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Music and Meaning Lead Willy Mason Wherever the Road Takes Him

Elizabeth Bennett | Thursday, August 5 2021 - 10:04am

Singer/songwriter Willy Mason spent New Year’s Eve 2019 at Signal Corps Recording in Brooklyn. At 11:30 p.m., he, producer Noel Heroux, and sound engineer Rachel Alina completed mixing the songs that would become Mason’s new album, Already Dead. It was a good way to end one decade and usher in a new one.

Then the global pandemic hit.

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Willy Mason

David Bromberg Goes Electric and Acoustic at the Old Whaling Church

Louisa Hufstader

The David Bromberg Quintet performed a set list that was a journey of 20th-century folk, blues and ballads at the Old Whaling Church on Monday night.

A Career Spanning Generations and Genres

Holly Gleason

It was during a gig in Austin with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Chris Hillman that David Bromberg was lured back to recording.

Have Faith as the Ritz Gets Religion

Louisa Hufstader

On Sunday nights brothers Sean and Griffin McMahon present the Dirty Gospel at the Ritz.

Words and Music Meet Again at Vineyard Songwriting Festival

Bill Eville

Six years ago Matt Casey brought one songwriter to the Vineyard. This weekend he is bringing more than 15 musicians and songwriters to the Island as part of the Martha’s Vineyard Songwriting Festival.