DECEMBER, 2025 UPDATE

Happy Holidays folks,

A few quick updates for you.

I had a great time in Nashville playing at Vinyl Tap. Also got to see some really great live music including concerts by Jonny Fritz, Joshua Hedley, Kyle Tuttle and Sweet Megg. I play concerts all the time to older folks who talk about how they love classic country music and can't stand modern country music. I'm also no fan of commercial country music, but I can say unequivocally that there's a lot of really amazing country music out there by young artists. They aren't playing to packed rooms, they aren't playing Gillette Stadium, but they are out there and finding an audience and it was great to see a lot of that music while we were down there.  

I had the opportunity to perform with my lifelong friend Rick Berlin at the Burren in Davis Square in Somerville as part of a concert that was curated by the Boston Globe's James Sullivan called “Who's Side Are You On?”. Rick and I first performed together when I was a freshman in high school and he recently turned eighty years old and is the definition of a Boston music legend, so it was a lot of fun to accompany him on this song with a great backing band. You can watch it at this link.

I'm going to be traveling across Texas (Austin to El Paso) in late January/early February doing a combination of library concerts and bar gigs talking about the Willie book and playing some old honky-tonk music. If you know any Texans that might be interested, please let them know.

I don't have a lot of concerts open to the public in December (although I'm extremely busy doing Xmas concerts). Angelica and I will be returning to First Night Chatham doing the songs of Cash and Willie. We're playing two afternoon concerts in the downtown area. More info and advanced tickets can be found at www.firstnightchatham.com. The concerts listed below are Holiday concerts that I'll be performing that are open to the public. All four concerts are free. Here's an old holiday song “Pretty Paper” that was made famous by Roy Orbison and written by a young fella named Willie Nelson about 65 years ago. It's such a pretty song. I hope you enjoy it. 

Dec. 4th (Thurs.) Westborough Library

Dec. 5th (Fri.) Bourne Library 4:30 PM

Dec. 6th (Sat.) Fitchburg library at 6 PM

Dec. 13th (Sat.) 11 AM Townsend Library

If you're looking for a stocking stuffer or Christmas gift, my books on Willie and also the Highwaymen are available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble's websites.  

Lots of good stuff coming up in 2026. Thanks for all your support. It's been an incredible year musically and I'm very grateful to get to do this thing I do.

If you want to follow me on Facebook, you can do so at this link. 

I hope you all have a terrific Turkey Day!

Matt