Meet Nashville Songwriter Mat Kearney
Oregonian by birth, cool-voiced Mat Kearney is Nashville’s resident genius when it comes to landing songs on TV (Grey's Anatomy, 30 Rock, Vampire Diaries). Hollywood's prime-time love, as well as bighearted choruses that stick in your brain, means big-time record sales. Mat’s pop hooks get compared to John Mayer and Coldplay. He’s newly married. He’s got a loyal band of locally plucked virtuosos. And just to show that Nashville is home sweet home, Mat’s becoming a certified taxi driver. “No better place to hear good stories,” he says.
See his wedding featured in Southern Living Weddings
Listen to Our Favorite Songs
"Breathe In Breathe Out" from Nothing Left to Lose
"Closer to Love" from City of Black and White
"Nothing Left to Lose" from Nothing Left to Lose
"Where We Gonna Go from Here" from Nothing Left to Lose
His Nashville Hero:
“Emmylou Harris might be insulted if I lump her in with old Nashville,’ but she is a hero of mine. I pulled up next to her at a stoplight the other day-she looked beautiful as ever.”
Wishes He Had Written:
Miranda Lambert’s “The House that Built Me,” written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin.
Next Up:
A third album, Young Love, is in the hopper.
