Multi-Grammy® Award Winner Jason Mraz To Release Americana Album Recorded For His Grandmother
GRANDMA’S GOSPEL FAVORITES SET FOR RELEASE MAY 8 WITH CENTURY OLD HYMN “HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW” OUT TODAY
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Multi-GRAMMY® Award winning artist Jason Mraz today revealed that he will release an album originally recorded for his grandmother almost two decades ago. Grandma’s Gospel Favorites, a Christmas gift for his “Nanny Razz” in 2007, will reach a broader audience on May 8, 2026 in honor of the late Mary Helen Mraz-Fowler and just in time for Mother’s Day.
“My grandmother asked me to make her a gospel album, so I did,” said Mraz.
Grandma’s Gospel Favorites honors some of Mraz’s earliest musical memories: the songs he heard in church on Sunday mornings in rural Virginia. Today Mraz revealed the first song, a stirring version of the 1905 hymn “His Eye Is On The Sparrow.” The album also includes standards like “Old Rugged Cross” and a bluegrass version of “Turn Your Radio On” with harmonies and mandolin pickin’ set to a backbone of upright bass. Johnny Cash’s “Daddy Sang Bass” is a standout, and Mraz fans will immediately recognize longtime collaborator Noel “Toca” Rivera singing background vocals. Andy Powers, CEO/Chief Guitar Designer of Taylor Guitars, plays mandolin, banjo, dobro, and pedal steel throughout the album, while Ray Suen composed and performs its string arrangements on violin and viola.
Mraz also covers gospel favorites “It Is No Secret” and “Evening Prayer,” both songs previously recorded by Elvis Presley and Jim Reeves, as well as “Never Grow Old,” another Reeves favorite also covered by Johnny Cash and Aretha Franklin. Overall, the album pays homage to the roots of American popular music and the sounds of Appalachia that Mraz grew up hearing.
Mraz penned two original songs to complete the album: the cheeky uptempo “Peach Pie” about the squirrels laying siege to his peach tree and “When We Die (You Are Loved),” a beautiful intimate acoustic song of wonder about what happens after this life.
Following the album’s release, Mraz will head out on the East Coast leg of his Still Yours Tour, which kicks off May 12 in Palm Beach, FL at Glazer Hall. The month-long run culminates with two nights at the Brooklyn Paramount on June 9 and 10. The solo acoustic shows will feature a retrospective setlist of songs from throughout Mraz’s career.
Yesterday, the Grammy Museum® announced a screening of the documentary “The Opener” in Los Angeles on Monday, April 27. “The Opener” is a feel-great story about Philip Labes, a street performer who shared his music online to process the grief and isolation of the pandemic and found that it spoke to millions. When his songs reached the ears of Mraz, one of his heroes, he was invited on his very first tour and given a chance to prove himself on the big stage. Mraz will join Labes and filmmakers Jeff Toye and Sunya Mara at the screening for a Q&A and special acoustic performance. For more information or tickets, click here.
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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
Release date: May 8, 2026 (Interrabang/BMG)
Turn Your Radio On
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