Album Notes

Matt Masters' new album Centennial Swell is set to be released on November 17th 2006. Advance copies are now available for review.

Centennial Swell was recorded in Toronto in late 2005 by award winning producer Alec Fraser and features Matt performing with an all-star band that includes some of the top session musicians in Toronto.

Wendell Ferguson (6 time CCMA guitar player of the year)
Al Cross (Big Sugar, Loreena McKennitt, Jane Siberry)
Chris Whiteley (John Hammond, Prairie Oyster, Stompin Tom Conners)
Dennis Keldie (Natalie McMaster, Jeff Healey, Prairie Oyster)
Frank Barth (Prairie Oyster, Pat Temple)
Terra Hazelton (Jeff Healey Jazz Wizards)
Drew Jurecka (Jeff Healey Jazz Wizards)
Victor Bateman (Sylvia Tyson, The Good Brothers)
Alec Fraser (Jeff Healey, Rick Fines)

Centennial Swell features 13 of Matt original tunes and two counry classics. Full of songs about trains, food and floods, songs of whiskey and songs of warning, Centennial Swell is a contemporary classic.
With his signature vocals that have drawn attention nation-wide, Matt Masters debut CD heralds the arrival of a strong new voice on the Canadian country and western scene.