Busk Break is an ongoing field recording series documenting live performances by busking musicians and other street performers.
Logan Mason performs “Carved Shaped Heart”
Singer-songwriter Logan Mason performs in front of Malaprop’s in downtown Asheville, NC.He’s more introspective and earnest-seeming, and far less bombastic than most of the street performers in Asheville, but that’s to Logan Mason’s advantage. His songs seem intensely personal, and his downcast-eyes style of performance makes him seem like an unlikely musician to be playing to strangers for tips. He’s almost the definition of unassuming, wearing a plain white T-shirt and a “Bass Pro Shops” cap that I’m fairly certain isn’t some ironic hipster statement.
When I asked why I hadn’t seen him play before, Mason told me that he’d only just moved to town a few months ago from Jackson, MS. “I just kind of ended up here,” he told me with a shrug. If you like what you hear, check out his solo project Elk Tracks.
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