When we spoke with him in 2011 he explained.
Mat kearney songs about love.
The song that really stuck out for me from the young love album is rochester when i heard it it made me think back to bruce springsteen s nebraska album and i just had to ask you first of all was that any kind of inspiration on you as a singer songwriter and did it help inspire the form that that song took.
Nothing left to lose.
It was hard to play and i didn t know what i thought of it.
Like many college kids reveling in the freedom of life away from mom and dad singer songwriter mat kearney once found himself entrenched in the party scene.
I had a love hate relationship with that song.
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The song basically sums up everything there is to love about mat kearney.
I really appreciate that song.
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This is the song that really started it all.
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Mat kearney seems to describe the trajectory of his music career halfway through his third album when he croons from the moment that you popped out on the scene hard to know what you got or what you re meant to be the nashville based singer made a splash with 2006 s nothing left to lose but didn t seem to grasp fully what he had at the time.
After collaborating and making music together.
It s undeniable how brilliant you are.
This was the first single from oregon born nashville based singer songwriter mat kearney s third album city of black white.
It was during those teenage years that he developed his love for classic songwriting the kind that transcends generations and genres.
It didn t take long for mat to experience the depravity of that lifestyle and eventually discover there was so much more to life it s at that stage when mat says that god found him at his lowest point.
It has the story telling lyrics the spiritual redemption and the eclectic style of spoken word and unrestrained acoustic that has impacted so many people.
I don t know that sounds pretty straight ahead.
Years before he toured the world as a platinum selling boundary breaking artist mat kearney grew up in eugene oregon.
Mat played his initial playlist of songs at local coffeehouses and eventually met his friend and future producer robert marvin.
Closer to love or closer as i sometimes call it.
Mat kearney s official music video for closer to love.