Martha's Vineyard Willy Mason

Music and Meaning Lead Willy Mason Wherever the Road Takes Him

Elizabeth Bennett | Thursday, August 5 2021 - 10:04am

Singer/songwriter Willy Mason spent New Year’s Eve 2019 at Signal Corps Recording in Brooklyn. At 11:30 p.m., he, producer Noel Heroux, and sound engineer Rachel Alina completed mixing the songs that would become Mason’s new album, Already Dead. It was a good way to end one decade and usher in a new one.

Then the global pandemic hit.

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Musical Billy Baloo Strikes Gold at Playhouse

Louisa Hufstader

Island audiences are welcoming Billy Baloo back to the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, where the Island-grown musical made its debut to sold-out houses last October.

Billy Baloo Show Extended at Playhouse

Louisa Hufstader

The new musical Billy Baloo has quickly become a hit for the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, which is adding five more performances Oct. 23 through Oct. 28.

New Musical at the Playhouse Has Unique Family Pedigree

Louisa Hufstader

Island singer-songwriter Michael Mason spent more than half a century writing his musical play Billy Baloo, which opened this weekend at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse.

Music and Meaning Lead Willy Mason Wherever the Road Takes Him

Elizabeth Bennett

Singer/songwriter Willy Mason spent New Year’s Eve 2019 at Signal Corps Recording in Brooklyn.

It's All in the Family at Music in the Courtyard

Elizabeth Bennett

Jemima James and her son Willy Mason shared the bill as the Martha’s Vineyard Museum kicked off its 2021 Music in the Courtyard series.

Singing Songs to Wake the Heart and Mind

Louisa Hufstader

Close to 100 Islanders of all ages, including entire families with children in pajamas, turned out for Willy Mason’s concert at the West Tisbury Public Library.