Matt York

December, 2023 Update

Happy Holidays folks!

I'll finish this year having played nearly 200 concerts in 2024. I've met some incredible folks, had some really great moments and I thank you for having caught a show or clicked on a video link etc.

I'm in full Christmas concert mode for the most part in December. Lots of Ho-Ho-Hoing in the weeks ahead at some private concerts but also many open to the public (listed below). I also have some fun non-holiday gigs lined up in the weeks/months ahead. If you're looking for a stocking stuffer for your favorite country music fan, there are some options below.

The full album of Christmas songs is now available to stream for free at www.mattyorkboston.bandcamp.com. You can also download the album there if you'd like. If you'd like a CD of the album, let me know. The song "Jingle Bells" is out on Spotify, Apple Music etc. It can be found at https://mattyorkboston.hearnow.com/ The Highwaymen book is also available for purchase online at this link

Advanced tickets for upcoming shows (full band where noted)

December 3rd (this weekend) Sunday Morning Brunch at City Winery Boston, doing the songs of Willie Nelson. Doors at 11am concert at noon. Full band show. Tickets are only $15 and can be purchased at www.citywinery.com/boston

January 13th (Sat.) at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley. This sold out last time and will be the songs of Willie. Advanced tickets available at this link.

January 26th (Fri.) at The Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center in Foxboro. Returning to my hometown to perform the songs of Willie with a full band. This will be the largest venue I've done one of these concerts, so I'm really excited for it. Advanced tickets are $22 and be purchased at https://mrpac.booktix.com/dept/main/e/MYS

Other December gigs:

December 1st (Fri.) Bourne Library XMas songs at 4:30pm

December 2nd (Sat.) Townsend Library Xmas songs at 1pm

Dec. 3rd (Sun.) City Winery Boston Sunday Morning Coming Down! noon (ticket link)

December 5th (Tues.) Xmas Songs at Adams Center in Kingston 6pm (more info)

December 7th - (Thurs.) Chatham Library at 5pm (Xmas Songs)

Dec 8th (Friday) Waltham COA 1pm XMAS Song)

December 9th (Sat.) The Porch in Medford 1-4 Country Classic Revue. Free! (www.theporchsouthern.com

December 10th The Hitching Post in Hanson (brunch 10-1)

December 17th The Hitching Post brunch 10-1)

December 28th (Thurs.) The G Pub in Plymouth, MA 6-8

Dec. 31st 1pm First Night Chatham (but in the afternoon!) https://www.firstnightchatham.com/

Here's my version of Pretty Paper, the Christmas classic written by Willie Nelson. It was initially performed by the late, great Roy Orbison.

Happy Holidays and thank you for your support in 2023.

November, 2023 Update

Hope everyone is enjoying the fall. I've got a few updates for you. First off, I was recently nominated for the Boston Music Award for Best Country Artist. This is the second year in a row that I've been nominated and I'm thankful for the recognition. If you'd like to vote and/or learn more, you can do so at https://bostonmusicawards.com/

On Sunday, December 3rd, I'll be doing Bloody Mary Morning Brunch at City Winery Boston, doing the songs of Willie. I'm working hard to get folks out for this one, as I've had a great time when I've performed here previously. City Winery has awesome food and they'll be serving brunch while I talk about and perform the songs of Willie. That's a noontime show and should be a great time. Advanced tickets found at this link

Also, I had a great time the last time I performed at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA. I'll be returning there on January 13th, 2024 to do the songs of Willie Nelson (Advanced tickets at this link)

I just completed a new album of holiday songs called Winter Classics. It'll be coming out later this month. I'm really happy with how it came out and will have more info on it soon. To celebrate, I'll be doing a boatload of Holiday Concerts beginning in late November.

I made a video that includes about 90 seconds of me rambling about November stuff, followed by a short song by Willie called "Walkin". I love this song. It was on his Phases and Stages album from the 1970's. The album is about a divorce and the first side of the record is songs written from the perspective of the wife and the second side from the perspective of the husband. Waylon Jennings also does a really great version of this one. There's also a duet version that Willie did with Norah Jones that is really beautiful.

November 8th (Wed.) Levitate - Rexicana in Marshfield 5-8 (https://levitatebrand.com/)

November 12th (Sun.) Olde Hitching Post 10-1 ( (https://oldehp.com)

November 18th (Sat.) Village Social Club in Brookline, MA 7-9 (Highwaymen) More info at http://www.villagesocialclub.com

Nov. 19th (Sun.) Boyden Library - Foxboro 2pm (songs of Johnny Cash) More info at https://boydenlibrary.org/

November 26th (Sun.) Olde Hitching Post 10-1 ( (https://oldehp.com)

December 1st (Fri.) Bourne Library XMas songs 4:30pm

December 2nd (Sat.) Townsend Library Xmas songs 1pm (need to confirm)

Dec. 3rd (Sun.) City Winery Boston (songs of Willie Nelson) More info at www.citywinery.com/boston

October, 2023 Update

Happy Fall folks!

Had a fun/busy September that's wrapping up w/ a free afternoon show this Saturday (9/30) at The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint in Medford, MA from 1-4.

Things start to slow down a bit in October, but I'll be doing a lot of Songs & Stories concerts, doing both Johnny Cash and The Highwaymen. In 2024, in many of the towns that I've previously done those concerts, I'll be returning and doing the songs and stories of the great Willie Nelson. He's my all-time favorite artist and I'm really looking forward to it. This is a video of me doing Willie's song "You Wouldn't Cross the Street"

If you like the video, please click subscribe at the end of the video and/or share with a friend.

On Friday, October 20th, I'm going to be opening for Chris Knight, who is out on tour. I've admired his music for a long time. The New York Times has called Knight “the last of a dying breed...a taciturn loner with an acoustic guitar and a college degree,” while USA Today called him “a storyteller in the best traditions of Mellencamp and Springsteen". He's bringing a full band with him to the aforementioned Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint. This is a ticketed concert at night and the advance tickets can be purchased at www.theporchsouthern.com.

I'll be doing lots of holiday concerts beginning in late December. I tried to motivate myself to record a CD of holiday songs recently, but I'm just not quite ready to spend a lot of hours recording and listening to Santa songs just yet. I imagine I'll have something ready by late November. If you have a spot you think would make sense for me to do a holiday concert, let me know. These are not country music concerts, just me performing some of my favorite holiday classics. I'm doing them at a number of locations and will be doing private Xmas parties etc as well. You can email me at mattyorkpembroke@gmail.com or call/text me at 781-953-6177 for more info.

A couple people have asked me to record videos for them of a specific song they wanted to hear/watch. Those have been fun to do. If that's something of interest, let me know. People have done them for a spouse, loved one etc. Basically, I do the song and tell a story about the song. It comes out as a private YouTube video that I will share with you and you can then do whatever you like with it from there. A great virtual stocking stuffer.....possibly? I don't know for sure, maybe the recipient will hate it, there's just no telling but there's a way to find out. : )

Advanced tickets for some good ones on the horizon at City Winery Nashville (Nov. 5th and 6th), City Winery Boston (Dec. 3rd). Here's what's coming up in the month ahead. More information on the Shows page.

Upcoming Concerts:

Sept 29th at Newport Playhouse (NOTE: This has rescheduled to a later date)

Sept. 30th at The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint in Medford, MA from 1-4 playing classic country songs all afternoon. FREE!

October 4th (Wed.) Tyngsborough Library 6:30 to 7:45 (Cash)

October 6th (Friday) Bellingham Library 6:30. (Cash)

October 7th (Sat.) Pelham Library 12pm? (Cash)

October 14th (Sat.) Blandford Library 3pm (Highwaymen)

October 15th (Sun.) Hitching Post Brunch in Hanson, MA from 10am to 1pm - classic country music

October 15th (Sun.) The Knickerbocker Cafe in Westerly, Rhode Island (Highwaymen) 7pm

OCTOBER 20th (The Porch) opening for Chris Knight (all originals)

October 29th (Sun.) Hitching Post Brunch in Hanson, MA from 10am to 1pm (classic country music)

Thanks for your support,

September Update

Hope you are enjoying the last couple of weeks of summer. I've got an update with some good stuff that's coming up in September and beyond. It's a little longer than usual because, well, I've got a lot going on in the months ahead. I want to thank everyone that came out to help sell out the Bull Run in Shirley earlier this month. That was a beautiful spot for a concert and I hope to get back there at some point over the winter. If you'd like to just know when/where I'll be playing, you can visit

https://mattyorksongsandstories.com/shows

Nashville in November: Tickets go on sale August 30th for two nights at City Winery Nashville. I'll be there November 5th and 6th. Night one, I'll be performing the songs of Johnny Cash and the following night, I'll be doing the songs of Willie Nelson. Click on the images below for ticket info.

South Shore MA friends. If you like to eat great food in the morning and/or early afternoon AND listen to classic country music while you do so, well do I have just the thing for you! I'll be performing a Sunday Brunch twice in Hanson at my awesome friend Lori Cook's restaurant The Olde Hitching Post in September. I'll be playing old-time country and honky-tonk music from 10 a.m - 1 p.m. on September 10th and September 24th. For more info, please visit https://oldehp.com/. I promise to play "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Bloody Mary Morning" each gig ; )

Two full band shows:

This Sunday (August 27th) I'll be bringing the full band to The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint in Medford. We'll be opening for Texas country artist Summer Dean (who is the real deal). It's an early show that begins at 6pm. For advanced tickets, please visit this link

On Saturday, September 9th, the band will be performing at the Jamaica Plain Music Festival at Jamaica Pond. This is one of the great annual music festivals around and is put on by my lifelong friend Rick Berlin and others. IT'S FREE! I've not performed there previously, but have attended a few of them and it's a great time. For more info, visit http://www.jpmusicfestival.com/

New Video Podcast on YouTube: A person emailed me and said that I should include a video periodically of me talking about and playing a song, similar to the way I do at Cash/Highwaymen concerts. Thus, I made a video of a song called "Small-Time Laboring Man" by George Jones. It came out in 1968 and barely cracked the Top 30. Late in 1968, Rolling Stone asked Bob Dylan what his favorite song of the year was, and he mentioned Jones's song. Hope you enjoy my rendition of it. It's an incredible song. If you like it and would like to hear more, after watching the video, please hit "subscribe" and you'll get a notification when I add a new video each month. If you have a song you'd like me to perform, shoot me an email. Click here to watch the first video .

HO-HO-HOLIDAY CONCERTS: I'm doing a boatload of Holiday concerts during the, you guessed it, holiday season. I'll be doing a number of "Holiday Songs and Stories", where I talk about and perform some of my favorite holiday songs. I'll also be performing at some private holiday parties etc. If you're possibly interested in booking me, please feel free to email me at mattyorkpembroke@gmail.com.

Last thing then I'm done. A lot of folks ask me how they can help independent artists like me. The short answer is follow me on Facebook or Instagram, subscribe to my YouTube channel or share a video I made with a friend/family member. Take a look at my gig schedule and where I'm playing in the months ahead, attend a concert or suggest one to a friend. All those things help a lot! September gigs up now at www.mattyorksongsandstories.com.

Thanks for reading!

Matt York

www.mattyorksongsandstories.com

wwww.mattyorkmusic.com

August 2023 Update

Greetings!

These last few months of gigs have been a wild ride. I've been driving about 800 miles a week. I threw out my back about a month ago, which has made those long drives extra fun. Had some really amazing crowds in July and have a bunch more concerts coming up in August.

I'm really hoping folks can join me for this one. For those of you in the west-northwest part of Massachusetts, I'll be performing at The Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA on Saturday, August 5th. This will be my first time performing there (Songs and Stories of The Highwaymen) and I'm really hoping to pack the room. I've had a slew of great shows in that area in recent years, so if any of you are interested, advanced tickets can be purchased at this link. The Bull Run was built in 1741 (that's old!), The Music Museum of Massachusetts did a write-up about the room, if you're interested in learning more about it at https://www.mmone.org/the-bull-run/

Later in August, I'll be opening for Summer Dean at The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint in Medford, MA on Sunday, August 27th. She is one of the artists that, like Josh Hedley that I wrote about last month, is the real deal. This YouTube video of her and (the also great) Colter Wall is a great sample of her music. https://youtu.be/ezYpMMBvAss. The Porch is one of my favorite places to play and they bring some great, great artists from all over the country to perform there. Advanced tickets available at www.theporchsouthern.com.

I'll be booking a few house concerts around New England this fall and winter and would love to play for you! If you're a first time host that's no problem - I can walk you through it & also show up with my small sound system. If you've got a living room, backyard, barn, church or clubhouse etc, we can do it. If you're interested, just email me at mattyorkpembroke@gmail.com or call/text me at 781-953-6177. Also, as always, if there's a place that you think it makes sense for me to come and perform, just let me know.

This month's video is from a concert I did at the great sounding Music Room in Yarmouth, MA a couple of weeks ago. This song, “Almost Persuaded”, was made famous by David Houston in 1966. It was the number one song that year for nine weeks, the longest a song stayed atop the country charts until Taylor Swift matched it in 2012 with her smash hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".

Below is a list of other upcoming shows. More info on each can be found at www.mattyorksongsandstories.com.

July 26th (Wed.) Bourne Library at 6:30

July 27th (Thurs.) - Highwaymen Charlton Library 6:30

July 28th (Fri.) 12-2 Halifax Lawn playing Classic Country Music

July 30th (Sun.) Erving at Riverfront Park at 6:30pm

August 1st (Tues.) Norton Library (outdoors) 7pm

August 2nd (Wed.) Easton Ames Library 6pm

August 3rd (Thurs.) Westborough Library 6:30 to 8:00

August 4th (Fri.) 11am Milton COA

August 5th (Sat.) Franklin Public Library at 2pm.

August 5th (Sat.) Bull Run in Shirley

August 8th (Tues.) - Fitchburg Library 6:30

August 9th (Wed.) Carver Library 1pm

August 10th (Thurs.) Chatham 5pm

August 12th (Sat.) Mt. Washington 7pm

August 13th (Sun.) Pembroke Arts Festival at 1pm

August 14th (Mon.) Wilbraham

August 15th (Tues.) Falmouth 6pm

August 16th (Wed.) Levitate - Marshfield 5pm

August 22nd (Tues.) Holliston 6:30 to 8pm

August 23rd (Wed.) Templeton COA (1pm)

August 23rd (Wed.) Gardner Library 6:30 pm

August 27th. The Porch in Medford opening for Summer Dean.

August 29th - Oxford Library 6pm

Thanks for your support!

Matt York

https://linktr.ee/mattyorkGreetings!

These last few months of gigs have been a wild ride. I've been driving about 800 miles a week. I threw out my back about a month ago, which has made those long drives extra fun. Had some really amazing crowds in July and have a bunch more concerts coming up in August.

I'm really hoping folks can join me for this one. For those of you in the west-northwest part of Massachusetts, I'll be performing at The Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA on Saturday, August 5th. This will be my first time performing there (Songs and Stories of The Highwaymen) and I'm really hoping to pack the room. I've had a slew of great shows in that area in recent years, so if any of you are interested, advanced tickets can be purchased at this link. The Bull Run was built in 1741 (that's old!), The Music Museum of Massachusetts did a write-up about the room, if you're interested in learning more about it at https://www.mmone.org/the-bull-run/

Later in August, I'll be opening for Summer Dean at The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint in Medford, MA on Sunday, August 27th. She is one of the artists that, like Josh Hedley that I wrote about last month, is the real deal. This YouTube video of her and (the also great) Colter Wall is a great sample of her music. https://youtu.be/ezYpMMBvAss. The Porch is one of my favorite places to play and they bring some great, great artists from all over the country to perform there. Advanced tickets available at www.theporchsouthern.com.

I'll be booking a few house concerts around New England this fall and winter and would love to play for you! If you're a first time host that's no problem - I can walk you through it & also show up with my small sound system. If you've got a living room, backyard, barn, church or clubhouse etc, we can do it. If you're interested, just email me at mattyorkpembroke@gmail.com or call/text me at 781-953-6177. Also, as always, if there's a place that you think it makes sense for me to come and perform, just let me know.

This month's video is from a concert I did at the great sounding Music Room in Yarmouth, MA a couple of weeks ago. This song, “Almost Persuaded”, was made famous by David Houston in 1966. It was the number one song that year for nine weeks, the longest a song stayed atop the country charts until Taylor Swift matched it in 2012 with her smash hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".

Below is a list of other upcoming shows. More info on each can be found at www.mattyorksongsandstories.com.

July 26th (Wed.) Bourne Library at 6:30

July 27th (Thurs.) - Highwaymen Charlton Library 6:30

July 28th (Fri.) 12-2 Halifax Lawn playing Classic Country Music

July 30th (Sun.) Erving at Riverfront Park at 6:30pm

August 1st (Tues.) Norton Library (outdoors) 7pm

August 2nd (Wed.) Easton Ames Library 6pm

August 3rd (Thurs.) Westborough Library 6:30 to 8:00

August 4th (Fri.) 11am Milton COA

August 5th (Sat.) Franklin Public Library at 2pm.

August 5th (Sat.) Bull Run in Shirley

August 8th (Tues.) - Fitchburg Library 6:30

August 9th (Wed.) Carver Library 1pm

August 10th (Thurs.) Chatham 5pm

August 12th (Sat.) Mt. Washington 7pm

August 13th (Sun.) Pembroke Arts Festival at 1pm

August 14th (Mon.) Wilbraham

August 15th (Tues.) Falmouth 6pm

August 16th (Wed.) Levitate - Marshfield 5pm

August 22nd (Tues.) Holliston 6:30 to 8pm

August 23rd (Wed.) Templeton COA (1pm)

August 23rd (Wed.) Gardner Library 6:30 pm

August 27th. The Porch in Medford opening for Summer Dean.

August 29th - Oxford Library 6pm

Thanks for your support!

Matt York

https://linktr.ee/mattyork

July 2023 Update

Hello,

Happy Summer! I hope all is well. June has been a terrific month. I performed at a sold out City Winery in Boston with a full band doing my own music, which was a blast. I traveled all over MA performing as well. I'll continue to be a traveling man in July. All July dates are now up at https://mattyorksongsandstories.com/shows. A few summer highlights: I'll be down the Cape at The Music Room in Yarmouth opening for the terrific Christine Ohlman on Saturday, July 15th. Advanced tickets for that be purchased at https://www.musicroomcapecod.com. I'll also be at The Bull Run in Shirley on Saturday, August 5th doing the songs of the Highwaymen. Advanced tickets are available for that at this link

“Almost Persuaded” recorded live at The Music Room in Yarmouth, MA on 7/15/2023.

A number of cable crews have recorded my concerts recently. I thought this one, doing the songs of Johnny Cash, in Townsend recently came out really good, if you're interested in watching, you can view it at this link.

Thanks as always for your support. If you have any questions about upcoming concerts etc., please don't hesitate to email me at mattyorkpembroke@gmail.com.

Happy 4th of July!

Matt York

www.mattyorkmusic.com

June 2023 Update

Hi folks,

I'm in the midst of a busy stretch of twenty-one concerts in May and I'll be doing an additional twenty-two concerts in June. I wanted to highlight a few concerts that have advanced tickets. In particular, I know some people have been asking me about my concert in August at the Bull Run in Shirley. Those tix are now on sale.

Advance tickets concerts:

June 16th (Friday) opening for the touring Waco Brothers (who are excellent) at City Winery Boston. This is a full band show and tickets can be purchased here.

June 17th (Saturday) opening for the great Christine Ohlman at The Knickerbocker Music Center in Westerly, R.I. Tickets can be purchased at https://knickmusic.com/events/2023/6/17/christine-ohlman</span>

July 15th (Sat.) again opening for Christine Ohlman...this time down the Cape in Yarmouth, MA. Tickets at https://musicroomcapecodtickets.com

August 5th (Sat.) The Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA, I'll be doing The Highwaymen. Tickets can be purchased at this link

House Concerts:

I'll be booking a few house concerts around New England this summer & fall & would love to play for you! If you're a first time host that's no problem - I can walk you through it & also show up at your place with my small sound system. If you've got a living room, backyard, barn, church or clubhouse etc, we can do it. If you're interested, just email me at mattyorkpembroke@gmail.com or call/text me at 781-953-6177.

This video is from a concert I did on the Blue Plate Radio Special in Knoxville, Tennessee back in April. The first song is one of my all-time favorite country songs, "I Never Go Around Mirrors" that was written by the great Lefty Frizzell. The second song is an unreleased original track that I'll be recording at some point in the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzleFs9jFSg

If you're interested in purchasing a copy of my book about The Highwaymen, you can do so at this link. You can also stream/download The Highwaymen album at https://mattyorkboston.bandcamp.com/

Below are upcoming gigs. Most are free. There's more detail on the Concerts page for each one of them.

May 24th (Wed) Lexington 7pm (Johnny Cash)

May 25th (Thurs.) Billerica Library 7pm (Johnny Cash)

May 27th (Sat.) Plympton 11:30am (Johnny Cash)

May 31st (Wed.) Monson Library 6pm (Johnny Cash)

June 1st (Thurs.) Six Strings Foxboro 6-9 (classic country music all night)

June 3rd (Sat.) New Bedford Library 3pm (Johnny Cash)

June 6th (Tues) - Shrewsbury Library 7pm (Johnny Cash)

June 7th (Wed.) Middleton 11:30am (Johnny Cash)

June 7th (Wed.) Malden 7-8 (Johnny Cash)

June 8th (Thurs.) Six Strings Foxboro 6-9 Originals/covers all night

June 10th Sat.) Westfield 1pm (Johnny Cash)

June 10th (Sat.) Anna’s Harborside 7-10 originals/covers all night

June 14th (Wed.) Seekonk Senior Center 1pm (Johnny Cash)

June 14th (Wed.) Braintree Library 7pm (The Highwaymen)

June 15th (Thurs.) Medford Brewing Company (7-9)

June 16th (Fri.) Waco Brothers at City Winery (full band show doing originals)

June 17th (Sat.) Knickerbocker Westerly, RI solo originals opening for Christine Ohlman

June 20th (Tues.) Blackstone Library at 6:30 (Johnny Cash)

June 22nd (Thurs.) Sutton 7pm (Johnny Cash)

June 24th (Sat.) Bolyston 4pm (Johnny Cash)

June 26th (Mon.) Wareham Library (Johnny Cash)

June 27th (Tues.) Holliston 6:30 to 8pm (Johnny Cash)

June 28th (Wed.) - South Hadley Library 6pm (Johnny Cash)

June 29th (Thurs.) Mansfield Library (Johnny Cash)

Thanks for your support and please don't hesitate to email if you have a question about a concert etc .

May 2023 Update

I had a really wonderful run through Tennessee last week. I got to perform on NBC's television show Today in Nashville, perform on Knoxville's long-running country music radio program The Blue Plate Special and play to a big and enthusiastic crowd at City Winery in Music City. Have a VERY busy May ahead.

I was promoting The Highwaymen when I went on Today in Nashville. You aren't allowed to perform cover songs on television unless those songs are older than one hundred years old (which means that are part of the public domain). I did one original song but also did this song called "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" which was a Christian hymn written in 1907. It predates country music but was made famous by the Carter Family, Johnny Cash and a slew of other artists. Each year, when new members are inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame, all the members that are present at the ceremony sing the song together. You can watch me perform it by checking out this link https://www.wsmv.com/ video/2023/04/18/matt-york- performs-will-circle-be- unbroken/

Willie's 90th birthday is this Saturday and I'll be performing at the Newport Playhouse in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island doing Willie's songs all night long. You can learn more and/or buy tickets at https://www.newportplayhouse.com/

While I was in Nashville, I went to the Willie Nelson Museum and General Store, where they now are selling my book about The Highwaymen. If you're ever in Nashville, pop in and check it out. It only costs seven bucks to enter the museum and it's got some great stuff. The original owners of the place were a husband and wife that were close friends of Willie's and they've accrued some wonderful stuff there. You can learn more about the museum at http://willienelsonmuseum.com/

Watch the video above for more info on May and a clip of a Johnny Cash tune. The specifics on May dates can be found over at www.mattyorksongsandstories.com.

I'll be performing at City Winery in Boston in June w/ a full band and I'll be doing the Highwaymen at the Bull Run in Shirley this summer. I'll send out more info on those dates as they draw closer.

April/May gigs:

April 29th (Sat.) 10:30 a.m. Lunenburg Library (celebrating Willie's birthday)

April 29th (Sat.) Willie's 90 Birthday Concert Newport Playhouse

April 30th (Sun.) Salisbury Art Stroll 1:30 - 3:00 The Highwaymen

May 2nd (Tues.) East Bridgewater Library 6:30 Johnny Cash

May 6th (Sat.) Milford Library 1pm The Highwaymen

May 6th (Sat.) in Berlin (MA) Old Town Hall 6pm Johnny Cash

May 9th (Tues.) Lakeville Library - 6:30 to 8:00 Highwaymen

May 10th (Wed.) Townsend Library 6:30pm Johnny Cash

May 11th (Thurs.) Walpole COA 1pm History of Country Music

May 11th (Thurs.) Rutland Library 7pm Johnny Cash

May 12th (Fri) at 1pm Waltham COA Johnny Cash

May 13 (Sat.) 2pm Mashpee Library Highwaymen

May 17th (Wed.) Burlington COA 1pm Johnny Cash

May 17th (Wed.) Clinton Library 6:30 Johnny Cash

May 18th (Thurs.) Hanson Library 6:30 Johnny Cash

May 20th (Sat.) Belmont Library (not LCC) 3pm Johnny Cash

May 22nd (Mon.) Methuen COA 1pm Johnny Cash

May 23rd (Tues) Ludlow Library Outdoors 6pm Johnny Cash

May 24th (Wed.) Brookline COA 1pm The Highwaymen

May 24th (Wed) Lexington Cary Library Johnny Cash

May 25th (Thurs.) Billerica Library 7pm Johnny Cash

May 27th (Sat.) Plympton 11:30am Johnny Cash

May 31st (Wed.) Monson Library 6pm Johnny Cash

Thanks for your support and Happy Birthday Willie!

April 2023 Update

If you are looking for Songs & Stories - The Highwaymen/Johnny Cash info/dates, please head over to www.mattyorksongandstories.com. Thanks!

Hi folks,

I made a three minute video that talks about some of April's upcoming highlights that you can watch if you'd like, just click on the video below. You'll notice almost everything this month is Songs and Stories stuff, not much original stuff, but that'll be changing in the months ahead.

This past Saturday, I was featured on Ocean State Sessions on Rhode Island's PBS affiliate. It includes an interview and three songs (including two new songs that I've yet to record in the studio), you can watch it at this link . The show was taped last summer at the beautiful Narrows Center in Fall River, MA, one of the best sounding rooms I've ever performed in.

A bunch of gigs coming up. A few highlights:

April 21st (Friday) - City Winery Nashville. This is an early show (7:30) at a great venue for only $15. It's a big opportunity for me, so if you live down in that area or know folks that will be down there that week, please let them know. I'm excited to perform there, but am also hoping I'm not the only one there : ) Advance tickets and more info can be found at this link.

April 29th (Saturday) - Newport Playhouse, Newport, Rhode Island. It's Willie Nelson's 90th birthday and I'll be celebrating by doing songs and stories solely focused on Willie, at a great listening room in beautiful Newport, R.I. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.newportplayhouse.com/

Other stuff:

Upcoming gigs:

April 2nd (Sun.) Groton (MA) Library at 2:30 Highwaymen

April 6th (Thurs.) Avon COA 6pm Johnny Cash

April 7th (Friday) Wellfleet Public Library 5pm Johnny Cash

April 11th (Tues.) Jenks Center 11:00 am Johnny Cash

April 12th (Wed.) Boxborough Comm. Ctr. 1:30 Johnny Cash

April 13th (Thurs.) Paxton COA 11am Highwaymen

April 13th (Thurs.) Reuben Hoar Library Littleton, MA 7pm

April 14th (Friday) Lynn COA 10am Johnny Cash

April 18th (Tues.) NBC's Today in Nashville (in studio performance AM)

April 20th ((Thurs.) Blue Plate Special Radio Program, Knoxville, TN 12pm CST (listen live here)

April 20th (Thursday) Blount County Library in Maryville, TN

April 21st City Winery Nashville (Highwaymen)

April 25th (Tues) - 1pm Scituate COA - History of Country Music

April 27th (Thurs.) Freetown COA - Johnny Cash

April 29th (Sat.) Willie Nelson - Songs and Stories 10:30 am Lunenburg Library

April 29th (Sat.) Willie Nelson - Songs and Stories Newport Playhouse

April 30th (Sun.) Salisbury Art Stroll (Not sure on my set time, but visit this link for more information.

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