John Mayers nye album, Born and Raised, slippes 21. mai

Columbia Records is pleased to announce that Born and Raised, the next album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer, will be released on May 21. The first single, “Shadow Days,” will be out on March 9.

Mayer produced Born and Raised with Don Was, who worked on albums for acts such as the Rolling Stones, B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt.  Rock legends David Crosby and Graham Nash provide vocals on the title song and musicians joining Mayer on the album and on the road include highly-regarded keyboardist/pianist Chuck Leavell—who has worked with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and The Allman Brothers Band—as well as previous collaborators Sean Hurley on bass and Aaron Sterling on drums.  Jim Keltner makes a special appearance on drums on “Something Like Oliva.” Rounding out the touring band are David Ryan Harris on guitar and vocals, Doug Pettibone on guitar and Michito Sanchez on percussion.  

Mayer has already announced that he’s going to do an 18-date Spring tour that will kick off on April 9 in Bloomington, IN. Stops on the tour will include Detroit, Providence, Buffalo, Memphis, Kansas City, Las Vegas and Phoenix. He will also be performing at South By Southwest in Austin on March 17 and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on April 29.

Mayer’s highly-anticipated album release and tour follow the success of Battle Studies, which debuted at #1 in November, 2009 and went platinum within weeks. The 2010 tour supporting that album sold out arenas across the country and earned the musician some of the best performance reviews of his career.

John Mayer – Born and Raised- produced by John Mayer and Don Was.

1.    Queen of California
2.    The Age of Worry
3.    Shadow Days
4.    Speak for Me
5.    Something Like Olivia
6.    Born and Raised
7.    If I Ever Get Around To Living
8.    Love is a Verb
9.    Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967
10.    Whisky, Whisky, Whisky
11.    A Face To Call Home
12.    Born and Raised (Reprise)

John Mayer fikk sitt virkelige gjennombrudd i Norge med forrige album, ”Battle Studies”, som nådde helt opp til #2 på VG-lista og tilbrakte hele 18 uker i Topp 40. Albumet var anført av radiofavoritten ”Who Says” som også nådde helt opp til #2 på VG-lista.

Første single, “Shadow Days”, i salg fra 9. mars