Mason Via - Putting His Own Spin on Traditional Bluegrass Music!

I have to pinch myself sometimes on the blessings I havetalking to some of the most talented and influential artists in roots music, especially when it’s in support of a live performance in the Heartland. Young Bluegrass master Mason Via recently took the time to have a conversation with me after he’d been up all night jamming after a Owensboro Kentucky bluegrass festival. Phone interviews can be dicey sometimes with janky connections; it’s easy to talk over each other when you can’t make eye contact. I appreciate Mason’s patience and participation when I knew he had to be dog tired.

It took four quick years for Mason Via to become one of thenewest leaders of modern-day American roots music. During that whirlwind period, he toured the world as a member of Old Crow Medicine Show, earned a Grammy nomination for his work on the band's chart-topping album Jubilee,contributed songs to Grammy Winning and Nominated records by Molly Tuttle and Del McCoury Band, and released his solo debut, New Horizons. The momentum continues with Mason Via, a self-titled solo record that balances the progressive with the timeless, reintroducing Mason as a southern storyteller and sharp-eyed singer/songwriter steeped in the bluegrass tradition. How lucky we were to have Mason come to Kansas City to play the intimate confines of the Waldo Folk Series.

Enjoy this conversation with the amazing Mason Via.

Photo Credit: Olivia Jewell Photography

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