Jason Mraz

Given the right beats, his talent for rhyming and the currently popular use of acoustic guitars, Mraz proves that even the geeks among us can command the hearts of teenage girls across the country. Good for him. It doesn't hurt that he writes songs that are imminently catchy. Start with "Wordplay."

With his acoustic guitar, jazzy scatting vocals and trucker-hat sincerity, Jason Mraz is one
folkie star who's unlikely to be acquitted in the Not Such a Hot Idea Trials. His new album,
Mr. A-Z, qualifies as cruel and unusual cuteness, the kind of cuteness barrage that forces
bystanders to hide under coffeehouse tables as lines like "I'm the wizard of oooh's and
aaah's and fa-la-la's" go whizzing by. Mraz sticks to the same hit formula of 2002's ... More >