Matthew Shoaf

Matt Shoaf is an accomplished professional guitarist, vocalist, bassist, teacher, engineer, and producer, born and raised in the KC area. Graduating in 2002 with a B.A. in music from The Conservatory of Music at UMKC, Matt has gone on to work with several local and national acts in a variety of ways.


With a wide repertoire consisting of roots rock, reggae, funk, R&B, blues, soul, jazz, and classical music, you are sure to hear something you like. You can catch him or his band, Gov’t Cheez, all around town any given night of the week, or playing bass with KC’s self proclaimed eighth best Irish band, Flannigan’s Right Hook.  To see where he's currently playing, click here.