Guitar virtuoso and country music legend Gray Bartlett will perform at the Wanganui Opera House on April 22 as part of his national tour to promote his new album Private Conversations.
Bartlett says he is delighted with the new album, recorded at Mike McCarthy's North Auckland Orewa studio, and says it has been selling in "bucketloads."
He is also looking forward to visiting Whanganui again for the first time since 2009, when he played at the opera house with Brendan Dugan, Jodi Vaughan and the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band on the Highway of Legends tour.
On this tour, he is joined by regular collaborator guitarist and singer Chet O'Connell.
"I'm looking forward to catching up with Whanganui fans and guitar supporters and I know a talented young guy there, Daniel Harding, who will join me on stage to play a couple of songs," says Bartlett.