1. Mathew William Kearney is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, and based in Nashville, Tennessee.
19 Facts About Mat Kearney
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At South Eugene High School, Mat Kearney was a soccer player.
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Mat Kearney attended California State University, Chico in Chico, California, on an athletic scholarship and majored in literature, playing soccer until his junior year.
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Mat Kearney first became interested in music after traveling to Nashville with music producer Robert Marvin.
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Mat Kearney began focusing on music fusing his simple guitar playing with spoken word or rap.
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Mat Kearney started to play at coffee shops and soon began to make small amounts of money.
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Marvin asked Mat Kearney to help with the move and he accepted.
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Mat Kearney collaborated with Nashville artists such as Trent Dabbs, Matthew Perryman Jones, Kate York, Paul Moak, Daniel James, Will Sayles, and Josiah Bell.
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Mat Kearney toured with Owl City and Unwed Sailor on Owl City's "All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour".
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Mat Kearney toured with both Judah and the Lion and Parachute during his "Just Kids" tour in 2015.
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From August 17,2016, through November 12,2016, Mat 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.
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On December 13,2016, Mat Kearney signed with independent music company Big Loud Mountain Management.
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On February 3,2017, Mat Kearney released a song with Filous, titled "Goodbye".
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Mat Kearney released a self-titled EP on December 22,2017, previewing new tracks from his forthcoming album, Crazy Talk.
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Mat Kearney released his sixth album, Crazytalk, May 4,2018, to average reviews.
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Mat Kearney did a two-month long Crazytalk tour starting the third week of February 2018.
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Mat Kearney promoted the project with an acoustic concert tour beginning that Fall.
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Mat Kearney discovered the error while in the 8th grade when he noticed how his mother corrected the error with ink, never legally correcting it.
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Mat Kearney was on The Today Show performing the song "Billion".