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Mat Kearney (IPA pronunciation: ) (born December 1, 1978) is a singer and songwriter born in Eugene, Oregon, and is now based out of Nashville, Tennessee. His music has an acoustic base with hints of hip-hop. He is signed to Aware/Columbia Records. In addition to singing he also plays guitar, piano, and harmonica.

On April 13, 2007, Kelly Clarkson announced on WJLP New York that Mat will be accompanying her on her Summer 2007 tour along with another "special guest".

Biography

Kearney was born in Eugene, Oregon and left to attend college at Chico State University, which was once known as the number 1 party school in the nation, to play soccer and study literature. After getting into the party scene and hitting rock bottom, Kearney says "God found me when I was at my lowest point."

Soon after, Kearney began to get into the local music scene, which featured many artists influenced by Dave Matthews Band. He had been immersed in hip-hop culture for much of his life, and began to mix rhymes with the new folk sound he discovered.

After his junior year of college, Kearney traveled to Nashville, Tennessee with friend and producer Robert Marvin with the intention of recording a few songs. When record deals came in, however, he decided to pursue music as a career. Kearney signed with InPop Records, which allowed him to create an album of his own style. He released Bullet in 2004 and its follow-up, Nothing Left to Lose, in 2006.

Discography

• Bullet (2004)
• Nothing Left to Lose (2006) #118, Billboard 200, #2 Billboard Top Heatseekers, #8 Billboard Top Christian Albums

EPs

• Revive Us

1. "Revive Us"
2. "Arms of Love"
3. "Memorial Stones"
4. "Finding Me"
5. "Revive Us" (Instrumental)
6. "Finding Me" (Instrumental)

• West In November

1. "Bullet"
2. "Poor Boy"
3. "My Girl America"
4. "Lifetime"
5. "Tomorrow"
6. "Memorial Stones"
7. "Call Me Out"

• The Chicago EP

Digital

Singles

At a concert in Houston in 2006, he revealed that his song "All I Need" was written based on two of his friends from New Orleans and their story during Hurricane Katrina.

Mat's songs have appeared on TV series such as Grey's Anatomy, Kyle XY, The Unit, Without A Trace, Laguna Beach, The Hills, Bones, Jericho, Friday Night Lights, Wildfire, What About Brian, One Life To Live, South Beach, 8th & Ocean, One Tree Hill and The Closer.

Kearney's "All I Need" was featured on Grey's Anatomy, and it began to chart the iTunes top 100 downloaded songs. The song peaked at #94 on the Billboard 100, and was a hit on the Christian charts. In addition, his song "Where We Gonna Go From Here" was also featured in season three of the hit series Grey's Anatomy and in the season finale of ABC Family's show Kyle XY.

"Nothing Left to Lose" was his second single. It was the sixth most played song on Christian CHR radio in 2006, and it peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of February 10, 2007.

TV appearances

• Last Call with Carson Daly (21 April 2006)
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien (9 November 2006), playing the first single off of "Nothing Left to Lose".
• Late Show with David Letterman (19 January 2007), playing "Nothing Left to Lose"
• VSpot Top 20 Countdown (21 January 2007)
• Tonight Show with Jay Leno (08 February 2007), playing "Nothing Left to Lose"
• Ellen (21 March 2007), playing "Nothing Left to Lose"
• VSpot Top 20 Countdown (24 March 2007)
• WB Morning Show (30 August 2006), playing "Nothing Left to Lose"
• CBS Saturday (21 March 2007), playing "Nothing Left to Lose"
• A&E's Breakfast with the Arts (22 April 2007) performing with Blue Merle from their debut album Burning In The Sun

Band

Current: Will Sayles / drums, Tyler Burkum / guitars, Cason Cooley / bass and keys, Greg Everett / guitars

Former: Tony Luceto / bass, Paul Moak / guitars and keys, Jeff Irwin / bass, upright bass, and keys, Chris Kimmerer / drums, Jeremy Lutito / drums

References

1. As played on the January 7 It was also used frequently in a 30 second trailer for the 2007 movie Catch and Release. 2007 Weekend 22

External links

• Official site
• Mat's Myspace
• Mat's Fansite
• Mat LIVE on MSN
• Mat's Purevolume

• American Christians
• American male singers
• American songwriters
• American pop singers
• Performers of Christian music
• People from Chico, California
• Oregon musicians