Mat Kearney -- a long-lost love.
During my high school years I was an avid radio listener, especially on Saturdays when I several household chores to do. The top 40 countdown was a program of choice and there were always certain songs that were my favorite. Unfortunately I can't even remember enough to list, I do recall loving "Nothing Left to Lose" by Mat Kearney.
Mat Kearney had since left my life as I moved on with the music world, enjoying whatever was popular at the time. I often found it hard to commit to one artist, to spend my hard-earned allowance on a CD with ten songs by the same person, especially when my taste for music was over a vast number of genres. When mixed CDs became available (ie. Big Shiny Tunes) I still felt it was a waste of money to purchase a CD and have to skip past the songs I didn't even like.
Finally, the digital age arrived (or at least became available to the everyday consumer). Oh the joys of downloading just one song by one artist to fill my (now itty-bitty 250mb) MP3 player! Sadly, I had forgotten about my Mat Kearney crush when the opportunity came to snag whatever I wanted as a freebie, and soon my MP3 player was full of other delightful music.
It wasn't until a few days ago, still listening to the radio, that I heard a beautiful sounding song, "Ships in the Night" by - you guessed it - Mat Kearney. I took the opportunity today to listen to his newest album, Young Love, and I have to say that as good as it is, I prefer his older stuff (not so much the rap). It's just the genre that I would have to call the "me-est".
As I mentioned previously, I do love a lot of genres of music. I go through phases but I have always loved whatever this stuff is. Pop/Rock, I suppose? It seems to soft to be rock, and well... to me Pop is old school Brittany. Wikipedia has taken the opportunity to deem it "Rock, Pop, Acoustic" so maybe I'll just stick with Acoustic.
Anyhow, I highly recommend Mat Kearney so have a listen...
Mat Kearney had since left my life as I moved on with the music world, enjoying whatever was popular at the time. I often found it hard to commit to one artist, to spend my hard-earned allowance on a CD with ten songs by the same person, especially when my taste for music was over a vast number of genres. When mixed CDs became available (ie. Big Shiny Tunes) I still felt it was a waste of money to purchase a CD and have to skip past the songs I didn't even like.
Finally, the digital age arrived (or at least became available to the everyday consumer). Oh the joys of downloading just one song by one artist to fill my (now itty-bitty 250mb) MP3 player! Sadly, I had forgotten about my Mat Kearney crush when the opportunity came to snag whatever I wanted as a freebie, and soon my MP3 player was full of other delightful music.
It wasn't until a few days ago, still listening to the radio, that I heard a beautiful sounding song, "Ships in the Night" by - you guessed it - Mat Kearney. I took the opportunity today to listen to his newest album, Young Love, and I have to say that as good as it is, I prefer his older stuff (not so much the rap). It's just the genre that I would have to call the "me-est".
As I mentioned previously, I do love a lot of genres of music. I go through phases but I have always loved whatever this stuff is. Pop/Rock, I suppose? It seems to soft to be rock, and well... to me Pop is old school Brittany. Wikipedia has taken the opportunity to deem it "Rock, Pop, Acoustic" so maybe I'll just stick with Acoustic.
Anyhow, I highly recommend Mat Kearney so have a listen...
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