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Matt Andersen
October 17 @ 7:30 pm
With Opening Act Old Man Luedecke!
When Matt Andersen steps on stage, he brings a lifetime of music to every note he plays. His latest album, The Hammer & The Rose, is a veritable garden of heart; a (mostly) delicate collection of tender folk and stirring soul numbers that find the New Brunswick-born songwriter thoughtfully tending to the most important things in life. Andersen’s stage presence is informed by decades of cutting his teeth in dusty clubs, dim-lit bars, and grand theatres all over the world, delivering moving performances that run the gamut from intimate to wall-shaking. In the studio, he’s always brought the same attention to detail and commitment to craft as he has to his live show. The result is a multi-faceted and poignant body of work, which has led him to amass over 33 million streams on Spotify and 30 million views on YouTube.
In addition to headlining major festivals, clubs and theatres throughout North America, Europe, and Australia, he has shared the stage and toured with Marcus King, Beth Hart, Marty Stuart, Greg Allman, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Randy Bachman, Serena Ryder, Tab Benoit, and more.
Andersen nabbed the 2013 and 2016 European Blues Awards for Best Solo/Acoustic Act, was the first ever Canadian to take home top honours in the solo category at the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, won the CIMA Road Gold award in 2015, and has won multiple Maple Blues Awards. Matt Andersen & The Big Bottle of Joy was nominated for a Juno Award in 2024.
Back Again in the NWT As the Opening Act: Old Man Luedecke
Old Man Luedecke is the recording and performing name of two-time JUNO award-winning and Polaris prize-nominated singer/songwriter Chris Luedecke. He’s a multiple East Coast Music Award winner known for his high-energy, banjo-driven stompers, touching guitar ballads, and dry, humorous stories. Old Man Luedecke has been making a soundtrack to an authentic life for nearly twenty years.
Born in Toronto and long-time resident of the country near Chester, Nova Scotia, Luedecke began recording in the early 2000s DIY folk scene of Halifax. He made his two JUNO-winning albums for Black Hen Music in the late ‘00s, with Steve Dawson as producer, at Vancouver’s famed Factory studio. Luedecke has kept up many worldwide concert appearances, playing in Europe and around Canada and the USA, and six trips to Australia, including a memorable tour where his whole young family travelled with him around rural Queensland for the Festival of Small Halls.
And A Special NWT Collaboration with Pat Braden and Norman Glowach
