 MATT ANDERSEN’S INTERNATIONAL
PUSH KEEPS MOVING FORWARD
Canadian artist set to tour UK, Ireland and Holland in February and March
John Lee Hooker said it years ago: “It’s too late to quit now!”
For guitarist singer and songwriter Matt Andersen, it’s not too late — but he’s pushing hard to build an international career, and it’s falling into place.
Now — while he’s currently touring the interior of British Columbia on a seven-date sold-out tour — he’s preparing for a two-month trip to Europe, where he has nine concerts in Holland, and no less than 17 in England, Ireland and Scotland. The tour starts in Holland on February 24, and ends March 29 in the UK.
After touring Australia — including seven days at the massive Woodford Folk Festival north of Brisbane over the Christmas-New Year’s period — he was one of the handfull of acoustic performers on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise in the Caribbean. It was his second trip on the cruise; this time he played alongside Taj Mahal, Bettye Lavette, Tommy Castro, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, fellow Canadian Shakura S’Aida and dozens more.
When he’s not on tour, he’s now living in Wolfville, outside Halifax, Nova Scotia. Chances are, however, that he’ll not be at home long — he’s booked (so far) at nine major Canadian folk, blues and rock festivals this summer.
He’s also signed an exclusive agreement with Steven Scharf Entertainment in New York, a major company that licenses music to film, television, commercial sponsors and other platforms.
At home, Andersen has been nominated in five categories at the East Coast Music Awards to be held in Moncton, NB in April — including nominations for Entertainer of the Year, Video of the Year and Album of the Year for his new release Coal Mining Blues on the Busted Flat label.
In January he traveled to Toronto to receive no less than three national Maple Blues Awards, as Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist and Acoustic Artist of the Year.
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