Jason Mraz, “Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride.” Cleverly crafted and melodically mesmerizing, the new album by Jason Mraz, Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride, beams with authenticity. Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride Jason Mraz BMG, June 23 7/10 Get the album on Amazon Music. Mraz’s relaxed and upbeat hits like “I’m…

Thanks to the new Disney+ film “Clouds,” Zach Sobiech‘s 2012 hit song of the same name is again at the top of streaming charts, seven years after it brought the 17-year-old and his songwriting partner, bandmate and best friend, Sammy Brown, international acclaim just before his death to a…

Jason Mraz, “Look For The Good.” Every white family has that uncle who adopts a Jamaican accent after a couple beers at the BBQ. His impression involves an endless recombining of the phrases, “Yah, mon,” and “Feelin’ irie.” It’s cultural appropriation and completely cringeworthy, but it’s also kinda cute…

Like all art, music leaves a cultural imprint representing the events, feelings, successes and failures of the time that birthed it. While various styles of music capture the experience of the groups that listen to it, Top 40 pop speaks for the masses. With 2020 around the corner, let’s…