The new ‘Imagine’? Crys Matthews sings ‘Cancel Culture,’ in Morristown

Crys Matthews at the Morristown United Methodist Church, May 3, 2025. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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Could it be the 2025 version of Imagine?

The subject matter is serious. But Cancel Culture is a “quintessential hope song,” Crys Matthews told Saturday’s audience at the Morristown United Methodist Church.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that,” said the preacher’s daughter from Nashville-by-way-of-North Carolina, quoting Martin Luther King Jr.

Read here what Matthews, named 2025 Artist of the Year at the International Folk Music Awards, has to say.  Scroll down to hear what she has to sing.

Video: Crys Matthews sings Cancel Culture in Morristown:

Crys Matthews at the Morristown United Methodist Church, May 3, 2025. Photo by Kevin Coughlin. The left-hander plays an upside-down righty guitar because, she explained, that’s what was handy when she put down her clarinet to explore the world of stringed instruments.

Video: Crys Matthews sings ‘Sleeves Up’ in Morristown:

Crys Matthews’ percussion section, Morristown United Methodist Church, May 3, 2025. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Crys Matthews at the Morristown United Methodist Church, May 3, 2025. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

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