Mason Jennings’ creative pendulum has found a predictable oscillation in recent years between exploration and homecoming. These are rhythms of departure (Wild Dark Metal, Painted Shield) and arrival (Songs From When We Met), which makes Real Heart, Jennings’ latest album, […]
I got to see Mason Jennings again on Friday night in a church in Koreatown. I’ve seen him play many times, both out here and in Minnesota, but it had been a while, so was extra great to hear songs I’ve loved […]
This Minneapolis balladeer has never been subtle about his spiritualism, but on his major-label debut, he crosses the line into zealotry, even if his oneness-seeking is always humanely and sincerely pitched. Jennings gets flat-out New Age on the stormy, Indian-influenced […]
Mason Jennings has found his true musical voice. This seems appropriate because he found it on his newest collection of songs titled Use Your Voice. Over the past six years, Jennings honed his distinctive acoustic-based sound while being overshadowed by […]
Mason Jennings would probably not classify his songs as art. On his third album, Century Spring, he shears them of most singer-songwriter profundity, irony, or poetry, and the artlessness doesn’t just lie there, it stands up and speaks plainly. Prettily, […]
