Minnesota troubadour Mason Jennings has a new record slated for release September 15th, titled Blood of Man. Director Barry Kimm recently visited Jennings in his studio to discuss the record and returned with a short film about the musician's creative process. The video features several songs from Blood of Man, including a few dark electric turns and the title-track—a beautifully plucked acoust.
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Hey Everybody!I hope you are having a great summer. I have been having so much fun and have been traveling a lot. I have been in 4 continents in the last year and hope to make it 5 before too long. I am so excited for the Fall U.S. tour and to bring a lot of the new songs to the stage for the first time.I am also really excited to have the new website up and running. The bus I am sitting in is ...
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Sept 13 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Hillsides Music FestivalSept 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst TheaterSept 20 - Madison, WI - Majestic TheaterSept 27 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits - Zilker ParkSept 29 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt ClubSept 30 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Oct 1 - Washington D.C - 9:30 ClubOct 2 - New York, NY - Bower BallroomOct 3 - New York, NY - Bowery BallroomOct 4 - Boston, MA - Para...
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I've picked up a Mason Jennings album a few times before, listened and liked what I was hearing, and then for some reason dropped it before I really dug deep enough into the music to get beyond that first-impression. Same pattern with his self-titled album, Boneclouds and Use Your Voice, and I have no idea why. The most I've listened to Mason Jennings has been his Dylan covers (an incredible "
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In The Ever is Hawaii-born Mason Jennings’ first attempt with Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. Like Johnson, Jennings is first and foremost a lyricist, backing his verses with simple musical support. Jennings’ usual acoustic-driven songwriting is fully active on this album, ranging from slow, thoughtful ballads to quirky raffi-esque tunes. The album starts [...]No related posts. Sorry.
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Mason Jennings and Animal Liberation Orchestra front man Zach Gill took to the stage last week at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore Theater.Gill, on apparent hiatus from both ALO, and his duties on the keys as part of Jack Johnson's band, started the night off with a full set of original solo material. His onstage setup [...]by Jack Spilberg
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"In The Ever", the title of Mason Jennings' new album, is a phrase used by his son to describe the state of being unborn. We caught up with the man himself to talk about what music, books and films have been keeping him busy lately..
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This morning I woke up to read a post by Pekka regarding the experience of a canceled show. You can read it here, http://mog.com/1234chainsaw/blog_post. Anyone who is into concerts most likely has had this happen to them a few times in their life. Nothing is worse than the anticipation of seeing a band you love only to reach the front doors and have the ticket taker say, "Sorry show canceled." ...
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This is a good track from Mason's new CD. A bit different than the rest, which you can hear by clicking the Dada link below. http://us.dada.net/music/masonjennings/blood-of-man_3623074a.html
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Mason Jennings. (Wikipedia definition, in brief) Born in Hawaii, moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Learned to play guitar and write his own songs at age 13, later dropped out of school and moved to Minneapolis to pursue his career. Produced self-titled debut in 1997 on an analog four-track in the living room of his rented home (manning all instruments and vocals himself, of cou...
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This is from one of our albums this week in The Program. Enjoy! "I Love You and Buddha Too" By Mason JenningsOh Jesus I love you, And I love Buddha too, Ramakrishna, Gurudev, Daodejing and Muhammad.Why do some people say That there is just one way To love you God and come to you? We are all apart of you.You are unnameable. You are unknowable. All we have is metaphor. That's what time and...
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Hey Everybody!I hope you are having a great summer. I have been having so much fun and have been traveling a lot. I have been in 4 continents in the last year and hope to make it 5 before too long. I am so excited for the Fall U.S. tour and to bring a lot of the new songs to the stage for the first time.I am also really excited to have the new website up and running. The bus I am sitting in is ...
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