Artist's albums
Birds Flying Away
2000 · album
Mason Jennings
1998 · album
Fear is Wrong
2023 · single
No Ordinary Friend
2023 · single
Real Heart
2022 · album
Tomorrow
2021 · single
On the Brink
2021 · single
Songs From When We Met
2018 · album
Race You To The Light
2018 · single
The Light (Part IV)
2018 · single
Wild Dark Metal
2016 · album
Heaven
2016 · single
Arma
2016 · single
Always Been
2013 · album
Minnesota
2011 · album
The Flood
2010 · album
Live At First Ave.
2010 · album
Blood Of Man
2009 · album
Sunlight
2009 · single
In The Ever
2008 · album
Boneclouds
2006 · album
Use Your Voice
2004 · album
Simple Life
2002 · album
Century Spring
2002 · album
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Biography
"I love song craft," says longtime folksinger Mason Jennings, who's spent the bulk of the past 25 years onstage and in the writing room. "A song is like a boat on the water, and you're trying to make it float using as few pieces as you can. If you do it right, a song can be very healing. This album feels that way to me. It's a love letter to songwriting." He's talking about Real Heart, his fourteenth solo album out February 4, 2022 on Loosegroove Records. Jennings calls it "the unabashed folk record that I have been wanting to make for years," pointing to the project's warm mix of acoustic guitar, unforced vocals, and autobiographical lyrics. The result is a record that both reclaims and redefines Mason Jennings' role as a leading light in the folk community, with production from Malfunkshun's Regan Hagar and Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard. The last time we heard from Jennings, he was stretching his legs with Painted Shield, the synth-based supergroup whose self-titled debut album appeared in 2020. Recorded alongside Gossard, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and keyboardist/singer Brittany Davis, the album traded the organic sounds of Jennings' earlier work for something more digital and driving. Fronting a band was a new experience for Jennings, affording him the opportunity to work with new collaborators and genre-crossing arrangements. It also shed new light on his own music.