Willy Mason: Don’t Stop Now

  Around the time Now This Sound Is Brave started, back in 2010, I found myself in the habit of inadvertently seeing Willy Mason play live as he seemed to be opening for everyone I wanted to see. While he clearly had talent and skill, it took a while for me to be won over. … Read more

Willy Mason & A.A. Bondy at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, MI, 2.2.10

Under a snow cloud that seemed to concentrate solely over Ann Arbor (and seemed to want my car as a sacrifice), in a hole in the wall bar-cum-club, a rabble of music lovers who seemed to span every age range from 18 to 40 and possibly beyond gathered around a small stage to hear what … Read more

Please forgive me.

What I should be doing is writing some brilliant, pontificating post full of content and revelation to make up for the shorter, paler posts I’ve been making. Instead, the fact that I’m journeying up to Ann Arbor tonight to see A.A. Bondy play at the Blind Pig has eaten my brain. So instead, I’m going … Read more