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Mason’s favorite music of 2018

Caveats: 1) I’m too old and poor to try and hear everything anymore. I missed a lot of good records I know I’d love, but my attention has…

Jan 3, 2019

Mason’s favorite music of 2018

Jan 3, 2019

Mason Adams

After a month in the trees, Red & Minor Terry come down and begin the next phase of their fight…

By Mason Adams

May 6, 2018

After a month in the trees, Red & Minor Terry come down and begin the next phase of their fight…

May 6, 2018

Mason Adams

Mason’s favorite music of 2017

Caveats: 1) I’m too old and poor to try and hear everything anymore. I missed a lot of good records I know I’d love, but my attention has…

Dec 18, 2017

Mason’s favorite music of 2017

Dec 18, 2017

Mason Adams

Holding ground in a mountaintop-removal world: Appalachian musicians after Trump

Appalachian musicians grapple with how they are perceived at a time when the region has become shorthand for understanding Trump’s America.

Oct 7, 2017

Holding ground in a mountaintop-removal world: Appalachian musicians after Trump

Oct 7, 2017

Mason Adams

Mason’s favorite music of 2016

Caveats:

Dec 12, 2016

Mason’s favorite music of 2016

Dec 12, 2016

Mason Adams

Best new (to me) album of 2016: v/a, “Tropicalia” (1968)

In February I listened to the BBC Documentary “Tropicalia: A Revolution in Sound” and was blown away by what I heard. I sought out the 1968…

Dec 12, 2016

Best new (to me) album of 2016: v/a, “Tropicalia” (1968)

Dec 12, 2016

Mason Adams

Best road music experience: Listening to Fugazi “Huntington, WV USA 4.05.02”

Music provides a regular soundtrack for my daily commute, but this summer I made solo drives from western Virginia to Kansas City and back…

Dec 12, 2016

Dec 12, 2016

Mason Adams

Most humbling/joyous moment of discovery: Helium, “No Guitars” EP, “Superball” EP, “Little Bird…

Back in the prehistoric days of 1999, Helium appeared to me on a series of mixtapes, most memorably paired with PJ Harvey, Heart and others…

Dec 12, 2016

Dec 12, 2016

Mason Adams

Best 2015 album I finally got to in 2016: “Hamilton” (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Yes, yes, late to the game. “Hamilton” came to me in mid-September, appearing on the CD racks at the Christiansburg library. I held out for…

Dec 12, 2016

Best 2015 album I finally got to in 2016: “Hamilton” (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Dec 12, 2016

Mason Adams

Flames engulfed Gatlinburg but not the geography of memory

Gatlinburg burned last night.

Nov 30, 2016

Flames engulfed Gatlinburg but not the geography of memory

Nov 30, 2016

Mason Adams

Mason Adams

Business, politics, culture, goats. // Covering Blue Ridge & Appalachian communities since 2001. // Email: mason@masonadams.net

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