Minnesota troubadour Mason Jennings covers the Bill Withers’ classic “Lean on Me” as part of The Voice Project, which is a non-profit attempting to bring awareness to the plight of women in Uganda and peace/stability to the region. The group funds its efforts through a content-driven paradigm. Basically that means there are a ton of [...]
Mason Jennings
Despite Mason Jennings‘ disappointing concert last weekend in Boston (curious choices for his setlist, lack of full backing band), his new album Minnesota has some really great tunes on it. The album as a whole is a mixed bag, which has been the case with the last three or four albums from the midwest troubadour. [...]
The Minnesota troubadour’s new album, The Flood, comes out November 16th on his own label Stats and Brackets. “I actually didn’t even know that we were making a video during the filming of this, which is what I love about it,” Mason Jennings tells Spinner. “My friend Dan just had a bunch of little cameras [...]
It’s been a while since a song has slung my heart to its core, but Mason Jennings often has that effect on me. He just released a new album, Blood of Man, which I picked up last night while buying my wristband for MusicFest (caught The Fences, Portland Cello Project, Damian Juarado last night). And [...]
So last night Mason Jennings played at the Wonder Ballroom and it was the first Mason Jennings show I missed since first seeing him open for Jack Johnson in Nov. 2001. Well, the first show when he wasplaying in a city I was living in. If I had seen every single Mason concert since 2001, [...]
Last night I made the effort to go out and watch the Celtics crap away a game they could have won. It was especially frustrating because with the exception of Ray Allen the team played intensely poor basketball. Lackluster defense and poor execution of the offensive end. And still, they could have won the ball [...]
So after all the excitement, our bubble burst pretty eff’en quickly. Yes, yes, we knew the show supposedly began at 7:30, but when was the last time any show ever began on time? Exactly. We figured if we got there for 7:30-7:45 we’d have plenty of time to grab a beer, find our seats and [...]
Yessireebob, today’s the big day. Show kicks off around 7:30 or so at the elegant Boston Opera House. And that pretty much means we’re taking the afternoon to get ourselves pumped for the show. But, wait Jim. You’ve been getting yourself pumped for the entire week? Isn’t that the point of revisiting every album Mason [...]
We’re just gonna jump right into it today, since we’ve been dragging ass. Ever had one of those days, when you realize you’ve been staring at your computer screen the entire day and nothing gets done. On top of that we’ve been listening to the deliciously guilty bubblegum pop of Avril Lavigne and we won’t [...]
By album number three, it was clear that both Mason Jennings and Guster turned a significant corner in their recording career. It’s debatable that both “Century Spring” from Mason and Guster’s “Lost and Gone Forever” are their defining achievements to date. I say debatable because, “Century Spring” is certainly Mason’s tightest work to date. Top [...]
