The Coast to Coast Tour

Join MBT for one night with three incredible artists! Colin James, Matt Andersen, and Terra Lightfoot are taking the stage together on The Coast to Coast tour. 

Colin James

With 21 studio albums, eight Juno Awards, 31 Maple Blues Awards, and multi-platinum record sales, Colin James remains at the top of his game. His career is a timeline rich in highlights, with his 1988 self-titled debut becoming the fastest-selling album in Canadian history, winning James his first Juno. His second album, Sudden Stop, featured his hit “Just Came Back,” which reached #3 on the U.S. radio charts and earned him the Juno Award for “Single of the Year.” In 2013 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.

Over the years  James has worked with some of the world’s most revered artists including, Bonnie Raitt, Albert Collins, Pops Staples, Robert Cray, Albert King, Keith Richards, Mavis Staples, Luther Allison, Roomful of Blues, Bobby King and Terry Evans, John Hammond Jr., The Chieftains, Carlos Santana, Jeff Healey, and Buddy Guy.

For over 35 years, James has been a consummate professional, a superb guitarist, and a musician’s musician. The confidence that comes with maturity can be heard in his voice and seen in his stage performance. Recently celebrating his 60th birthday, James  still finds joy in making music and touring. His latest release, Chasing the Sun, is an electrifying example of the depth of the blues-rock singer-songwriter’s talent.

Matt Andersen

When Matt Andersen steps on stage, he brings a lifetime of music to every note he plays. His stage presence is informed by decades of cutting his teeth in dusty clubs, dim-lit bars, and grand theatres. His moving performances have ranged from intimate to wall-shaking. In the studio, he brings the same attention to detail and commitment as he does to live shows, resulting in a multi-faceted body of work that has amassed over 33 million streams on Spotify and 30 million views on YouTube. 

In addition to headlining major festivals, clubs, and theatres throughout the world, Matt Andersen has shared the stage with Marcus King, Beth Hart, Marty Stuart, Greg Allman, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Randy Bachman, Serena Ryder, Tab Benoit, and more. Andersen won the 2013 and 2016 European Blues Awards for Best Solo/Acoustic Act. He was the first ever Canadian to take home top honours in the solo category at the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, won the CIMA Road Gold award in 2015, and has won multiple Maple Blues Awards. 

Andersen’s latest album, The Hammer & The Rose, is a collection of tender folk and stirring soul numbers that find the songwriter thoughtfully tending to the most important things in life. 

Terra Lightfoot

To describe Terra Lightfoot’s decade-plus musical evolution as astonishing is an understatement. On top of two Juno nominations and over 7.5 million global streams, her marathon tours have touched down in eight countries across four continents (including support slots for Bruce Cockburn, Blue Rodeo, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Sheepdogs, and Willie Nelson). Lightfoot has gone on to earn the Canadian Independent Music Association Road Gold Award acknowledgement of her touring accomplishments, with over 25 thousand tickets sold in Canada in a 12-month period. 

With 2023’s Healing Power, Lightfoot showcases her considerable clout as a pop songsmith, guitarist and vocalist, delivering a dozen stunning tracks that together represent a career high. The range of Lightfoot’s artistic talent is on full display. Healing Power delivers the peerless pop-rock album that fans have long known she’s always had in her — a prismatic tour de force from the charismatic rocker.