Seem everybody is doing the soul revival thing these days. And, while that’s true to an extent, there’s a couple of acts out there who are really doing the resurgent genre some justice — like, say, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When Mayer Hawthorne first released his debut album, A Strange Arrangement, there was a lot of ...

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 ...

When Ann Arbor native Andrew Cohen first introduced himself to the world as Mayer Hawthorne two years ago, soul music novices were enthralled but many music purists cocked their eyebrows. Exactly who ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The audience — a mix of students here for the summer, townies and adults in their 50s and 60s — ...

It’s easy to see Mayer Hawthorne merely as a Motown throwback R&B crooner, one of the key purveyors of the musical style that’s been perplexingly dubbed both “neo-soul” and “retro-soul.” But the Ann ...

Last year brought on some major ch-ch- ch-changes for Grammy-nominated Ann Arbor native Mayer Hawthorne who has had a quietly productive couple of years. On 2020’s Rare Changes LP, the 42-year-old ...