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John-Alex Mason "Town & Country". Naked Jaybird Music / BlindRaccoon 2008. Realmente impresionante, John Alex Mason es un jovencísimo cantante y guitarrista que se entrega con pasión y respeto a la música que interpreta, y cuando digo con pasión, me refiero a que pone los cinco sentidos en lo que hace. Mason vive la música y especialmente el blues, con honestidad y convicción. John-Alex canta blues del Delta intentando emular a los viejos 'hollers' con enorme respeto, cariño y atención. De los quince temas que integran este estupendo 'Town & Country' siete son composiciones del propio Mason, el resto son canciones pertenecientes a la tradición de los 'songsters', como Robert Johnson o Charley Patton. Para este disco John Alex ha utilizado guitarra eléctrica y National Style O, mas un 'foot drums' para marcar el tempo con el pie y dar asi un toque percusivo a su repertorio. Este es un trabajo donde Mason explora el presente y el pasado de la 'afro roots music', naturalmente desde la perspectiva de un jovencísimo interprete de blues acústico, conocedor e investigador del folklore mas racial, cuyo conocimiento abarca no sólo el blues del Delta, sino también el de Piedmont o el Hill Country Blues que, aunque poco conocido, no por ello menos importante. Estais ante un gran profesional con un amplio futuro por delante, para desubrir y disfrutar del hipnótico blues, a veces bailable, a veces melancólico de John-Alex Mason. MUY BUENO.  

Really impressive, John Alex Mason is a very young singer and guitar player who passionately and respectfully devotes himself to play the music he loves and when I say passionately i mean he gives his full attention to what he is doing. Mason feels music and specially the blues with conviction and honestry. He sings Delta blues on the path of old hollers and he does it with real love and devotion. Seven of the fifteen songs included on "Town & Country" are Mason's own compositions. The rest belong to songsters tradition artists like were Robert Johnson or Charley Patton. John Alex has chosen electric and National Style O guitars, together with a foot drums to emphatize the songs tempos with his foot to give some percussion strength to his repertoire. The cd also investigates on 'afro roots music' past and present from the point of view of an extremely young acoustic blues musician who loves and already knows race folk music, not only Delta blues but also Piedmont and even Hill Country Blues, a non popular kind of music but really interesting and important. You are facing a good professional musician who is in front of a very interesting future. Discover and enjoy the hypnotic, dancing and sometimes sad John Alex Mason blues. VERY GOOD.