This Saturday night, Mat Kearney will play to a packed house at Madison’s Capitol Theater, and we are giving one very lucky reader a pair of tickets to the show. It might just be you! Read on to find out how you can enter to win.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Frank Productions , True Endeavors and Majestic Live present
Triple M Welcomes
MAT KEARNEY with special guest LEAGUES
Capitol Theater – 9pm – $18.50 ADV $20.50 DOS – General Admission – All Ages
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BIOGRAPHY:
Mat Kearney didn’t set out to write just another collection of songs for Young Love, his third full-length album and first for Universal Republic Records.
Instead, he penned a pastiche of honest, heartfelt, and hypnotic stories that’ll make you move your feet and put a smile on your face. Kearney gives a piece of himself on every tune, while building timeless tales for listeners to follow as they dance and sing along.
The Oregon-born and Nashville-based artist made a conscious decision to approach songwriting differently this time around. Each phase of his career has been marked by genuine evolution. In 2004, the world was introduced to his unmistakable croon and vibrant writing style on the independently released Bullet. Signing with Columbia, he dropped his first formal full-length, Nothing Left to Lose in 2006 garnering critical acclaim and widespread recognition, moving over 450,000 units to date. Embracing a full band-fueled style, 2009′s City of Black & White saw him debut at #13 on the Billboard Top 200.
He continued winning over crowds on tours with everyone from John Mayer and Sheryl Crow to Keane and The Fray. All the while, Kearney’s music became appropriated by 30 Rock, Grey’s Anatomy, The Hills, Friday Night Lights, Scrubs, NCIS, and numerous other television shows and films like Soul Surfer and Catch and Release. Over the course of these records, Kearney had 4 Top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40 chart. After all of this success, Kearney wanted to try something new for Young Love.
As a fan of hip-hop since childhood, Kearney actually turned to the genre for a little inspiration. “I approached Young Love like a singer-songwriter would approach a hip-hop record,” he says. “We would start with beats or grooves that your body already responds to. It was a fun and fulfilling experiment.”
The lead-off single “Hey Mama” ignited that experiment. The album’s opening song brings listeners up close and personal with this fresh sound and into Kearney’s world, introducing Young Love perfectly. “Hey Mama” describes the first meeting between Kearney and his new wife at the Anthropologie store in Tennessee that she was working at. After courting her for a few months, he stole her heart, and now it’s all in the tune.
About the song he says, “The album really began with ‘Hey Mama.’ After clapping into my laptop and programming this beat, I was dancing around the room actually freestyling words. This wasn’t me sitting around with some friends and an acoustic guitar. It was this visceral writing experience. I tried to find a way to write stories to these beats.”
Read more here.
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WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS: In his 2006 hit “Nothing Left To Lose,” Kearney sings “Come on and we’ll sing/Like we were free/Push the pedal down/Watch the world around fly by us.” These liberating words bring to mind long road trips and wind in your hair, so we want to know what tunes you love to cruise to. Post at least three of your favorite driving songs in the comments section below.
Please have your responses posted by 6pm tonight (Friday, November 18). A winner will be chosen and notified shortly thereafter. Good luck!
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Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Last Dance with Mary Jane by Tom Petty
Santaria by Sublime
If you C Jordan–Something Corporate–because nothing beats a car full of people shouting this at the top of their lungs
Boston–Augustana
Mariner’s revenge–the decemberists
Hide and Seek–Imogen Heap–this song really resonates in a small space
She’s So High- Tal Bachman
Two Step- Dave Matthews Band
Only Wanna Be With You- Hootie and the Blowfish
More Than A Feeling – Boston
The Engine Driver – The Decemberists
Sofa Song – The Kooks
Moving To Seattle – The Material
Hysteria – Muse
Money – Pink Floyd
American Car – Mike Doughty
Electric Feel – MGMT
Dancing In The Moonlight – Thin Lizzy
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions in the sky
Brothers Blood – Kevin Devine
Stupid Kid – Alkaline Trio
and the entire Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd are all great long drive listening choices.
Congrats go to Katelyn for this one. Awesome picks everyone!
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