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Thanks to everyone that made KFOG's Concert for Kids such a wonderful night: Brandi Carlile, Mat Kearney, Eoin Harrington, UCSF Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco, and of course, Fogheads.
Check out photos from the night below.
See you next year!
Brandi Carlile brandicarlile.com
Give Up The Ghost, Brandi Carlile's third album, unveils her talents in their truest form. After 2 albums and non-stop touring, she has let her guard down and offers her most candid recording to date. If the phrase "give up the ghost" most often refers to death or dying, it can also be used to describe the passing of stages in life, of transformation. "They say it takes you your whole life to write your first record, and in our case the first two records, and that you have to write your second record in just a matter of months. So we went into the songwriting process conscious of that, and really made an effort to just leave ourselves behind. We wrote about life, the world, how we felt, how we will feel. In that sense, these songs are like time travelers in that they exist on a much more ethereal plane, and that's what 'give up the ghost' means to us."
Brandi Carlile's Give Up the Ghost is available now.
Mat Kearney matkearney.com
When you record the type of smart, catchy songs Mat Kearney cut for his 2006 album Nothing Left to Lose, you end up spending a lot of time on the road. Three years later, he returns with City of Black & White, an album informed by the traveling, performing and adventuring the Oregon-born, Nashville-based singer did while supporting his breakthrough album. An open-hearted album of self-discovery, City of Black & White is a chronicle of the people he met and missed during that journey. Musically, it's an upping of the ante, laced with hooks and rhythms that are meant to sneak up on you quietly and quickly, en route to winning your love.
Mat Kearney's City of Black & White is available now.
Eoin Harrington eoinharrington.com
A classically-trained pianist, Harrington possesses a clear vibrant tenor, and his vocals have been described as reminiscent of Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, James Blunt or “a grittier Elton John. The vocal style comparisons aside, the songwriting is what sets him apart, evidenced by his twice capturing “Best Song” in the West Coast Songwriters competition for “I’m Sorry” and the plaintive “Never Be Lonely,” now both included on Story, his debut recording. Bay Area writer Gian Fiero described what makes Harrington special as “his ability to write a song that connects with the listener and tells a story simultaneously.”