Author Archives: Stuart Mason

About Stuart Mason

Stuart Mason is known in the California traditional music community for his driving, rhythmic guitar, melodic mandola picking, traditional singing style, and inability to hold his whiskey. Stuart currently performs regularly with Molly's Revenge and Little Black Train, and moonlights as an artist, blogger, and web designer.

Kyle Alden: Songs from Yeats’ Bee-Loud Glade (MP3)

From the Better Late Than Never Department here at Fiddlefreak World Headquarters: Sometimes a CD gets lost in the whirlwind of detritus that passes for my desktop, and surfaces later like a stone in a tater patch. Or something reminds … Continue reading

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The Honey Dewdrops: Silver Lining (MP3)

Silver Lining, the third album from the Honey Dewdrops, will be released on June 1st. It’s a record that Fiddlefreak alluded to in this previous post — and we are the lucky ones with an advance copy! As we hoped, … Continue reading

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Evie Ladin Band (MP3)

The new release fromĀ Evie Ladin BandĀ is a perfect example of what Fiddlefreak likes to call oldternative bluegrass: music that springs from old-timey roots but branches out in exciting new directions. On banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass fiddle, and body percussion, the … Continue reading

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Red June: Beauty Will Come (MP3)

Laura and Kagey of the Honey Dewdrops passed though town a couple weeks ago and told us about the best new band we’ve never heard of but wish we had: a smoothgrass trio calling themselves Red June. Well Fiddlefreak dropped … Continue reading

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