Shannon Guest Matt Nathanson crushed his show at Cahn Auditorium on March 7, 2025 in Evanston, Illinois. Starting off the show, Lisa Loeb took the stage, making for the perfect start to the night.
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, touring musician, and philanthropist who began her career with the 1994 hit Reality Bites song “Stay (I Missed You),’ the first song to go to No. 1 by an unsigned artist, leading to a major recording contract. She’s released 15 studio albums, including five children’s albums and two illustrated children’s books with music, with A Simple Trick to Happiness is her newest release.
Lisa founded The Camp Lisa Foundation, which sends underserved kids to summer camp. She oversees the business and design of Lisa Loeb Eyewear, an ever-growing collection available at optical shops and Costco. Lisa provides voice talent for the animated series “Creative Galaxy” and composes the original songs for the Emmy nominated “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” series. Lisa’s recent film and TV credits include “Fuller House,” “AP Bio,” John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight,” “About a Boy,” “Hot Tub Time Machine 2,” and Sprout’s “Sunny Side Up.”
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Matt Nathanson
California-based singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson is best known for his earnest, introspective adult alternative songs, but he’s also known to fans for live stage banter that borders on standup comedy. That wit is also evident in his lyrics, be they self-conscious, longing, or playful. He released a series of independent albums beginning with 1993’s Please before making his major-label debut in 2003 with his fifth LP, Beneath These Fireworks. Though he quickly returned to independent status, the Hot 100 singles “Come on Get Higher” (2007), “Faster” (2011), and “Run” featuring Sugarland (2011) followed later, as he became a regular on the Billboard 200.
After edging his acoustic-minded singer/songwriter pop toward glossier production with 2011’s Modern Love, he reached a career-high number 16 in the U.S. with his eighth studio album, 2013’s Last of the Great Pretenders. He continued to chart with his albums throughout the rest of the decade and had an adult contemporary hit with the song “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” in 2019. Nathanson’s 2020s output included the personal Boston Accent (2022), his 13th studio album.
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Photos by Shannon Guest Photography. All images © 2025 Copyright Shannon Guest Photography. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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