Jason Mraz to release gospel album, ‘Grandma’s Gospel Favorites’

Jason Mraz is making his late grandmother proud.

The singer said Friday that he’s releasing a collection of gospel songs he originally recorded as a gift for his grandma Mary Helen Mraz-Fowler aka Nanny Razz back in 2007.

“My grandmother asked me to make her a gospel album, so I did,” Jason says.

Grandma’s Gospel Favorites will be out in time for Mother’s Day on May 8. The first song off the album, a version of the 1905 hymn “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” is out now.

The album will also include standards like “Old Rugged Cross” and “Turn Your Radio On,” as well as the Johnny Cash cover “Daddy Sang Bass.” There are two original songs on the album as well: “Peach Pie” and “When We Die (You Are Loved)”

Jason kicks off the East Coast leg of his Still Yours tour May 12 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Here is the track list:
“Turn Your Radio On”
“Daddy Sang Bass”
“It Is No Secret”
“Peach Pie”
“Evening Prayer”
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow”
“Old Rugged Cross”
“Never Grow Old”
“When We Die (You Are Loved)”
“God Be With You (Til We Meet Again)”