Photos: Karen Goldman OAKLAND — Fresh off dropping his sophomore album, Blue Madonna, breakthrough pop singer-songwriter BØRNS kicked off a tour at the Fox Theater Wednesday. The Michigander, whose real name is Garrett Borns, started off his set in high gear with “God Save Our Young Blood,” the first single from…

Garrett Borns of BØRNS, Courtesy. When he was 10 and growing up alongside the dunes of the east Lake Michigan coastline, in Grand Haven, Michigan, Garrett Borns already had his sights on the arts and the life of a showman. But music hadn’t yet become his primary obsession. That…