By MURRAY BREWSTER The Canadian Press Sat. May 24, 2008 Matt Minglewood plays to his toughest room yet |
Hosted by Jay MacNeil- March 2008 |
-The Guardian, PEI Hundreds of fans come out to enjoy the guest of honour’s performance, as well as great sets by Matt Andersen and Joey Kitson By Todd MacLean |
Minglewood’s trademark lid disappears from dressing room By ELISSA BARNARD Arts Reporter |
I'm Happy for My Son |
Daily Gleaner | Music Fest Adds More Minglewood |
By Jane Ledwell Living The Legend |
Canadian Blues-Rock Legend Matt Minglewood to be Featured in 2005 Charlottetown Festival's Production CANADA ROCKS ? A Musical Revue |
by Jason Schneider May, 2005 Just a Good Ole Boy with a Tune |
by Chris Shannon Feb, 2005 Awards Gala the Best Ever |
by Mike Ross October 04 The Cape Breton Crusader Returns |
by Darell Winwood October 04 Mingling with the Blues |
by Anna Boroweicki October 04 Blues Warrior Hits the Road Again |
A readers poll of "The Twenty Best of Atlantic Canada Albums of All Time" in the Halifax Coast readers placed both 'Drivin' Wheel' and 'Minglewood Red Album' in the top twenty! |
By Quintin Winks SummitUP staff Minglewood bringing The Story to Banff Banff Crag and Canyon ? Matt Minglewood represents a thousand Canadian rockers working the bar and club circuits and never really making it to the big, big time.......... |
Tim Holek, and Blues On Stage Surviving With Matt Minglewood Matt Minglewood combines southern rock, country, Celtic and blues into each and every performance such as at the recent Cupid's Bluesfest organized by the Canada South Blues Society.......... |
Ottawa Citizen - Norman Provencher Singin' The East Coast Blues Again After three decades of touring, Cape Breton's Matt Minglewood has plenty of stories about friends, fans and life on the road. Some of them are even printable, writes Norman Provencher........... |
by Dr. Richard MacKinnon Matt Minglewood Receives UCCB Honorary Doctorate Degree Canada's legendary blues-rocker Matt Minglewood was presented a honorary doctorate degree on Sunday May 12 at UCCB (Universitey College of Cape Breton) convocation exercises. Matt opened the ceremonies with a passionate version of O Canada. To follow is the presentation speech given by Dr. Richard Mac Kinnon............. |
by Dave Mihalik Rockin'Doctor After more than thirty-five years rockin' th blues in the music businesss, northside native Roy Batherson, better known as Glace Bay-dwelling Matt Minglewood, is the centre of attention..... |
Cape Breton Post by Ken MacLeod Minglewood Acclaimed in Blue Circles He may be past 50, but Cape Breton's foremost blues artist has no thoughts of an early retirement just yet ........... |
Cape Breton Post by Stewart Dodson Minglewood, Good Ole Boy, who Values Family and Friends To the Editor: After watching the BT New Year's Eve Special on television, I came to the realization that Matt Minglewood is a good ole boy who never sold out the big record companies and moved to Toronto or Los Angeles to pursur his career. ...... |
Cape Breton Post by Peter Cotter Honouring Our Talent - The Issue -Minglewood Tribute. We Suggest. It's Long Overdue This Labour Day Weekend Cape Breton's "Rockin Blues Ambassador" Matt Minglewood, will be honoured in a tribute concert at the Government Wharf in Sydney........... |
Edmonton AB Interview by Peter North Fans Patient During 10-year Recording Break Along with Toronto's Downchild Blues Band and Vancouver's Powder Blue, Cape Breton's Matt Minglewood is one of the true veteran survivors of this nation's blues boogie circuit............... |
Grande Prairie Article by Bill Laye Minglewood Set to Rock Swan City Rockin' bluesman Matt Minglewood, coming to Swan City in April, says his most profound musical influence came the night he first saw Elvis Presley on TV............... |
Sydney Mines,NS A Unique Tribute Sittin “Behind the Wheel”, trying to convince myself that “Someday I'm Gonna Ride in a Cadillac” .........." |
Moncton, NB Interview by Lynda MacGibbon Music Drives Minglewood But there's no place like home for this musician "You can call me Matt, you can call me Roy, a Cape Crusader, a good ol boy .........." |
Saint John, NB Interview by Sandra Davis BACK TO BASICS Minglewood fans don't want country or straight - ahead rock n'roll. When they buy an album or catch a live performance................. |
Daily News, Halifax What You Don't Know Many Nova Scotians don't know it, but Premier John Hamm's spokesman, Rob Batherson, is the nephew of one of Nova Scotia's most famous musicians............. |
Truro Daily News Entertainment Minglewood in driver's seat with release of latest recording Twenty-five years after he released his first album with Solar Records, Matt Minglewood is on the road again with his latest CD, Drivin' Wheel. Today, ............ |
By Stephen Cooke - The Halifax Herald Travellin' Matt It's a three-way tug of war for Halifax's fans of Cape Breton music tonight, with .......... |
The Halifax Herald Limited Entertainment Symphony performs a rhapsody in blues> Hey hey, the blues is all right. Not only is the blues all right, but as Friday's Symphony Nova Scotia concert proves, you can dress it up and take it anywhere. .............. |
The Halifax Herald Limited Entertainment >Whiz Kids MacIsaac, Minglewood set to fire up the tunes TWO OF CAPE BRETON'S most musicians performed Whiz Kids together in the film New Waterford Girls, but ......... |