KPRI (also 102.1 KPRI) is an AAA Station in San Diego, California, that plays blues, reggae, folk, pop, and rock music from the mid-1960s through the present.

KPRI-FM is the only independently owned and operated commercial station in the San Diego market, and is owned by the Compass Radio Group, Inc. The station was formed on April 1, 1996 by two partners, Robert "Bob" Hughes and Jonathan Schwartz. Both had backgrounds in the corporate side of radio and had always hoped to create a station that was commercially viable while at the same time critically successful.

102.1 was originally licensed by the FCC with antenna and tower in San Marcos, California. The station was—and still is—licensed to Encinitas, California. KPRI's transmission emitted a city-grade signal that covered most of San Diego County, but due to the topography of the county, there were certain areas the station served better than others. San Diego's affluent North County Coastal areas received the signal without interruption, while areas in main San Diego such as Pacific Beach or La Jolla had degraded "in home" reception due to interference caused by Mount Soledad. Previous ownership had set up repeaters (low-power transmitters) scattered across San Diego to improve transmission of the radio station, but because those created as many problems as they solved, KPRI stopped using some of them in 1997.

On February 13, 2008, KPRI moved their transmitter to Mount Soledad in order to improve their signal and to increase their audience.

Despite the station's call sign, KPRI has no affiliation with Public Radio International, which is also known by its initials, PRI.

The Original Station[link]

When it first went on the air in the 1950s at 106.5 FM, the station billed itself as "KPRI - Capri-by-the Sea," a middle-of the-road and jazz station with studios on 5th Avenue in San Diego. This early version of KPRI featured popular DJ's like Rod Page and George Manning.

KPRI continued with its MOR format, supplemented by a progressive rock show hosted by pioneering underground disc jockey OB Jetty. Finally, in May 1968, KPRI switched full time to Progressive Rock. The lineup included Gabriel Wisdom, Fred Nurk, Dana Jones, and Joe Chandler. Later additions to the air staff included Jerry Lubin, Adrian Bolt, The Kapusta Kid, and Barrance Q. Zacker. Jim Lanter (air name "Jim LaFawn") was the Program Director from 1971 to 1973. In the early 1970s, Gerry Gazlay was the station's News Director. Gazlay left KPRI to work as a newscaster at competitor KGB AM & FM in 1973. Larry Shushan owned the station until 1971, when it was sold to Southwestern Broadcasting.

This era is portrayed in the motion picture "Almost Famous," with Cameron Crowe's visit to KPRI's studios at the corner of 7th and Ash in downtown San Diego.

In 1973 KPRI hired Michael Harrison as PD. He installed a more mainstream AOR format which influenced many other stations around the country. KGB FM and KPRI battled for rating supremacy for all of the 70's and into the 80's. Eventually, KPRI could not compete with the ratings success of KGB FM.

On January 9, 1984, KPRI changed its call letters and format. The last song that the station played on its last evening as "KPRI" was "The End," by The Doors. 106.5 FM has been through several identity changes since and is now KLNV.

According to David Tanny, operator of San Diego Radio News: "The KPRI that is back is basically the station that used to be KCBQ-FM ten years ago on 105.3 until it shifted radio transmitter locations from San Diego to Oceanside's 102.1 in a complex deal swap. In 2002, 102.1 picked up the KPRI calls when that became available. It was KXST from 1996-2002 between those times".

While operating as KXST, the station called itself "Sets-102" and its programming featured sets of two or more songs by the same artist. That format was dropped with the switch to the KPRI call letters in 2002.

KPRI current programming[link]

• The House of Blues Radio Hour
• The KPRI Morning Show with Madison
• Jodina in the Midday

• Sunday Morning Unplugged
• Cantore in the Afternoon
• Evening with Robert
• Homegrown Hour
• E-Town
• My Turn

Contacts at KPRI[link]

• Patrick Osburn - VP/General Sales Manager
• Magi Aguilar - Promotions Director
• Clark Newton - Local Sales Manager
• Bob Jeffrey - Traffic Manager
• Mary Warfield - Accounting Manager/Controller
• Haley Jones - Program Director

External links[link]

• Official website
• 102.1 KPRI on Facebook
• 102.1 KPRI on Twitter
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KPRI
• Radio-Locator information on KPRI
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KPRI

Coordinates: 32°50′24″N 117°14′56″W / 32.840°N 117.249°W / 32.840; -117.249

Katie Herzig
Background information
Birth name	Katheryne Lee Herzig
Born	California, United States (1980-03-06) March 6, 1980 (age 32)
Origin	Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Genres	Folk rock
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	guitar, banjo, drums
Years active	1997 – present
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	Newcomers Home Ten Out of Tenn
Website	katieherzig.com

Katie Herzig is a singer-songwriter from Fort Collins, Colorado.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Katie Herzig was born in California to a musical family. When she was a year old her family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where she attended Rocky Mountain High School.^[1] In her senior year of high school, Herzig received an acoustic guitar from her father which prompted her to begin playing the instrument. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where she majored in journalism with emphasis in broadcast production.^[2] In 2000, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism.^[3]

Early career[link]

While attending the University of Colorado, Herzig formed the band Newcomers Home with Tim and Laurie Thornton and Andrew Jed in the summer of 1997.^[4] Newcomers Home's music was primarily influenced by bluegrass and folk music; however, over time, the band's work became more influenced by pop music. Although initially Herzig suffered from stage fright and confined herself to singing backing vocals and playing the drums for the band, she eventually began to play the guitar and became a lead singer. The band broke up in 2006, leaving Herzig free to fully pursue her solo career.^[2]

Solo career[link]

In 2004, Herzig released her first solo album, Watch Them Fall. The title track was featured on the WB television show Smallville. Another song, "Say Goodbye" appeared in the 2007 film, X's & O's.^[5] In 2006, she released a second solo album, Weightless which she recorded using Pro Tools and instruments that she borrowed from friends.^[6] She co-wrote one track from the album with Kim Richey, "Jack and Jill".^[7] It was also featured on an episode of One Tree Hill and Pretty Little Liars. Two tracks from the album "Fool's Gold" and "Sweeter than This" were featured on Grey's Anatomy. Her song "Where the Road Meets the Sun" was featured on the Season 5 finale of Grey's Anatomy. The song "Wish You Well" was featured in the sixth season of Grey's Anatomy and in the first season of Pretty Little Liars. "Lost & Found" was featured in the third episode of the eighth season of Grey's Anatomy as well as on the third season finale of Cougar Town. "Closest I Get" was also featured on a 2012 episode of Grey's Anatomy.

After the release of Weightless, Herzig moved to Nashville, Tennessee to further pursue her solo career. She then toured with the Fray and as a member of the Paste Songwriters Tour.

On May 18, 2008 Herzig released a new album Apple Tree, which is so named because the title is mentioned in three different songs on the album.^[2] She has since appeared on the KCRW radio program, Morning Becomes Eclectic and joined American Songwriter magazine's Ten Out of Tenn tour.^[8] On September 18, the song "I Hurt Too" from Apple Tree was featured on the police procedural television drama Bones. "How the West Was Won", also from Apple Tree, plays over the closing credits of HBO's Bored to Death episode, "The Case of the Grievous Clerical Error!". She also appeared in the 2008 independent documentary film, A Nashville State of Mind.^[9] 'Forevermore' is featured on Australian TV in supermarket store Target's 2010 ad campaign. Herzig's 2009 single "Hey Na Na" was used on the pilot episode of the Lifetime series: Drop Dead Diva. It was also used in "Going the Distance" starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, and the Dove Chocolate Bar commercial, More to Love.

Awards[link]

Herzig co-wrote the song "Heaven's My Home" with Ruby Amanfu which was performed by the Duhks and nominated for a 2007 Grammy award for Best Country Performance.^[10] The song, performed by Sam & Ruby, also appeared in the 2008 film The Secret Life of Bees. Herzig was a finalist at the 2004 Planet Bluegrass Folk Festival songwriting competition.^[11]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• Watch Them Fall (2004)
• Weightless (2006)
• Apple Tree (2008)
• Live in Studio: Acoustic Trio (2009)
• The Waking Sleep (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Katie Herzig's official website
• KCRW performance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic

Joe Bonamassa
Bonamassa in Manchester, 2010
Background information
Born	(1977-05-08) May 8, 1977 (age 35) New Hartford, New York United States
Genres	Blues rock, hard rock, rock and roll
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, theremin
Years active	1989–present
Labels	J&R Adventures, Provogue
Associated acts	Bloodline, Black Country Communion, Beth Hart
Website	Official website
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul Gibson ES335 Fender Stratocaster Fender Telecaster Gibson Flying V

Joe Bonamassa (born May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer. He began his career playing guitar in the band Bloodline, which featured the offspring of several famous musicians (such as Miles Davis, Robby Krieger and Berry Oakley of The Allman Brothers Band)^[1]. He released his first solo album A New Day Yesterday in 2000, and has since released nine more solo studio albums, four live albums and three live DVDs, along with two albums with the band Black Country Communion and one album in collaboration with vocalist Beth Hart^[2]. He tours the world regularly, and has developed a large following in the U.K. especially. His most recent album, Driving Towards The Daylight, reached #2 on the U.K. Top 40 Albums Chart, and he completed an arena tour there in 2012. In 2009 he was the recipient of the Classic Rock Magazine "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" award^[3], and The Guardian said of him: "the 32-year-old from upstate New York has consolidated a reputation as the pre-eminent blues-rock guitarist of his generation"^[4].

Bonamassa has collaborated with numerous artists, including B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Beth Hart, Paul Rodgers, Leslie West, Jon Lord, Vince Gill, Sandi Thom and Glenn Hughes. He also plays with Hughes in Black Country Communion, along with Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian^[5].

Joe Bonamassa's music contains a mix of several different genres: although it is primarily blues rock, since relocating to Santorini, Greece in 2009 to record the album Black Rock (named after the studios in which it was created), his music has gained eastern influences, with the addition of instruments such as the bouzouki and clarino (for instance, on Black Lung Heartache from Dust Bowl and Athens to Athens from Black Rock ^[6]). He has also covered songs by John Hiatt and Leonard Cohen^[7].

Early life[link]

Bonamassa was born and raised in New Hartford, New York. His parents owned and ran a guitar shop. He is a fourth-generation musician; with a great-grandfather and grandfather who both played trumpet, and a father who plays guitar, Bonamassa credits his parents with fostering an appreciation of music in his life as early as he can remember. When he was a young child, he would listen to his parents' large record collection. He recalls at age 7, sitting with his parents on Saturdays and listening to Guitar Slim, Bonnie Raitt, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Eric Clapton, and Jethro Tull. Thus, he sees his music as an amalgam of all the various rock and blues he heard as a child.^[8]

He received his first guitar from his father at the age of 4, and by age 7 he was playing Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix tunes note for note. At the age of 11, during a short period of being mentored by Danny Gatton, he learned such styles as country and jazz as well as polka. During this time with Gatton, Bonamassa sat in with Gatton's band whenever they played in New York. He first opened for B. B. King at 12 years of age. At 14, he was invited to attend a Fender guitar event; during that trip to the West Coast he met Berry Oakley, Jr., with whom he founded the group Bloodline, along with Miles Davis' son Erin and Robby Krieger's son Waylon. They released one album which produced two chart singles — "Stone Cold Hearted", and "Dixie Peach." He has since played with Buddy Guy, Foreigner, Robert Cray, Stephen Stills, Joe Cocker, Gregg Allman, Steve Winwood, Paul Jones, Steve Lukather, Ted Nugent, Warren Haynes, Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, and Jack Bruce.

Influences[link]

Unlike other successful blues-rock guitarists, Bonamassa cited his influences as being British and Irish blues acts, rather than American artists. Within the blues genre, hearing the traditional blues players, as with Guitar Slim, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and all the traditional American blues players, (with the exception of B.B. King), comparing the music in the United States to the "European" versions of the blues, Bonamassa found the English blues, fostered by the Jeff Beck Group, Eric Clapton and the Irish blues player Rory Gallagher, to be far more interesting to him than the original Delta blues players.^[8] In an interview in Guitarist magazine (issue 265), he cited the three albums that had the biggest influence on his playing: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (the Beano album), Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour and Goodbye by Cream. He also stated that Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood was a big influence at a young age.

Bonamassa performing in Stafford, Texas, 2007

He elaborated further on his influences in his interview:

"You know, my heroes were the Columbine guys – Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, Eric Clapton. There’s so many - there’s Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher – another Irish musician who played the same things, but don’t tell him that. But those guys were my guys – Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page. There’s a certain sophistication to their approach to the blues that I really like, more so than the American blues that I was listening to. B. B. King’s a big influence – he’s probably my biggest traditional influence. I love Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and T-Bone Walker and stuff like that, but I couldn’t sit down… I was always forcing myself to listen to whole records by them, where I’d rather listen to Humble Pie do "I'm Ready" than Muddy Waters, you know? I think, the English interpretation of the blues just hit me a lot better, you know?"

And in his October 2008 interview with Express & Star:

“When I heard Kossoff playing "Mr. Big" and when I heard Clapton playing "Crossroads" and when I heard Rory Gallagher playing "Cradle Rock", I was like, 'This is way cooler'.... "British blues are my thing. When I heard Rod Stewart and the Jeff Beck Group singing "Let Me Love You", it changed my life. I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Those are my influences".

These influences are evident in his music, but Bonamassa has been influenced by other artists; notable examples include B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Danny Gatton, Eric Johnson, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Buddy Guy. Bonamassa's style of playing incorporates rock, blues-rock, Delta blues, electric blues, jazz, country - and even prog rock as evidenced by Yes's "Heart of the Sunrise" and the "Würm" section of "Starship Trooper" being regular features of live performances.

Solo career[link]

Bonamassa's solo début, in 2000, was his Top 10 Blues disc A New Day Yesterday, named after the 1969 Jethro Tull classic that Bonamassa makes his own with what allmusic.com called “a jaw-dropping performance”. Produced by the late Tom Dowd, the album featured guest shots by Gregg Allman, Rick Derringer and Leslie West. "Miss You, Hate You" remains a cornerstone of Bonamassa's repertoire, as does "Cradle Rock". Bonamassa followed it up in 2002 with "So, It's Like That", which included "Pain And Sorrow". The album was his first to hit #1 on Billboard's Blues Chart.

Joe Bonamassa performing at the Manchester Apollo, October 2010

In 2003 – designated "Year Of The Blues" by Congress – Bonamassa returned with Blues Deluxe. In the liner notes, Harris Cohen observed that Bonamassa, "never loses touch with the raw emotion that makes the blues what it is." Reviewing "Blues Deluxe", former Creem editor Jaan Uhelszki added, "New York guitar phenom walks tall in the blues tradition…jettisoning fiery riffs inspired by John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Elmore James, and Albert Collins into the future with furious playing, a hard-rock sensibility, and a grizzled voice that owes a debt to Gregg Allman. Equally inspired by the Delta blues and the mid-'60s British blues boom, the young firebrand … is able to fuse those two schools together, creating edgy blues rock." Had To Cry Today followed in 2004.

In 2006, Bonamassa released his fifth full-length studio album, You & Me. This album also reached #1 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart. For the recording of this album, he enlisted Jason Bonham, while "Your Funeral And My Trial", featured harmonica player L.D. Miller, and the bassist Carmine Rojas. The title of the album was taken from the Django Reinhardt song "Vous et Moi" (1942). The violin introduction of that song inspired Bonamassa to write "Django", the seventh track on the album. Longer live versions would later appear on Live From Nowhere in Particular in 2009, and at the Royal Albert Hall Concert (Live DVD). For this tour, Bonamassa used former Johnny Winter Bassist Mark Epstein and former Kenny Wayne Shepherd drummer Bogie Bowles.

Bonamassa performing on a double necked guitar in Madrid, Spain on June 2, 2009

Sloe Gin was released in August 2007, and spent several weeks at the top of the Billboard Blues Chart. Bonamassa's touring band underwent another change for this album's tour; bassist Carmine Rojas replaced Mark Epstein, and keyboardist Rick Melick was added. Both of the new band members took part in the recordings of You & Me and Sloe Gin, and toured on select dates during promotion of You & Me.

Bonamassa presented his first live show as a DJ on the UK radio station Planet Rock on November 9, 2008, playing tracks from B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Rory Gallagher and Eric Clapton.

In November 2008, Bonamassa announced he would be playing at the Royal Albert Hall in London on May 4, 2009. Tickets for the concert sold out in less than a week. Bonamassa described the event to the Express & Star as "the complete culmination of 20 years of work for me."^{[citation needed]}

At the Royal Albert Hall concert, Bonamassa mentioned that the first song that he learned to play was "Further on Up the Road" and he then introduced Eric Clapton and together they performed the song. Later Bonamassa paid tribute to the Paul Jones Radio Hour on BBC Radio for playing his material on the air, then introduced Paul Jones who played the harmonica on a Sonny Boy Williamson II song, "Your Funeral, My Trial."

In March 2010, Bonamassa released his tenth full-length solo album Black Rock^[9] which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts and #38 on the Billboard 200.

In May 2010, Ian Anderson guested at his concert at London's Hammersmith Apollo, and they played "A New Day Yesterday" along with "Locomotive Breath". At the end of 2010, Bowles announced his departure and Tal Bergman took over as touring drummer.

The Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Derek Sherinian supergroup is now called Black Country Communion. The band were forced to add 'Communion' to their original name Black Country after another band with the same name raised an objection.

In March 2011, Bonamassa released his eleventh full-length solo album, Dust Bowl, followed in September of the same year by a collaboration with Beth Hart called "Don't Explain".

In early 2012, Bonamassa completed the recording of his twelfth studio album. The title was confirmed by Bonamassa in a post on his official Facebook page on March 12 2012 as Driving Towards The Daylight^[10]. Bonamassa debuted the title track during his UK Tour in the same month^[11]

Discography[link]

DVDs[link]

Live at the Rockpalast was released in 2005, and recorded at the Burg Satzvey in Mechernich, Germany.^[12]

A live DVD titled A New Day Yesterday, Live was given away for a short period of time with So, It's Like That. This concert was later re-released as a full CD and DVD.

An instructional DVD, Signature Sounds, Styles and Techniques, was released in 2006.

A live DVD, Joe Bonamassa: Live From Royal Albert Hall was released in September 2009, featuring Eric Clapton as a guest performer.

Bonamassa's performance with pedal-steel guitarist Robert Randolph, Randolph's Family Band and Pino Daniele at the 2010 edition of Crossroads Guitar Festival appears on the Crossroads 2010 DVD. The song they played is Going Down.

A live DVD, "Joe Bonamassa Live from New York Beacon Theatre" was released in 2012.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Joe Bonamassa

• Official website
• Joe Bonamassa Experience official website
• Joe Bonamassa Official Fan Website
• European Joe Bonamassa Website

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Matt Nathanson
Matt Nathanson performing at the El Mocambo in Toronto, Canada on October 8, 2007.
Background information
Born	(1973-03-28) March 28, 1973 (age 39)
Origin	Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Folk, rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Acrobat Records (1993-present) Universal Records (2003) Vanguard Records (2007-present)
Website	www.mattnathanson.com

Matt Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher".

Early life and college years[link]

Nathanson was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic.^[1][2] Nathanson attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California (majoring in English and world literature).

Music[link]

The members of his band have included Aben Eubanks on guitar, keys and vocals, later replaced by Aaron Tap. John Thomasson has been his bassist since 2004. Jason McKenzie was on drums until Fall 2006; Nick Amoroso on two tours from Fall 2007 through Winter 2008. Konrad Meissner is the drummer. Before 2005, Nathanson was often accompanied by cellist Matt Fish.

Television[link]

His album Some Mad Hope was released on August 14, 2007. The song "All We Are" was featured on the television series NCIS in the fifth season episode "Family," the first season Private Practice episode "In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole," the One Tree Hill episodes "My Way Home is Through You" and "Forever and Almost Always". He was also featured on Women's Murder Club.

The ABC show Big Shots featured his song "Come On Get Higher," and the song "I Saw" was featured on Scrubs in the sixth season episode "My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby." Nathanson's song "Little Victories" was used on the Season 7 episode of Scrubs, "My Dumb Luck." On January 30, 2008, Nathanson and his band performed "Car Crash" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.^[3] His song "Sooner Surrender" was used on the May 28, 2008 episode of Men in Trees, "New Dog, Old Tricks". Nathanson and his band performed "Come On Get Higher" on the "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on December 22, 2008.^[4] The CW show The Vampire Diaries featured his song "All We Are" in the first season episode, "Family Ties" and Life Unexpected in second season episode titled "Parents Unemployed". The song was also on the fifth season episode ("Family", episode 2) of the CBS show "NCIS" His song "Bulletproof Weeks" appeared in the episode "Another Second Chance" of the TV series Private Practice on January 14, 2010.

On February 13, 2009, Nathanson and his band performed "Come On Get Higher" on the Late Show with David Letterman. On March 3, 2009, he performed on Ellen, singing "Come On Get Higher".

In March 2009, Nathanson was the special guest for Episode 17 of "Live From Daryl's House", Daryl Hall's monthly Internet concert. They, along with Hall's house band, performed (among other songs) "Car Crash", "Come On Get Higher", "Still" and "All We Are", as well as Hall & Oates classics "Did It in a Minute" and "One on One". Matt Nathanson's "Come On Get Higher" is featured on the CD "Circle of Friends - Dave FM: Volume 2," an Atlanta based radio station.

Matt Nathanson recently appeared on the hit show The Bachelor (U.S. TV series) (season 16), where he serenaded bachelor Ben Flajnik and runner-up Lindzi Cox with his hit "Faster". ^[5]

Covers[link]

Matt Nathanson's cover of "Laid" by Manchester band James was featured on the American Wedding soundtrack, as well as American Pie Presents Band Camp.^[6] Matt also covered the Prince song "Starfish & Coffee" for the children's album "For The Kids Too". Matt also performed a cover of Cat Steven's "The Wind" for the album "Wake Up Everybody".

Matt Nathanson performing in 2009

Albums[link]

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[edit] Please

Recorded and mixed in February/March 1993 in a house in Van Nuys, California. Most of the songs were written while Nathanson was in high school and a freshman at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. Before this, Nathanson had recorded only demos. This was his first collection of songs ever put on CD. Please was released in the spring of 1993.

[edit] Ernst

Recorded in Nathanson's new hometown of San Francisco in the winter of 1997. An entirely acoustic record, the instrumentation is mostly acoustic guitar with some accordion, cellos and percussion . This record was mixed at Toast Studios in San Francisco, by Jaquire King.

[edit] Not Colored Too Perfect

This record is a compilation of unreleased material, the bulk of which was recorded in San Rafael, CA in the fall of 1997. Two other songs on this compilation, “You're Smiling” and “Wait Up” were recorded in Santa Barbara, CA in the summer of 1995. The final two songs, “Trace of a Cat's Eye” and “Vandalized” were taken from the unreleased record by Nathanson's college band Here Comes Everybody. The HCE album was recorded in Claremont, CA, in the spring of 1995 but was never released. Both these songs were written by the drummer in the band, Bill Foreman.

[edit] Still Waiting for Spring

Recorded December 1998 in Cotati, CA. and January 1999 at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco, with Mark Weinberg. This record features David Immergluck & Charlie Gillingham of Counting Crows on tracks including the song "Loud," which was featured on the television show Dawson's Creek. The record was mixed at Different Fur in San Francisco and released spring of 1999.

[edit] When Everything Meant Everything

Recorded in the Winter of 2002, at Trakworx in South San Francisco. An entire album of songs was recorded but the release was shortened to an EP when Nathanson signed to Universal Records halfway through the mixing process. Studio versions of “Princess” and “Fall to Pieces” appear only on this EP. It was produced by Mark Weinberg and Nathanson and released in the fall of 2002.

[edit] Beneath These Fireworks

Recorded in Los Angeles in the winter of 2003, the team included drummer Matt Chamberlain, guitar player David Garza, and Glen Phillips, of the band Toad The Wet Sprocket, for background vocals. "Lucky Boy," from Still Waiting for Spring was re-recorded for this record, as were most of the songs from the When Everything Meant Everything EP/sessions. It was mixed by Mark Endert in Los Angeles and released in October 2003. "Suspended" and "I Saw" were released as singles and more than half the record was licensed to television shows like Scrubs, Tarzan, One Tree Hill, Joan of Arcadia and Men in Trees.

[edit] At the Point

Upon deciding that the major label world was not for him, Nathanson got out of his contract with Universal Records and released "At the Point." Recorded live over the course of 2 nights at The Point in Bryn Mawr, PA in June 2005, this is Nathanson's only live album. This record was released in April 2006 and debuted at #29 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart the week of its release.

[edit] Some Mad Hope

Some Mad Hope was recorded between August 2005 and March 2007 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Cotati, CA. The album was made independently, and Nathanson partnered with Vanguard Records for its release in August 2007. It debuted at #60 on the Billboard Top 200 and was on the charts for 34 weeks. Various songs on the record were placed on television shows including CSI, One Tree Hill, Private Practice, Melrose Place, 90210, Vampire Diaries, American Idol among others.^{[citation needed]}

Singles included “Come On Get Higher" (peaked at #2 at Triple A, #9 at Hot AC, #3 at Mainstream AC and #19 at Pop), “Car Crash” (peaked at #12 at Triple A, and #29 at Hot AC), “Falling Apart (peaked #29 at Hot AC), and “All We Are” (peaked at #26 at Triple A).

Some Mad Hope has sold over 300,000 copies and “Come On Get Higher” went platinum selling over 1.8 million in single sales.

[edit] Modern Love

Nathanson's album Modern Love was released in June 21, 2011. The first single, "Faster", was released in March. Nathanson is the opening act for Kelly Clarkson's Stronger Tour as of January 13, 2012 to April 10, 2012 on selected dates.

Personal life[link]

In the early 1990s, Nathanson relocated from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California. ^[7] He currently resides there with his wife.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Live albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

Singles[link]

• ^A"Run" also peaked at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Matt Nathanson collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• Matt Nathanson on the Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend podcast

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Mat Kearney
Background information
Born	(1978-12-01) December 1, 1978 (age 33) Eugene, Oregon, United States
Genres	Rock, folk, CCM
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, CP70, mandolin, synthesizer, vibraphone
Years active	2003–present
Labels	InPop (2004–2005) Columbia (2006–2009) Aware (2006–present) Universal Republic (2011–present)
Associated acts	Tyler Burkum, Trent Dabbs, Ten Out of Tenn, I Love You Sailor
Website	www.matkearney.com

Mathew William "Mat" Kearney^[1] ( /ˈkɑrni/; born December 1, 1978) is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kearney has received critical acclaim and widespread recognition for his Columbia Records debut, Nothing Left to Lose. So far, he has a total of four top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart.

His most recent album, Young Love, was released on August 2, 2011. The album's first single, "Hey Mama," was released on May 10, 2011.^[2]

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Mat was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon with his two brothers. Through his mother he is a sixth generation Oregonian and his father's family immigrated from Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine.^[3] In high school, Mat devoted much of his time to painting, graffiti, soccer, poetry, and music, though he was not playing music at the time. His favorite artists growing up ranged from A Tribe Called Quest to Bob Dylan.

He attended California State University, Chico in Chico, California where he majored in literature and played soccer until his junior year. It was also at this time when Mat picked up a guitar for the first time. Using a roommate's guitar, he tried covering other songs. Realizing he was not too good at it, he began writing his own. Though things were going well for Kearney at school, Chico caught up to him. At a school known for its partying, Mat fit right in. In an interview, Mat 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." Mat continued, "God found me when I was at my lowest point. That was the first time in my life when I really felt like I understood who Jesus was- it was more than knowing about Him, I felt like He met me in that time and place."

Mat 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, Mat 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 the move and Mat accepted the journey. 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." Mat decided to stay in Nashville to record a few demos with Marvin and after a few months, Mat 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."

[edit] 2005–07: Nothing Left to Lose

"Nothing Left to Lose" was the title track and first single off Kearney's second album. It peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100, week of February 10, 2007. On April 18, 2006, Nothing Left to Lose was released; it has sold over 450,000 records to date. The first single, "Nothing Left to Lose" has sold over 500,000 copies and won numerous BMI awards. "All I Need" was featured on Grey's Anatomy and NCIS and began to chart on iTunes top 100 downloaded songs. It peaked at #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 the spring of 2007.

[edit] 2008–09: City of Black & White

Kearney's following album, City of Black & White, was released through Columbia Records on May 19, 2009. Mat 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 Mat's previous albums and EPs, joined Mat yet again. The lead single was "Closer To Love" and it received much airplay, on 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.^[4] It debuted on the Billboard 200 at #13. He most recently toured with Owl City and Unwed Sailor on Owl City's "All Things Bright And Beautiful Tour."

[edit] 2010–11: Young Love

Kearney's latest album, Young Love, was released on August 2, 2011. The album's first single, "Hey Mama," was released on May 10, 2011. "Hey Mama" has already charted in the Top 40 of Adult Pop Songs at #22. The second single "Down" has charted as high as #23 on the Christian Songs chart.^[5]

Featured in the Media[link]

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 and The Vampire Diaries. His song "Runaway" is featured on the Soul Surfer movie soundtrack. Kearney's song "Sooner or Later" provides the background music to Google's Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review video, which was uploaded to YouTube on December 14, 2011.^[6]

Musical Equipment[link]

Mat's guitars of choice are usually the Martin D-28 or the Gibson Hummingbird. Mat began to regularly use the Martin when he toured with Keane to promote City of Black & White. Once he began his headlining tour, he continued to use it. Most concerts before that, he is seen with his Gibson. The Martin was lost in the May 2010 Tennessee floods along with much of his other equipment.

Personal life[link]

Mat currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, in Hillsboro Village with his wife, Annie, whom he married on June 5, 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 mom corrected the error with red ink, never legally correcting it. Since then, he embraced the one T in his legal name.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

EPs[link]

• Revive Us – EP (2002)
• West In November – EP (2003)
• The Chicago EP – EP (2005)
• Nothing Left to Lose Acoustic EP – EP (2006)
• Rhapsody Originals (Live) – EP Digital-Only (02/20/2007)
• NapsterLive (Live) – EP Digital-Only (03/13/2007)
• iTunes Exclusive Acoustic EP – EP Digital-Only (04/17/2007)
• iTunes Exclusive Live Session EP – EP Digital-Only (2009)
• Black Swan Shadow (2010)

Live concerts[link]

• Mat Kearney: Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco (2010)

Singles[link]

Awards[link]

GMA Dove Awards[link]

Media appearances[link]

• Last Call with Carson Daly (April 21, 2006)
• WB Morning Show – "Nothing Left to Lose" (August 30, 2006)
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien – "Nothing Left to Lose" (November 9, 2006)
• Late Show with David Letterman – "Nothing Left to Lose" (January 19, 2007)
• VSpot Top 20 Countdown (January 21, 2007)
• Tonight Show with Jay Leno – "Nothing Left to Lose" (February 8, 2007)
• Ellen – "Nothing Left to Lose" (March 21, 2007)
• CBS Saturday – "Nothing Left to Lose" (March 2007)
• VSpot Top 20 Countdown (March 2007)
• A&E's Breakfast with the Arts – (November 15, 2006)
• Tonight Show with Jay Leno – "Undeniable" (August 29, 2007)
• Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien – "Closer to Love" (July 22, 2009)
• Tonight Show with Jay Leno – "Hey Mama" (August 2, 2011)

Band[link]

• Mat Kearney – vocals, guitar, piano
• Jeremy Lutito – drums, piano
• Tyler Burkum – guitar, lap steel
• Daniel James – guitar, keyboard, bass drum
• Adam Keafer – bass
• Nathan Spicer – guitar

References[link]

• Breakfast with the Arts on A&E (1992, TV Show)
• Featured Music on Grey's Anatomy
• Review of City of Black and White
• Fans of Mat Kearney
• Kearney goes home
• Sims-Kearney vows planned in Tennessee

External links[link]

• Official site
• Mat Kearney at the Internet Movie Database