2006-04-19
A folksy, guitar-slinging album that requires a double take when you realize that Willy is only 19 years old. Mason’s style harkens to the rugged, dirt-road roots of blues brothers like the great Johnny Cash and more current acts like Jackie Greene. Though he is still a young man, Mason’s voice booms and rolls along with his guitar on this powerful backwoods album. Listeners will certainly look forward to future works by this rising folk star. Check out the cowboy ballad #6 “Hard Hand to Hold”, #9 “Our Town”, and the countercultural anthem #11 “Oxygen”.LEVON HELM
ELECTRIC DIRT
BOOKA AND THE FLAMING GECKOS
Baghdad Texas
OTIS GIBBS
Grandpa Walked a Picketline
BON IVER
For Emma, Forever Ago
YAEL MEYER
WARRIOR HEART
TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON
Steamboat in a Cornfield
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