American singer / songwriter Willy Mason sees romance in modern technology. As if it were the most normal thing in the world, he combines synthesizers with lynxes and old-fashioned pencil drawings with razor-sharp photos in the artwork of his third record Carry On. In the liner notes he writes extensively about recording live on old-fashioned equipment, adding that all the songs were eventually
… loaded into the computer to do some overdubs. As a result, you can also hear some twisted beats on the traditional acoustic listening songs in the distance. So the shape is fine, but what is the content like? Carry On is a very fine CD, where no one can get hurt. At first hearing a bit ordinary, but more impressive per turn. First, lines of text such as 'My father and my mother and my television' and 'If this is the end, it's not the only end' stand out, later they fall into place. Good old-fashioned, yet contemporary. Willy Mason has a taste of it both ways. (JE)more
