City Of Black & White - Album

Mat Kearney Pronounced CARN-Ee Born 1 December 1978 In Eugene Oregon Is An American Singer-Songwriter Based Out Of Nashville TN Originally From Eugene Oregon. His Music Has An Acoustic Base Fused With Hip Hop. He Is Signed To Aware/Columbia Records. In Addition To Singing He Also Plays Guitar Piano And Harmonica. Following His First EP Release In 2002 So Far He Has A Total Of Five Top-20 Hits On The Adult Top 40 Chart. The Hey Mama Songfacts Reports That Kearney Turned To Hip Hop For Inspiration When Recording His Fourth Studio Album Young Love Which Was Released On August 2 2011. He Has Toured With Owl City John Mayer Sheryl Crow The Fray Jason Mraz Vedera Newsboys MUTEMATH Meiko Cary Brothers And Train And Headlined VH1's First Ever "You Oughta Know Tour" In The Spring Of 2007. Kearney's Songs Have Appeared On The Television Series Dirty Sexy Money Kyle XY The Unit Without A Trace Laguna Beach The Hills Bones Jericho Friday Night Lights Wildfire What About Brian South Beach 8th & Ocean One Tree Hill Scrubs The Closer NCIS Life Unexpected And Grey's Anatomy. He Attended California State University Chico In Chico California Where He Majored In Literature And Played Soccer Until His Junior Year. It Was Also At This Time When Mat Picked Up A Guitar For The First Time. Using A Roommate's Guitar He Tried Covering Other Songs. Realizing He Wasn't Too Good At It He Began Writing His Own. Kearney Has Stated That His Legal Name Is Mathew Due To A Nurse's Error On His Birth Certificate. He Discovered The Error While In The 8th Grade When He Noticed How His Mom Corrected The Error With Red Ink Never Legally Correcting It. Since Then He Embraced The One T In His Legal Name. read less