How happy am I? Mat Kearney is set to release his third studio project, City of Black & White, on May 19, 2009. Yahoo!!
Kearney’s sophomore studio album, Nothing Left To Lose, is seriously one of my favorite albums. For those of you complaining that Christian music is sugar coated pop drivel, you have to check out Mat Kearney. Trust me on this one.

Mat Kearney initially sprung onto the music scene in 2004 with Bullet, his first national release and his label debut on Inpop Records. The album spawned the hit song “Undeniable,” (the song also appeared on Nothing Left To Lose) which broke a record for largest number of out-of-the-box radio adds on R&R’s Christian CHR chart. His following grew rapidly in both Christian and mainstream music circles, grabbing the attention of Aware Records, label home to John Mayer, Train and Five For Fighting. In 2005, Kearney and Inpop Records inked a general-market partnership with Aware/Columbia Records.
His 2006 Nothing Left To Lose garnered him Dove Awards for New Artist of the Year as well as Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song (“Trainwreck”). The album has scanned nearly 400,000 copies to date. Songs from the album have been used on popular shows including Grey’s Anatomy,” “Bones,” and “Friday Night Lights” and Kearney has toured with John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, The Fray and Jason Mraz. He was also featured as a VH1 You Oughta Know artist and headlined the first VH1 “You Oughta Know” tour.
Tour plans for 2009 are currently underway. You can learn more about Mat Kearney, and check out the first single, “Closer To Love,” from his upcoming City of Black & White, at his website.
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