Do you know who Mat Kearney is? I had no idea who he was until my Jazzercise instructor mentioned the song we were rockin’ out to was by him. “Hey Mama” is such a fun song with a great beat so when I had the opportunity to review Mat Kearney’s “Young Love“ album, released in early August, I took it! I wasn’t sure if I would like the rest of the album, you never know if all of the songs will have the same feel as an artist’s popular single does. While it isn’t something I expected to like all that much, I have to say that I’ve listened to the CD several times now.
The music seems to mostly stay within the same mellow tempo to me and it’s nice to listen to it straight through without any crazy change in the style or beat. And the beat is just the right kind to get your body moving, even if it is just your toe tapping along under the edge of your desk. I think it makes a great background noise for blogging ;). “Hey Mama” remains my favorite Mat Kearney song so far, but I do really enjoy a few others on the album, especially “Learning to Love Again”. The songs do make me wish I knew all the words so I could sing along! I’m sure I’ll pick them up before too long though. What’s your favorite Mat Kearney song?
Mat has sure been around! He’s had appearances on some of television’s best shows like 30 Rock, Grey’s Anatomy, The Hills, Friday Night Lights, Scrubs, NCIS, and more. You may have also been lucky enough to see him on a tour with John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, or The Fray. You definitely don’t want to miss his upcoming tour that will be making stops in 40 cities in the United States and Canada. Tickets are now on sale for these shows:
9/14 Jacksonville, FL Murray Hill 9/16 Charleston, SC Music Farm 9/17 Athens, GA GA Theater 9/18 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle 9/20 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater 9/23 Louisville, KY Headliners 9/24 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s 9/25 Cleveland, OH House of Blues 9/27 Interlochen, MI Corson Aud 9/29 Urbana, IL Canopy Club 9/30 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall 10/1 Des Moines, IA People’s Court 10/2 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium 10/4 Bloomington, IN Bluebird 10/5 St Louis, MO The Pageant 10/7 Oxford, MS The Lyric 10/8 Pine Mountain, GA Callaway Gardens 10/9 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre 10/20 Nashville, TN Cannery 10/23 Washington, DC 9:30 Club |
10/23 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 10/24 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head 10/25 Lancaster, PA Chameleon 10/27 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock 10/28 New York, NY Webster Hall 10/29 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts 10/30 Albany, NY Northern Lights 11/1 Northampton, MA Pearl Street 11/2 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place 11/4 Boston, MA House of Blues 11/5 Portland, ME State Theatre 11/6 Burlington, VT Higher Ground 11/8 Montreal, QC Petite Campus 11/9 Toronto, ON Opera House 11/11 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom 11/12 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater 11/13 Detroit, MI St. Andrews 11/15 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall 11/17 Chicago, IL House of Blues 11/19 Madison, WI The Majestic |
| Whew! That’s one long tour, hope you get the chance to check it out! You can also find tons of updates on Mat Kearney’s website. Or, connect with him via Twitter @matkearney and his Facebook fan page.
If you’d like to get your own copy of “Young Love”, it’s available on Amazon.com for only $4.99 right now! That’s a great price! |
album review copy received from One2One Network to facilitate review.
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“Young Love” is actually Mat’s fourth studio album – “Bullet”, “Nothing Left to Lose” and “City of Black & White”, plus a live album, “Live at the Fillmore.”
Having been a fan since “Bullet”, I would say that “Young Love” is his best offering to date. I had the opportunity to see him at the Cleveland House of Blues on Sept. 25, and his first headlining tour definitely does not disappoint. Only wish he would have played some more old-school stuff for the long-time fans.