Party: Matt Andersen + Frank Sultana

Party: Matt Andersen + Frank Sultana

With over 2 million views on YouTube, independent sales over 30,000 albums, a 2013 European Blues Award, and winning Best Solo Performer at the Memphis Blues Challenge, it appears that the entire world is now discovering Canada’s Matt Andersen.

A powerhouse performer with a giant, soul-filled voice and commanding stage presence, Matt has built a formidable following the old-fashioned way; touring worldwide and letting the converted audiences and Andersen devotees spread his reputation through word of mouth.

Now with Weightless, his debut release for True North Records, Matt’s music has been captured on record as never before. With Weightless, Andersen shifts his formidable talents as a blues performer to his song-craft. His reputation as a bluesman won him the 2013 Euro Blues Award for the Best Solo/Acoustic Act, three Maple Blues Awards in 2012, and the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

“The blues is a big part of what I do, and in my solo show some tunes are straight-up blues, for sure,” he says. “But I would never stand beside BB King and say, ‘I play blues, too’. None of my albums are blues albums – I’ve won blues awards with them, but I wouldn’t say they’re blues albums.”

“Andersen, a gust of fresh air on the blues and folk scene” – The Globe and Mail

“A giant of a man, with a voice to match …one of Canada’s brightest new roots music stars” – Exclaim Magazine

Invited: Carl Ingleton, Emma Lovell, Katrina Brubacher, Michaela Jane, Andrew Daly, Bec Fortune, Chloe Goodyear, Natalie Spratt, Alexandra Shorter, Christie Toy, Leanne Loucks, Josh Daly, Tim Roberts, Diana Wade, Lance Godier, Katy Burrough, Kirsty Bragg, Belinda Jane