you!! I met Fern when I was out west this last time! I was telling them about Heather's birding hobby, and they started telling me about their deep love of birding and about their book,
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Here in two parts is the song “Like Jesus Would” by @crysmatthews.bsky.social recognizing Bishop Budde calling on trump to have mercy. It speaks to this post.
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Here in two parts is the song “Like Jesus Would” by @crysmatthews.bsky.social recognizing Bishop Budde calling on trump to have mercy. It speaks to this post.
Anyone who tries to convince you that flexing our collective economic muscle doesn't matter doesn't understand:
1. History (especially America's history).
2. most systems of oppression work in service to capitalism.
So what are you doing to get ready for it?
1. History (especially America's history).
2. most systems of oppression work in service to capitalism.
So what are you doing to get ready for it?
February 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Anyone who tries to convince you that flexing our collective economic muscle doesn't matter doesn't understand:
1. History (especially America's history).
2. most systems of oppression work in service to capitalism.
So what are you doing to get ready for it?
1. History (especially America's history).
2. most systems of oppression work in service to capitalism.
So what are you doing to get ready for it?
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We are over halfway to the Rainbow Rodeo fundraiser! If we can get up to $215 per month, we'll add a brand NEW, unreleased @crysmatthews.bsky.social song to our mixtape!
Subscribe for $1 or more and support independent queer media!
http://rainbowrodeom...
Subscribe for $1 or more and support independent queer media!
http://rainbowrodeom...
February 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We are over halfway to the Rainbow Rodeo fundraiser! If we can get up to $215 per month, we'll add a brand NEW, unreleased @crysmatthews.bsky.social song to our mixtape!
Subscribe for $1 or more and support independent queer media!
http://rainbowrodeom...
Subscribe for $1 or more and support independent queer media!
http://rainbowrodeom...
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