Mason Via
AliasMason Picks
InstrumentVocals · guitar · banjo guitar[1]
GenreBluegrass[2] · Americana[3] · country[3]
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Years active2015–present
LabelMountain Fever Records · Patuxent Music
Past member ofOld Crow Medicine Show
Websitemasonvia.com

Mason Via (/vaɪ/)[4] 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.[4][5] His father, David Via, is a bluegrass songwriter.[4] Via learned to play the guitar at age 12 and began focusing on a bluegrass music career at age 16.[5]

Career

A bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist,[6] Via released his debut solo album, Up, Up, Up, in 2015. He joined bluegrass and Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show[7] from 2021 to 2024.[6] Via released a self-titled album on Mountain Fever Records in 2025.[7]

Via and Old Crow Medicine Show were nominated for a Grammy Award for the album Jubilee.[5] 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.[3] Via's song "Oh Lordy Me" featuring Ronnie Bowman and Junior Sisk was named by Billboard as a "must-hear new country song".[3] He opened for I'm With Her on the band's Wild and Clear and Blue tour in 2025.[8]

Via headlined the Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on July 3, 2025.[9] On December 13, 2025, he performed at a benefit concert in Brown County, Indiana, supporting a local food pantry and a youth music charity.[10]

Via competed on American Idol season 19 under the stage name Mason Picks.[11]

Critical reception

Reviewing Via's 2025 self-titled album, The Aquarian Weekly said its tracks "exemplify modern bluegrass at its best".[5] 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".[12]

Discography

As solo artist

YearAlbumRecord label
2015Up, Up, Up[13]Self-released
2018Tom Mindte & Mason Via with Tom Mindte[13]Patuxent Music
2019409 with Tom Mindte and Ben Somerville[13]Patuxent Music
2020Live from Rooster Walk[13]Self-released
2022New Horizons[13]Mountain Fever Records
2025Mason Via[12]Mountain Fever Records

With Old Crow Medicine Show

YearAlbumRecord labelUS Grass peak position[14]
2022Paint This Town[1]ATO Records1
2023Jubilee[15]ATO Records1

References

  1. ^ Davies, Mike (April 25, 2022). "Old Crow Medicine Show: Paint This Town". KLOF Magazine. Archived January 3, 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  2. ^ Burditt, Peter (April 28, 2025). "Former Old Crow Medicine Show Member Mason Via Goes Solo With New Self-Titled Album (Exclusive)". American Songwriter. Archived July 20, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  3. ^ Nicholson, Jessica (May 5, 2025). "6 Must-Hear New Country Songs: Luke Combs, Bailey Zimmerman, Trisha Yearwood & More". Billboard. Archived October 22, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  4. ^ Inzerillo, Jenny (March 26, 2025). "Florida Man: Mason Via Checks In from the Road". High Plains Public Radio. Archived July 25, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  5. ^ 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 July 20, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  6. ^ Lawless, John (April 24, 2024). "Mason Via departs Old Crow Medicine Show – new album coming". Bluegrass Today. Archived September 8, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  7. ^ 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 August 13, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  8. ^ "I'm With Her, Mason Via". Isthmus. Archived January 3, 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  9. ^ Reid, Brandon (June 30, 2025). "Sheboygan's Levitt AMP concert July 3 will feature Mason Via, Stephen Hull at City Green". Sheboygan Press. Archived January 3, 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  10. ^ Trujillo, Alfonso Ruvalcaba (December 13, 2025). "Mason Via and Corey Flick to perform benefit show in Brown County". WISH-TV. Archived January 3, 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  11. ^ Hatley, Sandy (March 16, 2021). "Mason Via, other grassers, headed to American Idol". Bluegrass Today. Archived September 8, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  12. ^ Zimmerman, Lee (June 23, 2025). "Self-titled – Mason Via". Bluegrass Today. Archived July 13, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  13. ^ Romero, Angel (October 28, 2024). "Mason Via: A Rising Star in the Modern Bluegrass Scene". World Music Central. Archived January 3, 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  14. ^ "Old Crow Medicine Show". Billboard. Archived August 28, 2023 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ Zimmerman, Lee (September 1, 2023). "Review: Old Crow Medicine Show Celebrate a Jubilee". American Songwriter. Archived September 16, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2025.