Catch Matthew West on The Motions Tour dates coming to New England this month.
Thu, October 22nd - 7pm
Shiloh Church
55 Edmond St
Manchester, New Hampshire
Friday, October 23th - 7pm
Sunset Church
429 Clements Drive
Fredericton, NB, CANADA
Saturday, October 24th 7pm
Abundant Life Church
1404 Broadway
Bangor, Maine
Sunday, October 25th 6pm
Freeport Performing Arts Center
30 Holbrook Street
Freeport, Maine
Life was good for Matthew West. Having catapulted onto the Christian music scene in 2003 with his debut single, "More"—the most played Christian AC song of 2004—the multi-Dove Award nominee and sought-after songwriter had enjoyed two critically-acclaimed studio recordings, Happy (2003) and History (2005); been a mainstay at Christian radio with memorable hits like "Only Grace," "History" and "Next Thing You Know"; and toured with such artists as tobyMac and BarlowGirl. But in April of 2007, with a new label home at Sparrow Records, concert dates on the books and plans to hit the studio with a fresh batch of songs for an album he'd already titled Something To Say, Matthew lost his voice.
After one look at his vocal chords, doctors at the Vanderbilt Voice Center immediately put all his plans on hold. They discovered a vascular polyp and hemorrhaged blood vessels on Matthew's vocal chord, making it impossible for him to sing. His doctors were convinced only two courses of treatment would work: complete silence and surgery.
"Everything came to a screeching halt," Matthew says of the diagnosis and the news of surgery.
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