Jason Mraz’s Grandma’s Gospel Favorites Out Today
“STILL YOURS” EAST COAST TOUR KICKS OFF TUESDAY IN PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Album available here.
Photo here.
Hi-res art and bio available here.
Today, multi-GRAMMY® Award winning artist Jason Mraz released Grandma’s Gospel Favorites, an album he first recorded as a Christmas gift for his grandmother, “Nanny Razz,” in 2007.
“My grandmother asked me to make her a gospel album, so I did,” said Mraz.
An intimate and personal album originally created for an audience of one, Grandma’s Gospel Favorites honors some of Mraz’s earliest musical memories, including the 1905 hymn “His Eye Is On The Sparrow,” “Old Rugged Cross,” and Johnny Cash’s “Daddy Sang Bass” featuring longtime collaborator Noel “Toca” Rivera singing background vocals. “Daddy Sang Bass” – the first video from a new batch of Live from The Mranch performances, directed by Jeff Coffman – will launch this weekend on Mraz’s YouTube channel.
The album’s artwork features a watercolor portrait by Linda Cheung, originally painted on the envelope of a fan letter sent to Mraz by one of Cheung’s friends. When he opened the letter several years later, he was in the midst of planning the public release of Grandma’s Gospel Favorites and immediately saw the portrait as the perfect visual for this intimate and personal collection of songs.
On Monday, Mraz will perform his classic “I Won’t Give Up” on the finale of “American Idol” with contestant Keyla Richardson, who dedicated the song to her son earlier in the season. The next morning, Mraz will kick off the East Coast leg of his Still Yours Tour in Palm Beach, FL at Glazer Hall. The tour runs for one month, concluding with two nights at the Brooklyn Paramount on June 9 and 10. The solo acoustic shows, which will feature a retrospective setlist of songs from throughout Mraz’s career, follow a sold out UK & EU run of the tour.
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Jason Mraz is a two-time GRAMMY® Award winning singer/songwriter and Songwriters Hall of Fame Honoree, most famously known by his hits, "I'm Yours" and "I Won't Give Up." His non-profit, the Jason Mraz Foundation, supports programs focused on inclusive arts education and the advancement of equality. In 2023, Mraz released his eighth studio album, Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride featuring the single “I Feel Like Dancing” and placed second on Season 32 of “Dancing With The Stars,” which aired live on ABC and remains streaming on Disney+. Prior to that, he performed as Dr. Pomatter in Waitress on Broadway.
Jason Mraz
Grandma’s Gospel Favorites
Available now (Interrabang/BMG)
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Daddy Sang Bass
It Is No Secret
Peach Pie
Evening Prayer
His Eye Is On The Sparrow
Old Rugged Cross
Never Grow Old
When We Die (You Are Loved)
God Be With You (Til We Meet Again)
Jason Mraz
“STILL YOURS”
MAY
12 – Palm Beach, FL – Glazer Hall
13 – Ft. Myers, FL – Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
15 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Broward Center for the Performing Arts
16 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
17 – Orlando, FL – Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
19 – Evans, GA – Columbia County Performing Arts Center
20 – Chattanooga, TN – Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
22 – Greenville, SC – Peace Center
23 – Wilmington, NC – The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College
26 – North Bethesda, MD – Music Center at Strathmore
27 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Theatre
29 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
30 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa
31 – Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theatre
JUNE
3 – South Deerfield, MA – Summer Stage at Tree House Brewing
5 – Mashantucket, CT – Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino
6 – Boston, MA – Boch Center Wang Theatre
9 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
10 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount