Rayland Baxter Announces EP Honoring Mac Miller

Nearly a year after Mac Miller’s death at the age of 26, Nashville native Rayland Baxter announced a tribute EP covering seven of Miller’s songs. The album good mmornin will be released on July 26 via ATO Records.

Baxter draws out the fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and R&B that underlies Miller’s songs and blends them with his own Americana sound. The seemingly contrasting sounds instead complement one another and illuminate Miller’s influence on Baxter’s original songs. Friends and musicians who joined Baxter in the studio include keyboardist/guitarist Aaron Embry, drummer Eric Slick, and Baxter’s own father, pedal steel guitarist Bucky Baxter.

Proceeds from the album will benefit MusiCares’ Mac Miller Legacy Fund, which helps adolescents fighting substance abuse. Miller’s final album Swimming was one of American Songwriter‘s best albums of 2018.

Listen to Baxter’s takes on “2009” and “Objects in the Mirror,” see his upcoming tour dates and check out the EP track list below.

good mmornin track list:

1) Objects In The Mirror

2) 2009

3) Small Worlds

4) We

5) Brand Name

6) Cinderella

7) Come Back To Earth

See Rayland Baxter on tour in 2019:
June 28^th – Saint Fransicville, MO @ Angad Arts Hotel Rooftop
July 3^rd – Charlotte, NC @ 4^th of July Celebration
July 5^th – Telluride, CO @ Sheridan Opera House
July 7^th – Copper Mountain, CO @ 10 Barrel Outdoor Lounge
July 11^th – Ann Arbor, MI @ Sonic Lunch
July 12^th – Snowshow, WV @ 4848 Festival
July 13^th – Winnipeg, Canada @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 14^th – Winnipeg, Canada @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 26^th – Camden, NJ @ XPoNential Music Festival
July 27^th – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival
August 2^nd – Kaufbeuren, Germany @ Art & Vielfalt Festival
August 4^th – Luhmühlen, Germany @ A Summers Tale
August 5^th – Leipzig, Germany @ Tãubchenthal
August 7^th – Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget festekbolt
August 8^th – Winterthur, Switzerland @ Winterthurer Musikfestwoochen
August 9^th – Rees-haldern, Germany @ Haldern Pop Festival
August 11^th – Newquay, United Kingdom @ Boardmasters Festival
August 31^st – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
September 7^th – Chattanooga, TN @ Moon River Festival
September 14^th – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
September 21^nd – East Aurora, NY @ Borderland Music Festival
September 22^nd – Franklin, TN @ Pilgrimage Festival
September 27^th – Arnoldsville, GA @ Wildwood Revival
October 5^th – Charleston, SC @ Into The Woods
October 12^th – Mount Vernon, KY @ Moonshiner’s Ball