I'm a New Yorker too and have turned more than a dozen people on to him. Just hand someone one of his CDs and they're immediately hooked.
I still can't understand why Matt Good does not have more acclaim in the States (outside of places like Buffalo, where I grew up). I know that his record label tried to push him in America when Beautiful Midnight came out but didn't have much luck. I just think it it was done right he could be HUGE here. Many other Canadian acts (Nickelback being one good example) have managed to break over and have big success in the States that aren't even that good. Either Matt intentionally does not want all of the fame, or his management team is just plain incompetent because I think his music would have tremendous appeal to the American audience. Would be a nice change to all of the canned music here.