Born the 14th of August in 1975, Matthew was the first of six children born to Rev. Gordon & Judy Grieve, founding pastors at Harvest Hills Baptist Church in Guelph, Ontario.  From his first moments in life, Matthew found himself in church hearing some of the great old hymns of the faith as they were sung at each service; he would never have imagined that years later he would be singing some of those same hymns as a gospel recording artist?

Matthew recalls family devotions following dinner each evening as one of his fondest musical memories.  “With my parents both being great singers, it was always an enjoyable occasion singing together as a family following devotions”, Matt mentioned “We’d all find a part and sing along as best we could”.  Those songs normally heard at family devotions promptly changed into songs sung during special music at their own church and from there onto full concerts at churches in Southwestern Ontario as lead singer for “The Grieve Trio”.

For Matthew’s entire academic career, he attended Temple Baptist Christian Academy in Cambridge, Ontario and his love for music continued to evolve throughout those years, until his big musical break finally came in his first year of high school.  With the cold winter months in Ontario, Matthew and three of his classmates would ensure they stayed warm during their lunch break by making their way to the church sanctuary to sing together.  Tony Fischer, Ryan Brueckner, Jonathan Limmer and Matthew Grieve formed a group in high school that they called The Unashamed Quartet and they quickly became a favourite in gospel music in Canada. The Unashamed Quartet started winning awards in Canada and became recognized for their youthful age singing a southern gospel style of music, as well as their tight harmonies and dynamic vocals.   They toured across Canada and parts of the United States for over ten years with Matthew winning personal awards for Best Christian Male Vocalist in Canada during five of those years. 

As the quartet members grew older and lives changed with marriages and children, Brian Dugas was added to the group as their new tenor singer and Matt’s life would be changed forever.  Brian and he became extremely close friends and attended church together when they weren’t on the road touring.  This friendship became a tight bond for these two young men and in June of 2002 they both felt the Lord calling them to leave the Unashamed Quartet and assist a church in London, Ontario.

It was just a few months later where Matthew teamed up with Brian and his wife Laura to create a group at the church to help lead worship.  This trio has since been touring for over 5 years and have released multiple recordings, and have received numerous award nominations.  But more importantly, throughout their travels they have seen the lives of many people come to know Christ.  “When I look back over the musical road that I have traveled” Matt said, “I realize that the Lord’s hand of direction was on my life that entire time.  I know the Lord has a bigger plan in store for my life.  I just can’t wait to see what that plan includes.