Canadian bluesman to perform at Opera House

McPHERSON — Multi-award winning Canadian bluesman Matt Andersen is playing the McPherson Opera House on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m.
Although Canada isn’t known as a hotbed of the blues, Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, where Andersen grew up, is a hard-working blue-collar community of less than 2,000 people; no folk or coffee house scene there.
His numerous awards include, among others, the 2013 Euro Blues Award for Best Solo/Acoustic Act, three Maple Blues Awards in 2012, and in 2010, he won the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
Despite this affirmation from the blues community, Andersen himself says ...