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.
Mat kearney songs about love.
Years before he toured the world as a platinum selling boundary breaking artist mat kearney grew up in eugene oregon.
Mat kearney s official music video for closer to love.
Learning to love again by mat kearney.
When we spoke with him in 2011 he explained.
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This was the first single from oregon born nashville based singer songwriter mat kearney s third album city of black white.
This is the song that really started it all.
I really appreciate that song.
I had a love hate relationship with that song.
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.
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General commentmat kearney was recently interviewed about this song.
I don t know that sounds pretty straight ahead.
Closer to love or closer as i sometimes call 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.
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It s undeniable how brilliant you are.
It was during those teenage years that he developed his love for classic songwriting the kind that transcends generations and genres.
The song basically sums up everything there is to love about mat kearney.
Mat played his initial playlist of songs at local coffeehouses and eventually met his friend and future producer robert marvin.
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.
It was hard to play and i didn t know what i thought of it.
After collaborating and making music together.
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.