Mason Jennings is one of those musicians you are referred to by a friend, one of those acts you just happen to catch because you show up early for the headliner you came to see. However you arrive, you know that you have discovered something special. His second album, BIRDS FLYING AWAY, is tranquilizing all the way through. His voice is a little bit Dylan, and his acoustic guitar seems too simple. But what is it that makes Picasso the most impressive fingerpainter in the world? Mason Jennings has that same magic.