{"id":30441,"date":"2026-08-14T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/dsb\/artister\/krissy-matthews-uk-no\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:54:11","slug":"krissy-matthews-uk-no","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/nl\/dsb\/artister\/krissy-matthews-uk-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Krissy Matthews (UK\/NO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Toen Krissy drie jaar oud was, werd hij door zijn vader het podium opgenodigd om \u201eOh, Pretty Woman\u201c van Roy Orbison te spelen. Op twaalfjarige leeftijd werd hij door John Mayall zelf twee avonden lang op het hoofdpodium uitgenodigd tijdens het Notodden Blues Festival. Nu was er geen weg meer terug. Toen hij 18 werd, had hij al drie albums uitgebracht.     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De Noors-Britse Krissy Matthews kreeg zijn eerste gitaar toen hij acht jaar oud was. Zijn vader leerde hem nummers van The Shadows spelen, maar toen hij tijdens een bezoek aan Noorwegen Amund Maarud hoorde, werd zijn passie voor de blues aangewakkerd.  Sinds 2015 is hij ook vast lid van de Duitse Hamburg Blues Band. De afgelopen jaren is zijn carri\u00e8re echt in een stroomversnelling gekomen, en dit jaar is hij eindelijk te zien tijdens Dark Season Blues. Hij heeft veel in Noorwegen getoerd met zijn Noorse begeleidingsband, The Vikings, maar naar Svalbard komt hij met zijn \u2018internationale\u2019 band.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krissy\u2019s meest ambitieuze album is het dubbelalbum \u201eKrissy Matthews &amp; Friends\u201c (2024) met maar liefst 24 nummers, waarvan vele met bekende artiesten als Arthur Brown, Big Daddy Wilson en de Noren Heidi Solheim, Silje Hagen en Tommy Kristiansen. Eerder dit jaar verscheen het krachtige bluesrockalbum \u2018Rock and Roll Soldier\u2019, eveneens met gastartiesten als Tora Daa, Reidar Larsen, Marith Endresen, Stina Stenerud, Tommy Castro en Hans Theessink. Op \u201eDark Season Blues\u201c wordt Krissy vergezeld door Slawek Semeniuk (bas), Gerry Reynders (drums) en Stephy Doherty (saxofoon).  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-background-color has-background has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dark Season Blues\u00a92026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Krissy Matthews Band - Sunshine Of Your Love\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FU1v4KpxcUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toen Krissy drie jaar oud was, werd hij door zijn vader het podium opgenodigd om \u201eOh, Pretty Woman\u201c van Roy Orbison te spelen. Op twaalfjarige leeftijd werd hij door John Mayall zelf twee avonden lang op het hoofdpodium uitgenodigd tijdens het Notodden Blues Festival. Nu was er geen weg meer terug. 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