Mason Via

Mason Via
Mason Via playing a guitar
Via performing with Old Crow Medicine Show in 2023
Background information
Also known asMason Picks
Genres
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instruments
Years active2015–present
Labels
Formerly ofOld Crow Medicine Show
Websitemasonvia.com

Mason Via (/vaɪ/) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is a former member of Old Crow Medicine Show. Via released his debut self-released solo album Up, Up, Up in 2015; his first album on Mountain Fever Records, New Horizons, in 2022; and a self-titled album in 2025.

Early life

Via grew up in southern Virginia and North Carolina. His father, David Via, is a bluegrass songwriter. Via learned to play the guitar at age 12 and began focusing on a bluegrass music career at age 16.

Career

A bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist, Via released his debut solo album, Up, Up, Up, in 2015. He joined bluegrass and Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show from 2021 to 2024; he left the band to pursue a solo career, citing a desire for fewer creative "limitations". Via released a self-titled album on Mountain Fever Records in 2025.

Via and Old Crow Medicine Show were nominated for a Grammy Award for the album Jubilee. Songs written by Via have been covered by the Del McCoury Band on their album Almost Proud and by Molly Tuttle on her album City of Gold. Via's song "Oh Lordy Me" featuring Ronnie Bowman and Junior Sisk was named by Billboard as a "must-hear new country song". He opened for I'm With Her on the band's Wild and Clear and Blue tour in 2025.

Via headlined the Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on July 3, 2025. On December 13, 2025, he performed at a benefit concert in Brown County, Indiana, supporting a local food pantry and a youth music charity. In 2026, Via partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association to support protection for United States national parks. He covered Woody Guthrie's protest song "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" with Lucinda Williams in 2026.

Via competed on American Idol season 19 in 2021 under the stage name Mason Picks.

Critical reception

Reviewing Via's 2025 self-titled album, The Aquarian Weekly said its tracks "exemplify modern bluegrass at its best". Of the same album, Bluegrass Today said, "it’s a credit to Via’s skill and savvy that he’s been able to maintain such a high bar".

Via was nominated by the International Bluegrass Music Association for New Artist of the Year for 2026.

Discography

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Via (second from left) performing with Old Crow Medicine Show and Molly Tuttle in 2023

As solo artist

YearAlbumRecord label
2015Up, Up, UpSelf-released
2018Tom Mindte & Mason Via with Tom MindtePatuxent Music
2019409 with Tom Mindte and Ben SomervillePatuxent Music
2019 Tom Mindte, Mason Via & Ben Somerville Christmas EP Patuxent Music
2020Live from Rooster WalkSelf-released
2022New HorizonsMountain Fever Records
2025Mason ViaMountain Fever Records

With Old Crow Medicine Show

YearAlbumRecord labelUS Grass peak position
2022Paint This TownATO Records1
2023JubileeATO Records1

References

  1. ↑ Burditt, Peter (April 28, 2025). "Former Old Crow Medicine Show Member Mason Via Goes Solo With New Self-Titled Album (Exclusive)". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Nicholson, Jessica (May 5, 2025). "6 Must-Hear New Country Songs: Luke Combs, Bailey Zimmerman, Trisha Yearwood & More". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 22, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Davies, Mike (April 25, 2022). "Old Crow Medicine Show: Paint This Town". KLOF Magazine. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Inzerillo, Jenny (March 26, 2025). "Florida Man: Mason Via Checks In from the Road". High Plains Public Radio. Archived from the original on July 25, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Burger, Jeff (May 9, 2025). "On The Record: Willie Nelson's 'Oh What a Beautiful World,' plus Quote the Raven & Mason Via". The Aquarian Weekly. Archived from the original on July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Lawless, John (April 24, 2024). "Mason Via departs Old Crow Medicine Show – new album coming". Bluegrass Today. Archived from the original on September 8, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Edwards, Clayton (March 20, 2025). "Mason Via Launches New Single "Melt in the Sun" with Out-Of-This-World Video (Exclusive Premiere)". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on August 13, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ Ronco, Ed (July 8, 2026). "After time with 'Old Crow', Mason Via's solo act lands in northern Michigan". Interlochen Public Radio. Archived from the original on July 22, 2026. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  9. ↑ "I'm With Her, Mason Via". Isthmus. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  10. ↑ Reid, Brandon (June 30, 2025). "Sheboygan's Levitt AMP concert July 3 will feature Mason Via, Stephen Hull at City Green". Sheboygan Press. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  11. ↑ Trujillo, Alfonso Ruvalcaba (December 13, 2025). "Mason Via and Corey Flick to perform benefit show in Brown County". WISH-TV. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  12. ↑ Anderson, Chyla (May 11, 2026). "United by Parks: On the Road with Mason Via". National Parks Conservation Association. Archived from the original on May 11, 2026. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Breakfield share their inspiring bluegrass-and-folk blended Americana sounds, plus a new single from Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley". ABC News. July 4, 2026. Archived from the original on July 24, 2026. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ Hatley, Sandy (March 16, 2021). "Mason Via, other grassers, headed to American Idol". Bluegrass Today. Archived from the original on September 8, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  15. 1 2 Zimmerman, Lee (June 23, 2025). "Self-titled – Mason Via". Bluegrass Today. Archived from the original on July 13, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  16. ↑ Hiltner, Justin (July 15, 2026). "See the Nominees for the 37th Annual IBMA Awards – BGS". The Bluegrass Situation. Archived from the original on July 18, 2026. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 Romero, Angel (October 28, 2024). "Mason Via: A Rising Star in the Modern Bluegrass Scene". World Music Central. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Old Crow Medicine Show". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023.
  19. ↑ Zimmerman, Lee (September 1, 2023). "Review: Old Crow Medicine Show Celebrate a Jubilee". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on September 16, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.