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Tuxedo: Tiny Desk Concert

July 17, 2017 • Tuxedo, the unlikely-on-paper funk-soul duo of Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One, brought a left-of-center sonic approach and a sharp sense of style to their Tiny Desk Concert.

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Favorite Sessions

Mayer Hawthorne, 'Fancy Clothes' (Live)

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April 21, 2016 • The soul singer performs a track from his new album, Man About Town, live in the studio for KCRW.

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Mayer Hawthorne On World Cafe

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April 8, 2016 • You can't separate this Southern California musician from his Motor City roots.

Mayer Hawthorne on World Cafe

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Review

First Listen

Review: Cool Uncle, 'Cool Uncle'

November 4, 2015 • What happens when sexagenarian, Quiet-Storm crooner Bobby Caldwell and thirtysomething hit producer Jack Splash get together? Smooth fireworks!

Mayer Hawthorne, 'Her Favorite Song' (Live)

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Favorite Sessions

Mayer Hawthorne, 'Her Favorite Song' (Live)

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March 13, 2014 • Like funky bass? Zebra stripes? And grown-ups in PJs? We've got video for you. When Hawthorne showed up for his live session on Morning Becomes Eclectic, he was still wearing his pajamas.

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World Cafe

Mayer Hawthorne On World Cafe

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October 25, 2013 • The retro-soul singer revisits the World Cafe for this week's Sense of Place: Detroit feature. In this episode, the musician, who began as a hip-hop artist, talks about how he was influenced by growing up in the Motor City.

Mayer Hawthorne On World Cafe

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First Listen: Mayer Hawthorne, 'Where Does This Door Go'

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First Listen

First Listen: Mayer Hawthorne, 'Where Does This Door Go'

July 7, 2013 • In the course of three studio albums, Hawthorne has transformed himself from underground indie-soul curiosity to imminent star. Hawthorne has long been a student of the music that precedes him, with skills as a composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist that take him well beyond mimicry.

Where Does This Door Go

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Review

Music Reviews

Mayer Hawthorne: Smooth Retro-Soul

September 16, 2009 • Among those who find today's soul throwbacks too mired in the past, Hawthorne's A Strange Arrangement is unlikely to change many minds. Yet the album suggests a promising future for the artist.