Mat Kearney at First Ave....

Mat Kearney's latest release, Young Love, has been drifting over the airways for months. Naturally, I love it. So imagine my surprise (and excitement) when One 2 One Network put me on the list to attend his November 20 show at the legendary First Avenue!

Having been to over 300 live shows in my life, I have seen shows in venues of all sizes. The last show of his tour, Kearney packed the house that Sunday night. He played classics like Breathe In, Breathe Out and Closer to Love as well as new hits of his Young Love Album like Hey Mama! and Ships in the Night.

I also heard that a couple got engaged during Kearney's performance of Breathe In, Breathe Out.

While on stage, Kearney made mention of this being his 1st time selling out First Avenue. The quality of his show, as well as his on stage presence and presentation screams that he is ready to graduate to a larger venue.

Not only am I hoping to catch Kearney on his next go-round, I look forward to seeing him at the Varsity or Northrup!

Cupcake Making Dancing Music

Friday was my daughter's 11th birthday. She is now 11 and going into the 6th grade.

I'm a bit scared.

But... On Saturday we hosted her birthday party. What she wanted to do more than anything was to have everyone decorate their OWN cupcakes. Which meant that my Saturday morning was spent baking.

To set the mood of fun, I popped the new Mat Kearney CD I received from One2One Network into the disc changer and turned up the volume.

 

The Young Love album is upbeat and fun. It is completely family friendly, and I had no concerns about blaring it as my daughter, her best friend, and I starting whipping up cupcakes like no one's business...

The girls danced around the kitchen to the catchy lead off single, "Hey Mama". Although not all as fast paced, the rest of the album proved to be full of the catchy and rhythmic tunes Mat Kearney is known for!

My favorite song on the album was "Learning to Love Again". My daughter loved the beat and lyrics to "She Got the Honey" and danced around to it long after the cupcakes were baked!

The cupcakes turned out famously, and the girls were riding high on an icing induced sugar high for much of the night. I survived my youngest turning 11 and officially entering the middle school years...

Now to prep myself for 14 and high school... Maybe Mat will have an album to help me cope.

I received the Mat Kearney Young Love album at no charge from One2One Network in exchange for my honest opinion.