In the course of four studio albums, Michigan-bred soul singer Mayer Hawthorne has refined his gift for songs that emulate and update his home state's Motown sound. As he's picked up major-label ...

about “Where Does This Door Go,” the much-anticipated follow-up to his 2011 breakthrough album, “How Do You Do.” Born and raised in Ann Arbor, the club-DJ-turned-singer-songwriter plays music steeped ...

While his last album was called “Rare Changes,” retro soul man Mayer Hawthorne found himself going through a lot of changes ever since COVID-19 hit. “First of all, it’s a very strange time, a crazy ...

New on the scene musician Mayer Hawthorne let’s us know what’s getting high rotation on his i-Pod these days. Finally, a segment we call In Your Ear. Thats the part of the program where we ask some of ...

Mayer Hawthorne has done a lot during the 15 years since his debut album, “A Strange Arrangement,” was released. The Ann Arbor native (born Andrew Cohen) has released six albums of his own soul-fueled ...

On Mayer Hawthorne's sophomore effort, "How Do You Do," the falsetto−crooning soul singer coyly opens the album by wooing an unnamed woman. The artist sets a ...

Soulful singer Mayer Hawthorne figured it was time he went for something completely different on his latest album, “Where Does This Door Go.” Popular music critic {{description}} Email notifications ...

If you’ve been feeling a bit of a funk deficiency lately, have no fear. Ric Wilson is back on the scene with a new song, “We Aight,” bringing with him one of modern funk’s most stalwart sources, Mayer ...

I’m having a hard time writing about Mayer Hawthorne’s sophomore album How Do You Do because all I want to do is listen to the song “A Long Time” over and over again. It’s the type of catchy tune you ...

Melbourne artist and producer Alice Ivy has announced her third album, titled Do What Makes You Happy. The album, which doesn’t yet have a release date, is the follow-up to 2020’s Don’t Sleep. Alice ...