Matt Andersen: The Hammer & The Rose Tour
When
- February 24, 2026 - Showtime: 7:30pm
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Matt Andersen
Matt Andersen’s The Hammer & The Rose is a veritable garden of heart. On his latest record, the Canadian songwriter opts for the kind of thoughtful, tender sentiments and arrangements one might associate with flowers, trading in the hard steel edges of his heavy blues riffs for delicate compositions and a warm sweetness. The title track provides an elegant metaphor for the differences and push-and-pull relationship between the head and the heart: the head wants to blaze a trail, prioritize practicality, and motor through things, while the heart wants to slow down, feel things, feel good. On The Hammer & The Rose, it’s the heart - the rose, the honey, the soul - that (mostly) wins out. But this is, of course, a Matt Andersen record. A surplus of heart is to be expected.
Mariel Buckley
Calgary, Alberta’s Mariel Buckley has planted her flag firmly as a songwriter who’s in it for the long haul. Buckley’s unique blend of angst-driven alt-folk has made her a standout artist, offering a fresh and dynamic perspective on modern Americana music. On her new third studio album, Strange Trip Ahead, Buckley headed to Nashville to work with alt-Americana mastermind producer, Jarrad K (Ruston Kelly, Lucie Silvas, Fancy Hagood, Goo Goo Dolls). The nine tracks explore the all-too-relatable vulnerability of existing in the uncertain - within one’s life, relationships, and career. Buckley’s past albums, 2022’s Polaris Music Prize nominated Everywhere I Used To Be and 2018’s Driving In The Dark, have been praised by notable publications and recognized with prestigious accolades. Building her audience across Canada, the US, Europe and the UK, she’s had the opportunity to support many of her mentors and favourite contemporaries including John Moreland, Orville Peck, k.d. lang, River Shook, Adam Baldwin, Kelsey Waldon and The Bros Landreth.