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Dave Mattock: Knucklebox

by Glenn Astarita
March 8, 2026

Dave Mattock has spent more than two decades quietly building one of Philadelphia's most reliable musical reputations--teaching at Temple, gigging at Ortlieb's, holding down residencies, and releasing records on his own terms. Knucklebox is his fifth album and second with the organ trio Funktap. The title, Mattock has explained, refers to the musical and technical puzzles embedded in the compositions. Fair warning: some of these puzzles do not come with an answer key. Funktap features Mattock on Hammond ...