Mat Kearney
{{short description|American musician}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2016}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mat Kearney
| image = Mat Kearney.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|1}}
| birth_place =Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|Annie Sims Kearney|2010}}
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano
| genre = {{hlist|Soft rock|folk|CCM|hip hop}}
| years_active = 2003–present
| label = {{hlist|InPop|Columbia|Aware|Universal Republic|Tomorrow Music}}
| website = {{URL|matkearney.com/}}
| associated_acts = Tyler Burkum, Trent Dabbs
}}
Mathew William Kearney{{Cite web |url=http://starherald.net/engagements/x1414085424/Sims-Kearney-vows-planned-in-Tennessee |title=Sims-Kearney vows planned in Tennessee " Engagements " starherald.net - Kosciusko, MS |last=Anonymous |publisher=starherald.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225091353/http://starherald.net/engagements/x1414085424/Sims-Kearney-vows-planned-in-Tennessee |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |access-date=September 17, 2012}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɑɹ|n|i}}; born December 1, 1978) is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, and based in Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite web |last=Sharpe |first=Josh |title=Mat Kearney Releases Self-Titled LP; See Full Headline Tour Dates |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Mat-Kearney-Releases-Self-Titled-LP-See-Full-Headline-Tour-Dates-20240521 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}} So far, he has a total of five top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart.
Just Kids was released on February 24, 2015. The album's first single, "Heartbeat", was released on November 4, 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.axs.com/news/mat-kearney-to-release-new-single-heartbeat-on-november-4-25778 |title=Mat Kearney to release new single 'Heartbeat' on November 4 - AXS |last=Kuchik |first=Natalie |date=October 29, 2014 |publisher=AXS |access-date=February 24, 2015}} Crazytalk was released on May 4, 2018, and January Flower was released on Jan 29, 2021.
Biography
=Early life=
Kearney was born on December 1, 1978, and raised in Eugene, Oregon, with his two brothers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.one21music.com/mat-kearney/ |title=Mat Kearney| Singer, Songwriter| Christian Music Artist | |publisher=One21music.com |access-date=September 17, 2012 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402120204/http://www.one21music.com/mat-kearney/ |url-status=dead }} At South Eugene High School, Kearney was a soccer player.{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mGhXAAAAIBAJ&pg=4359,7089389&dq=mat-kearney+south-eugene-high-school&hl=en |title=Hometown boy takes an unlikely path to Nashville |last=Lamberson |first=Carolyn |date=October 27, 2005 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |access-date=August 24, 2012}}
He attended California State University, Chico in Chico, California, on an athletic scholarship and majored in literature, playing soccer until his junior year. Kearney first became interested in music after traveling to Nashville with music producer Robert Marvin. Using a roommate's guitar, he tried covering songs by other artists, but realized he was not very good at it, and began writing his own. Though things were going well for Kearney at school, the partying atmosphere at Chico caught up to him. In an interview, Kearney said, "I guess I lived it up and did what everyone said you should do in college. I discovered the depth of depravity, the bleakness of that lifestyle. It just wasn't working. I finally started understanding there must be more to life."{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/artists/kearney_mat.aspx |title=Mat Kearney |website=CBNmusic.com |access-date=August 11, 2011}}
Kearney began focusing on music fusing his simple guitar playing with spoken word or rap. He started to play at coffee shops and soon began to make small amounts of money. At this time, Kearney had met friend and future producer, Robert Marvin. The two began to make music together, but Marvin had plans to move to Nashville, Tennessee. Marvin asked Kearney to help with the move and he accepted. Kearney says, "I helped him pack up his trailer and we put a mattress on the back of his truck. We basically drove cross-country and slept in the back. When we pulled into Nashville we slept in a school parking lot for three days until we finally rented this apartment where the roof was caving in and mice were crawling all over." Kearney decided to stay in Nashville to record a few demos with Marvin and after a few months, Kearney had no plans on returning. "By the end of the summer, we had three or four songs and I realized this is what I wanted to do. It just clicked. So I called home to Oregon and said, 'I'm not coming back' and I never left Nashville."
= Recording career =
On April 18, 2006, Kearney's second album and major-label debut, titled Nothing Left to Lose, was released. It contains several reworked songs from Kearney's first album Bullet, as well as some new material, and has sold over 450,000 copies to date.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} The title track "Nothing Left to Lose" was the first single from the album, peaking at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of February 10, 2007. The single has sold over 500,000 copies and won numerous BMI awards.{{specify|date=June 2013}} The track "All I Need" was featured on Grey's Anatomy and NCIS. It peaked at No. 94 on the Billboard Pop 100. To promote Nothing Left to Lose, Kearney toured with John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Train, Mutemath, Meiko, and Cary Brothers throughout 2005, '06, and '07; he also headlined VH1's first ever "You Oughta Know Tour" in early 2007.
Kearney's following album, City of Black & White, was released through Columbia Records on May 19, 2009. He collaborated with Nashville artists such as Trent Dabbs, Matthew Perryman Jones, Kate York, Paul Moak, Daniel James, Will Sayles, and Josiah Bell. Robert Marvin (tobyMac, Britt Nicole), the producer of Kearney's previous albums and EPs, joined him yet again. The lead single was "Closer To Love", and it received much airplay, on both secular and Christian outlets. His second single is "All I Have", the last song he wrote before releasing the album.
In May 2009, Kearney toured with Keane and The Helio Sequence for several weeks to promote City of Black & White.{{Cite web |url=http://www.matkearney.com |title=Mat Kearney |publisher=Mat Kearney |access-date=July 14, 2011}} It debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 13. He toured with Owl City and Unwed Sailor on Owl City's "All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour".
Young Love was released August 2, 2011. The album's first single, "Hey Mama", was released on May 10, 2011. "Hey Mama" charted in the Top 40 of Adult Pop Songs at No. 22. The second single "Down" charted as high as No. 23 on the Christian Songs chart.{{Cite web |url=http://matkearney.com/ |title=Mat Kearney |publisher=Mat Kearney |access-date=July 14, 2011}} Just Kids, was released on February 24, 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/matkearney/status/529802558844321792 |title=Mat Kearney |publisher=Twitter |access-date=November 6, 2014}}{{Primary source inline|date=September 2018}} The album's first single, "Heartbeat", was released on November 4, 2014. He toured with both Judah and the Lion and Parachute during his "Just Kids" tour in 2015.
From August 17, 2016, through November 12, 2016, Kearney toured with Needtobreathe for their second annual Tour de Compadres, where he performed songs from his albums Nothing Left to Lose, Young Love, and Just Kids.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tourdecompadres.com/#about |title=Home |website=TOUR DE COMPADRES 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2017}}
On December 13, 2016, Kearney signed with independent music company Big Loud Mountain Management.{{Cite news |url=http://matkearney.com/acclaimed-singersongwriter-mat-kearney-signs-to-big-loud-mountain-management/ |title=ACCLAIMED SINGER/SONGWRITER MAT KEARNEY SIGNS TO BIG LOUD MOUNTAIN MANAGEMENT |work=Mat Kearney |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164950/http://matkearney.com/acclaimed-singersongwriter-mat-kearney-signs-to-big-loud-mountain-management/ |url-status=dead }} On February 3, 2017, Kearney released a song with Filous, titled "Goodbye".{{Cite news |url=http://beautifulbuzzz.com/home/2017/2/3/filous-goodbye-ft-mat-kearney |title=FILOUS - GOODBYE (FT. MAT KEARNEY) |work=BEAUTIFUL BUZZZ |access-date=February 13, 2017}} Kearney released a self-titled EP on December 22, 2017, previewing new tracks from his forthcoming album, Crazy Talk.{{Cite web |url=https://matkearney.com/mat-kearney-announces-2018-album-title-crazytalk-with-news-of-the-crazytalk-tour-kicking-off-february-19th-in-the-pacific-northwest/ |title=Mat Kearney Announces 2018 Album Title CRAZYTALK with News of the 'CRAZYTALK TOUR' Kicking-Off February 19th in the Pacific Northwest |access-date=January 11, 2018}}
Mat Kearney released his sixth album, Crazytalk, May 4, 2018, to average reviews.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/CRAZYTALK.asp |title=Jesusfreakhideout.com: Mat Kearney, "CRAZYTALK" Review |website=jesusfreakhideout.com |access-date=September 28, 2018}} Kearney did a two-month long Crazytalk tour starting the third week of February 2018. The album's single, "Better Than I Used to be", released on November 10, 2017, and reached No. 27 on the Viral 50 chart.{{Cite news |url=https://matkearney.com/mat-kearney-announces-2018-album-title-crazytalk-with-news-of-the-crazytalk-tour-kicking-off-february-19th-in-the-pacific-northwest/ |title=Mat Kearney Announces 2018 Album Title CRAZYTALK with News of the 'CRAZYTALK TOUR' Kicking-Off February 19th in the Pacific Northwest |work=Mat Kearney |access-date=September 28, 2018}}
To celebrate the ten year anniversary of his second album, The City of Black and White, Kearney released The City of Black and White Revisited EP in June 2019. He promoted the project with an acoustic concert tour beginning that Fall.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Mat-Kearneys-CITY-OF-BLACK-AND-WHITE-REVISITED-EP-Out-Friday-20190626 |title=Mat Kearney's CITY OF BLACK AND WHITE REVISITED EP Out Friday |website=Broadway World |access-date=October 24, 2019}}
= Band =
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- Mat Kearney – vocals, guitar, piano
- Chad Kinner – drums, percussion (2011–present)
- Fred Williams – piano, keys
- Adam Keafer – bass (2010–2015)
- Nathan Spicer – guitar (2010–present)
- Tyler Burkum – guitar, vocals (2009–present)
- Phil Moore – bass (2015–present)
- M.D. Miller – bass (2005–2009)
- Jeremy Lutito – drums (2009–2012)
- Aaron Farmer – keys (2016)
Musical style
Kearney's music incorporates hip hop and folk-pop.{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-mat-kearney-on-his-new-album-young-love-506517 |title=Interview: Mat Kearney on his new album, Young Love |last=Bosso |first=Joe |website=Music Radar|date=October 15, 2011 }} A notable exception to this was on his third album The City of Black and White where the hip-hop element was downplayed with Kearney explaining that he was trying to make a "more mature, more adult contemporary" album with his next album though he would return to his normal mix of genres. He recalls that upon the release of his major label debut, "it got totally trashed by Rolling Stone because I was blending hip-hop stuff into my music."{{Cite web |url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/03/08/mat-kearney-singer-songwriter-new-album-crazytalk/401038002/ |title=Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney content after a season of change |last=Scully |first=Alan |website=Detroit Free Press |access-date=October 24, 2019}} Inspired by his hero, Paul Simon, Kearney tries to make each of his albums have a distinct sound stating, "usually if I did one thing on one record, I tend to somewhat be the other extreme on the next one."{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2018/10/04/interview-mat-kearney/ |title=Interview with Mat Kearney |last=Drown |first=Michelle |website=Santa Barbara Independent |date=October 4, 2018 |access-date=October 22, 2019}} The album Crazytalk notably features the inclusion of EDM into his music.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/whatson-story/9524015-finding-the-balance-with-mat-kearney/ |title=Finding the balance with Mat Kearney |last=Law |first=John |website=The Standard |date=July 29, 2019 |access-date=October 24, 2019}}
Personal life
Kearney currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife Annie, whom he married in 2010.
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 mother corrected the error with ink, never legally correcting it. Since then, he embraced the one "T" in his legal name.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
On January 4, 2017, Kearney and his wife had their first child, a girl named Olive Sims Kearney.{{Cite news |url=http://matkearney.com/mat-annie-kearney-welcome-baby-girl-into-the-world/ |title=Mat & Annie Kearney Welcome Baby Girl into the World |work=Mat Kearney |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002257/http://matkearney.com/mat-annie-kearney-welcome-baby-girl-into-the-world/ |url-status=dead }} Their second daughter was born on March 25, 2020, and named Violet River Kearney.{{Cite news |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Yb79fBdxz/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B-Yb79fBdxz |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Mat & Annie Kearney Announce Birth of Violet |access-date=May 28, 2020 |website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}
The couple welcomed their third daughter, Ruby Josephine Kearney, on March 28, 2022.
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Sales |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| US ! style="width:40px;"| US ! style="width:40px;"| US Rock ! style="width:40px;"| CAN |
| scope="row"| Bullet
|
| — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Nothing Left to Lose
| | 109 | 4 | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| City of Black & White
|
| 13 | 1 | 3 | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Young Love
|
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Just Kids
|
| 20 | 2 | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Crazytalk
|
| 60 | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| January Flower
|
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"January Flower" did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at No. 29 on the Top Album Sales chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mat-kearney/chart-history/tsl/|title=Mat Kearney Chart History: Top Album Sales|magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 5, 2021}}}} | 4 | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Mat Kearney
|
| | | | |
| scope="row"| Still Drowning in Nostalgia
|
| colspan="4" {{tba}} | style="text-align:left;"| |
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="1" style="width:15em;"| Title
! rowspan="1" style="width:18em;"| Details |
|---|
| scope="row"| Until We Meet Again... (Live Unplugged)
|
|
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Sales |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| US ! style="width:40px;"| US Christ. ! style="width:40px;"| US ! style="width:40px;"| US Rock |
| scope="row"| Revive Us
|
| — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| West In November
|
| — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| The Chicago EP
| | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Rhapsody Originals
|
| — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Acoustic Session (iTunes Exclusive)
|
| — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)
|
| — | 30 | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Black Swan Shadow
|
| — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| iTunes Sessions
|
| 103 | 2 | — | 35 | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| Mat Kearney
|
| — | — | 46 | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| scope="row"| City of Black & White Revisited
|
| — | 40 | — | — | style="text-align:left;"| |
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Live concerts=
- Mat Kearney: Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco (2010)
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style=text-align:center;
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| US {{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mat-kearney/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Mat Kearney Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 6, 2018}} ! style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| US Adult Pop ! style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| US Christ. ! style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| US ! style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| AUS |
|---|
| rowspan="3"| 2006
! scope="row"| "Nothing Left to Lose" | 41 | 7 | 21 | 36 | — | | align="left" rowspan="3" | Nothing Left to Lose |
| scope="row"| "Undeniable"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Undeniable" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mat-kearney/chart-history/hbu/ |title=Mat Kearney Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 12, 2020}}}} | 16 | — | 30 | — | |
| scope="row"| "All I Need"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"All I Need" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.}} | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007
! scope="row"| "Breathe In, Breathe Out" | — | 18 | — | — | 66 | | align="left" rowspan="1"| Nothing Left to Lose (2007 Reissue) |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
! scope="row"| "Closer to Love" | 91 | 12 | 7 | — | — |
| align="left" rowspan="2"| City of Black & White |
| scope="row"| "All I Have"
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
! scope="row"| "Head or Your Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | | align="left" rowspan="2" |non-album single |
| scope="row"| "Edge of the World (A Children's Song)"
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="3"| 2011
! scope="row"| "Hey Mama" | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Hey Mama" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.}} | 18 | — | — | — | | align="left" rowspan="3" | Young Love |
| scope="row"| "Down"
| — | — | 21 | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Ships in the Night"
| 87 | 22 | 10 | — | — |
|
| 2014
! scope="row"| "Heartbeat" | — | 31 | — | — | — | | align="left" rowspan="4"| Just Kids |
| rowspan="3"| 2015
! scope="row"| "Billion" | — | 39 | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "One Heart"
| — | 16 | 34 | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Air I Breathe"
| — | 33 | 8 | — | — | |
| 2017
! scope="row"| "Better Than I Used To Be"{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/matkearney/status/929030101471318017 |title=New song out now... |via=Twitter |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124130004/https://twitter.com/matkearney/status/929030101471318017 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |url-status=dead}} | — | — | — | — | — | | align="left" rowspan="4"| Crazytalk |
| rowspan="3"| 2018
! scope="row"| "Kings & Queens" | — | 21 | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Face to Face"
| — | — | 23 | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Memorized"
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"| 2020
! scope="row"| "Grand Canyon"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/grand-canyon-single/1535122443|title=Toxic - Grand Canyon - Single by Mat Kearney on Apple Music|via=Apple Music|access-date=June 3, 2020}} | — | — | — | — | — | | rowspan="4" align="left" | January Flower |
| scope="row"| "Can't Look Back"
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"| 2021
! scope="row"| "Powerless" | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Pontiac"
| — | — | 40 | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
! scope="row"|"Christmas Miracle" |– |– |– |– |– | | rowspan="2" align="left" |Christmas Miracle / White Christmas |
| scope="row"|"White Christmas"
|– |– |– |– |– | |
| colspan="9" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
= Other appearances =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"
|+ List of compilation and guest appearances ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Additional info |
| scope="row"| 2001
| DJ Maj | Full Plates: Mixtape .002 | "Gung Ho" | Also featuring Knowdaverbs |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2002
| Say It Again | "Security" | {{small|Say It Again was set to be released in 2002. Promo copies were sent out, but upon co-signing with Virgin Records, the album was delayed and reworked. When the album was eventually released in 2003 as Stacie Orrico, Kearney was no longer featured on the song.}} |
| scope="row"| 2003
| ZOEgirl | "Different Kind of Free" | |
| scope="row"| 2011
| Various | Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us | "Walking Over the Water" | Harmony vocals by Jennifer Knapp |
| scope="row"| 2013
| "Pressing on a Bruise" |
| scope="row"| 2014
| "One Night Town" |
| scope="row"| 2015
| Various | The Magic Strings oif Frankie Presto: A Musical Companion | "I Want To Love You" |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2017
| rowspan="2" | Filous | rowspan="2" | For Love | "Vienna by the Sea" |
| "Goodbye" |
| scope="row"| 2020
| ROZES | Crazy | "Walls" |
| scope="row"| 2021
| Tell Her You Love Her - single | "Tell Her You Love Her" (featuring Mat Kearney) | New version of Echosmith's song from their 2013 debut album Talking Dreams |
Awards
=GMA Dove Awards=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:60px;"| Year
! Award ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| New Artist of the Year |{{nom}} |
| Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year ("Trainwreck")
|{{won}} |
| rowspan="3"| 2007
| Male Vocalist of the Year |{{nom}} |
| Song of the Year ("Nothing Left to Lose")
|{{nom}} |
| Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (Nothing Left to Lose)
|{{nom}} |
Media appearances
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=October 2019}}
Kearney's songs have appeared on the following television series: 30 Rock, Awake, 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, Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, So You Think You Can Dance, The Vampire Diaries and A to Z. His song "Runaway" is featured on the Soul Surfer movie soundtrack. Kearney's song "Sooner or Later" provides the background music to the WWDC 2013 and Google's Zeitgeist 2011: Year in Review video, which was uploaded to YouTube on December 14, 2011. He was also on The Today Show performing the song "Billion".{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIEamakLoY&list=UUK8sQmJBp8GCxrOtXWBpyEA&feature=plcp |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/SAIEamakLoY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Zeitgeist 2011: Year in Review |date=December 14, 2011 |via=YouTube |access-date=September 17, 2012}}{{cbignore}} In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ricky Gervais included Kearney on his "Must List", stating "This singer-songwriter does spoken word that sounds like French hip-hop."{{Cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/2007/02/09/spotlight-ricky-gervais/ |title=Spotligh on Ricky Gervais |date=February 9, 2007 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 27, 2018}}
Notes and references
{{notelist-ua}}
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.matkearney.com}}
- {{IMDb name|2108978}}
- [http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=200226&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=6004785 Breakfast with the Arts on A&E (1992, TV Show)]
- [https://archive.today/20130204211119/http://www.tv.com/mat-kearney/person/437133/trivia.html Featured Music on Grey's Anatomy]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120312014635/http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/mat-kearney-city-of-black-and-white-album-review-06062009-1629.aspx Review of City of Black and White]
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