Hoopla - Matt Nathanson, McGrath Amphitheater, July 10, 2014

Matt Nathanson performs at the McGrath Amphitheater in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Based in San Francisco, Matt Nathanson has evolved into one of the premier songwriters and dynamic performers on the music scene today. Matt Nathanson's ninth studio recording, Last of the Great Pretenders, will be released on July 16th. Nathanson stirs the material with deftly placed pop-cultural references and vivid details drawn from his keen observations of everyday life, while topping each song with an emphatic and seductive chorus hook.(Justin Torner/Freelance for Hoopla)