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By Stephen Dareing Rappahannock News Staff Writer
There's a river deep in Ben Mason. The 58-year-old singer songwriter, who now lives in Rappahannock, is yet another talented ,soul who’s found refuge in a little comer of paradise.
And it’s the rivers, and mountains, and forests, and the history of this place that seeps into his music.
The title song of his third solo CD is called Loveland - about small town Sperryville. Later on is another song called “Rappahannock."
On Saturday, May 30, Mason - and his 12-year-old son Henry - will perform songs from the CD and previous work at the Stonewall Abbey in Sperryville at 7 p.m.
The music is soulful 80s rock - without the pretension and banal songwriting - but with lyrics that will grab you unexpectedly with their surprising intensity.
One song, “Tough Love," is powerful and not for the faint hearted. None of Mason’s songs shy away from the truth of life.
It is a melodious and melancholy drift down a sad river; the instrumentation redolent of Pink Floyd, but with Mason’s strong and steady voice backed by a chorus of dis-harmonic angels. The song is devastating, but beautiful, and it will leave its mark on the listener.
Some people just have the gift, and this is Mason’s.
His other job - Big Boy Repair - is an “artistic repair" business, as he calls it, which is almost as unique as his music. He repairs damaged antiques and artwork, and he had just come from fixing torn period wall-paper before the interview.
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