ABOUT THE EVENT: If having a good time is "Always on your Mind", bring your favorite "Good Hearted Woman" and get "Back on the Road Again" to the Sandwich Public Library! Get ready to set your toes-a-tapping and enjoy some classic country music, traditional fiddle tunes, four-square gospel, ragtime, some swing flavorings, and definitely a heap of blues! Come enjoy the music of this American songwriter and guitarist legend who became one of the most popular and enduring country music singers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Matt York returns to the Sandwich Public Library this fall! Longtime New England singer/songwriter Matt York will perform songs and tell stories about the great Willie Nelson in his series "Songs and Stories of Willie Nelson". York will focus on Willie's long and illustrious music career that has spanned over seven decades. 

While throughout his life, York has performed his own original songs, he is also a huge fan of music and been an avid reader and listener of many of his musical heroes, including Willie Nelson. "Songs and Stories" is a 60 minute performance that blends songs by the artist and stories about his upbringing and impact on the music industry.

You will be entertained and educated about all things '70's Country music by this dynamic and enthusiastic performer. York will have copies of his latest book available for purchase during the event and you will have an opportunity to ask him questions about his travels and his personal experiences with music legends!

Light "Coffeehouse-style" snacks and beverages will be served courtesy of the Friends of the Sandwich Public Library. Registration required.

ABOUT THE PERFORMER: In both 2022 and 2023, Matt York was nominated for the Boston Music Award for Best Country Artist and last year, his album, Gently Used, was named one of the top albums of 2022 by the Patriot Ledger. 

Recently nominated for the 2022 Boston Music Award for "Best Country Artist", Matt York lives on the South Shore of MA and has traveled extensively through the years performing his songs also doing The Highwaymen Songs & Stories; the lives and performances of Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson, Wayland Jennings & Kris Kristofferson. “It's a lot of stories and anecdotes I've picked up along the way. Many of the stories I learned from performing concerts and speaking with people about their interactions with these men. One of the other things I try to do, is connect people with some of the more modern country music.” Says York.

The Boston Globe named Matt York's new album "Bruisable Heart" one of their top albums in 2019. Matt grew up in Foxboro, Massachusetts and began playing the clubs of Boston as a teenager. Since then, he's played on stages throughout the United States and Canada.

The Boston Herald says of Matt York’s album Boston, Texas ”The singer-songwriter uses basic building blocks — Buddy Holly’s chords, Hank Williams’ swagger, Steve Earle’s boozy wisdom, Paul Westerberg’s straight-up-drunk wisdom — to construct an album of beauty, optimism and heartbreak”.