TWO DATES AT TORONTO’S GLENN GOULD THEATRE SET FOR SATURDAY FEB. 27 AND  MONDAY MARCH 8
 
New Brunswick's Matt Andersen is larger than life — and so is his talent and his showmanship.  Now based in Halifax, Andersen’s a 400-lb. giant who’s building an international following for his high energy performances of a sprawling hybrid of blues, roots and rock and roll.
 
Now, having won the acoustic solo/duo award at the Blues Foundation’s annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January, he’s setting off on yet another tour. This time he’s playing more than 25 theatre concerts in Ontario, British Columbia and Saskatchewan; additional dates may be added to the tour. Andersen will be sharing the stage with Wil, a highly praised Calgary guitarist, singer and songwriter. Their two Toronto concerts will be at the Glenn Gould Studio.

With his soulful voice and virtuoso guitar playing, Matt Andersen has sparked a remarkable career that’s built on a tour schedule of between 200 and 250 shows each year. Having opened concerts on tour with Randy Bachman, the late Bo Diddley, Delta blues icon David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Little Feat and many more, he’s now a headliner himself. Andersen has played throughout the UK on four occasions, toured with CBC Radio’s Stuart McLean (and sold 5,000 CDs on the way) and is certainly one of Canada’s hardest working solo musicians.
 
In the past three years, Andersen has released an introductory EP along with two critically-acclaimed live releases and the full length release Second Time Around, followed by a studio album, Something in Between. His most recent release, Piggyback, is a series of duo performances with international harmonica star Mike Stevens. His total record sales in this country now exceed 30,000 units.