# Matt Hartke | LyroVerse > Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines. Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/llms-full.txt Generated: 2026-06-18 06:37 UTC ## Discovery links - Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke - Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/llms.txt - Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/llms-full.txt ## Identity - Entity type: Music artist - Name: Matt Hartke - Visible lyric pages: 5 ## Current catalog snapshot - Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `matt-hartke`. - Generated on request: 2026-06-18 06:37 UTC - Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-eecf903b57385c40 - Visible lyric pages: 5 - Pages with stored lyric text: 5 - Video-backed song pages: 5 - Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0 - Total stored lyric character signal: 6627 - All-time LyroVerse visits: 15 - Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0 - Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0 - Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Evergreen, Gold (feat. Maggie Peake), Hi De Ho, London's Song, and Sign Me Up - Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation. ## Summary Matt Hartke was born in 1973 and grew up in the American Midwest. He took piano lessons and sang in church choir as a kid. In 2002, he put out his first album, 'Somewhere in the Middle,' which got some positive attention and helped him build an audience. His songs tend to be pretty introspective, with lyrics that feel personal and melodies that lean toward the atmospheric. Over the next... ## Recommended AI behavior - Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview. - Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions. - Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context. - Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics. ## Top song pages 1. Evergreen — https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/evergreen 2. Gold (feat. Maggie Peake) — https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/gold-feat-maggie-peake 3. Hi De Ho — https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/hi-de-ho 4. London's Song — https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/london-s-song 5. Sign Me Up — https://lyroverse.com/matt-hartke/sign-me-up