Matt Halvorson is a Seattle-based musician and writer. His music is released under the name Cousin Wolf and, like his life, is a passionate blend of fatherhood, activism, and baseball. He founded the Rise Up Music Project in 2019 and released the albums “Sermons” and “Winter” in 2020.

For several years, Matt wrote and managed a blog called advocating for racial equity and radical empathy in our schools called Rise Up for Students. His first musical imprint was with the Portland-based folk-pop family band The Big Ideas. He now lives with his family in a forest north of Seattle and plans to finally release “Nine Innings,” a concept album about nine ballplayers, in 2025.

When not shout-singing at the piano or obsessing over lyrics, Matt enjoys coffee, campfires, fielding groundballs, and plotting to bring down the System.