Mason, Chris

Chris Mason was lucky enough to grow up in Minnesota with a philosopher and a librarian and brothers and sisters who became musicians, poets, teachers, and archivists. He has lived in Baltimore for 40 years. In the late 70s he was part of the performance group CoAccident and Doug Lang's Folio Books poetry workshop. Since 1979 he has, with Charles Brohawn, been a member of the Tinklers, whose records and CDs were released by Shimmy Disc and Serious and who were featured in the 2008 documentary Everybody Loves the Tinklers by Brian J. Averill. Since 2002 he has, with Liz Downing and Mark Jicklin...