Mason Via


Mason Via 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. 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 (Old Crow [Medicine Show 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.
Via competed on American Idol season 19 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".

Discography

With Old Crow Medicine Show