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Blues on the Boulevard with Les Muses, Matt Andersen & New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO) When: Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Where: Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Centre, St. George Blvd., Moncton Something special is coming to the Boulevard we call St George in March. Join us for Blues on the Boulevard; an incredible night of symphonic music with a fusion of blues as ECMA winning New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO) is joined by blues impresario, Matt Andersen. Opening the show in a special reunion appearance will be Les Muses. Tickets: $25 Adults, $18.50 for students and seniors Available: Coliseum Box Office, (506) 857-4100 or online Matt Andersen New Brunswick’s Matt Andersen has a larger than life showmanship that has been earning him a fervent and steadfast audience wherever he graces the stage. Matt’s sprawling blues, roots and rock musical hybrid with his sorrowing and soulful voice has sparked a phenomenal buzz. The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra A recent winner of ECM
luesman’s Prayer (NorthernBlues) The honest sounding songs on their fifth release draw you to conclude the band is in love with the blues and its lifestyle. Glamourpuss is welcoming and inviting without showing off or being overbearing. Overall, you’ll enjoy riveting songwriting, articulate guitar, simmering keys, and admirable production. -Tim Holek Blues Bytes Magazine January 2007 www.bluesbytes.net Bluesman’s Prayer (Northern Blues Music) Moncton, N.B.’s favourite sons, reputed to be the best saloon band in Atlantic Canada, serve up on their fifth recording — and their second for Toronto-based Northern Blues — a heaping helping of big fat roadhouse blues-rock, tinged with raucous Cajun inflections and soulful R&B ballads. Lead track, pianist/organist Roger Cormier’s “Leaving On Sunday,” is a surprisingly tender and lonesome thing, almost liturgical in construction, and the title track, a loping, minor-key blues, sounds like a r
