{"id":158830,"date":"2016-09-22T15:32:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T05:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=158830"},"modified":"2020-10-05T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T01:49:40","slug":"mat-casts-a-spell-at-the-shed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/09\/22\/mat-casts-a-spell-at-the-shed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mat Casts A Spell At The Shed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mat Brooker kept the crowd enthralled at The Shed’s first “house concert”\u00a0(Photo: Keren McSweeney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mat and his Spanish guitar
(Photo: Keren McSweeney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 22, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Port Macquarie guitarist Mat Brooker kept a packed house enthralled with his mix of Latin fusion music on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The free concert at The Shed is the first of what organiser Jane Erkens hopes will be many musicial nights at the venue near Scott Car Park.<\/p>\n

“It was a fabulous night,” Jane told southburnett.com.au.<\/p>\n

“We had 65 adults in there as well as some children, and they were all enthralled.”<\/p>\n

Jane said she had always had the idea of “house concerts” at The Shed, and Wednesday night’s concert proved it was possible.<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot of people in town who just want to go out somewhere,” she said.<\/p>\n

Mat is a self-taught guitarist. His repertoire included nouveau flamenco, rumba and Latin music played on a Spanish guitar.<\/p>\n

He also played his own original compositions as well as putting a Latin spin on some old favourites.<\/p>\n

At the end of the night, a hat was passed around and whatever was raised was handed over to Mat.<\/p>\n

“He set a very high standard,” Jane said. “We will now have to try to maintain that standard with the artists who come along.”<\/p>\n

[Photos: Keren McSweeney Photography<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mat Brooker with “My Favourite Things”, one of the tunes he played on Wednesday night<\/strong><\/p>\n