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Chesapeake
Bay Blues Festival Main Stage
Performances
& General Press
WASHINGTON POST
March
18, 2005
"Lend Them Your Ears"
Weekend Section Feature Article
by Richard Harrington
For
Melanie Mason, it's not just the red hair that provokes the
inevitable Raitt comparison. Like Raitt, Mason is a triple threat as
singer, guitarist and songwriter, and she's able to hold her own in both
band and solo settings. With the Melanie Mason Band, she works an
electric avenue traveled by the likes of Robert Cray, B.B. King, and
role models Raitt and Susan Tedeschi, while a recent solo acoustic album
found Mason convincingly covering songs by Robert Johnson, Blind Willie
McTell and Mance Lipscomb, augmented by several strong originals.
BAY
WEEKLY
May
19, 2005
"Chesapeake
Bay Blues Festival returns to Sandy Point State Park”
by Paula Anne
Delve Phillips
Poised
for stardom, the D.C. area Melanie Mason Band is garnering plenty of
press for its strong suite of original and classic tunes. Mason is a
singer, songwriter and guitarist who excels as a solo acoustic player
(as she did on her second album) and as a rousing electric player.
Winner of the 2003 D.C. Blues Society International Blues Challenge and
other awards, she shines with her group featuring Sam Goodall on bass
and vocals and El Torro Gamble on drums. They were joined by Tommy
Lepson on keys for her recent third album, Live at Blues Alley.
OTHER
NOTABLE QUOTES...
William
Triplett, Washingtonian Magazine: A hot blues-rock group
fronted by a woman who sings and plays lead guitar – new generation of
Washington musicians beginning to wow crowds.
Maria
Villafana, Editor, WashingtonPost.com/mp3: Though
just out of the gate, Melanie Mason can sing, write and play lead
guitar–a triple sting she pulls off better than some who’ve been at
it for decades.
Don Hooker,
Producer, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival: “One of my
favorite artists on either stage.”
John
Duffy, Reporter (Chesapeake Bay Blues Fest), Music Monthly: “Impressive
Stratocaster playing with a sexy voice.”
Michael Mullen,
Producer, Ohio Marietta Red, White & Blues Festival: “I didn’t think it could get any hotter at our outdoor July
festival – until Melanie Mason hit the stage.”
WPFW
89.3 FM (Washington, DC): “An artist clearly on the rise."
–Elliott Gross
Michael Macey, WRNR
103.1, Baltimore/Annapolis, MD:
“Melanie Mason is destined to hit the blues big time, with
skillful guitar work and intelligent songwriting…A talent poised for
blues stardom.”
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