Born and Raised

*Born and Raised* is a set of organic cowboy songs dreamed up under a starry night sky. Songs like “Queen of California” and “Shadow Days” reflect a countrified worldview. “If I Ever Get Around to Living” shimmers with intricate arpeggios and gentle backup vocals. Melancholy harmonicas inform the mood of “Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey” and “A Face to Call Home.”

Mayer's latest is his most "down home" effort yet, as well as his most tender and poignant.

Mayer is confessional and a little chastened on Born and Raised, sometimes affectingly so.

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