Mat Kearney Live

Friday night I got to go to a Mat Kearney concert at Amos' Southend in Charlotte. I first learned about Mat Kearney when I did a review of his third album, Young Love. He has such a happy vibe, I was excited to get to see him live.

Mat's newest album, Young Love, was inspired by his new wife. The hit song "Hey Mama" is about meeting her at a Anthropologie store in TN while she was working and then falling in love. "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," said Mat.

This same style was totally brought to the show. Mat and his bandmates were crowd pleasing, intimate, energetic, on key, and totally in the moment. I was really impressed at how well Mat won the crowd over. He was very interactive by talking to the audience and actually jumping down to sing in the crowd. Mat threw in quite a few " I love you too's" to all of the fans shouting out during the show. He even did a little personalized freestyle song about Charlotte which was pretty awesome.

My favorite part of the show was watching Mat play his piano and guitar while singing at the same time. It seriously blew my mind at how talented he is! If Mat Kearney is playing near you, be sure to check them out. It's really a pleasant happy show.

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Jan. 19^th Lincoln Theater Raleigh, NC

20^th Amos’ Southend Charlotte, NC

21^st The Handlebar Greenville, SC

23^rd Track 29 Chattanooga, TN

25^th Floyds Music Store Tallahassee, FL

26^th The Ritz Ybor Tampa, FL

27^th The Beacham Theatre Orlando, FL

28^th Center Stage Atlanta, GA

30^th Soul Kitchen Mobile, AL

31^st House of Blues New Orleans, LA

Feb. 1^st House of Blues Houston, TX

3^rd Majestic Theatre Dallas, TX

4^th Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK

7^th Beaumont Club Kansas City, MO

9^th Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO

10^th Ogden Theater Denver, CO

11^th Belly Up Aspen, CO

13^th In the Venue Salt Lake City, UT

15^th Knitting Factory Spokane, WA

16^th Showbox @ The Market Seattle, WA

17^th Roseland Portland, OR

18^th McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR

20^th Knitting Factory Reno, NV

22^nd Warfield San Francisco, CA

23^rd Music Box Los Angeles, CA

24^th Access Aliante Las Vegas, NV

25^th House of Blues San Diego, CA