Track Listings (16) - Disc #1| All Artists: Gina Forsyth Title: You Are Here Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Waterbug Records Release Date: 6/19/2001 Genres: Blues, Folk, Pop Styles: Regional Blues, Cajun & Zydeco, Traditional Folk, Singer-Songwriters Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 753114005026 |
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 | Gina Forsyth You Are Here Genres: Blues, Folk, Pop
Raised in Alabama, Forsyth grew up on hymns, country songs and old-time fiddle tunes. In 1983, she moved to New Orleans, where she studied classical and jazz violin under Ellis Marsalis and others at Loyola University. Cal... more » |
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Album Description Raised in Alabama, Forsyth grew up on hymns, country songs and old-time fiddle tunes. In 1983, she moved to New Orleans, where she studied classical and jazz violin under Ellis Marsalis and others at Loyola University. Calling herself "an adopted cajun," she moved to Lafayette for a time to steep herself in Cajun music. She toured with the Cajun rock band Mamou in 1989, and sang "Valse de la Vie" on the group's Ugly Day CD (Rounder, 1992). She currently tours with Bruce Daigrepont, appearing on his recent Rounder CD, Paradis. Songwriting Awards include Emerging Songwriter Winner at Napa Valley Folk Festival (1993) and New Folk Winner at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (1996). "Musically, Forsyth's traditional folk sound encompasses a stylistic range that is much more of a roots gumbo than what the term 'folk' has come to represent in modern times Bluegrass, Cajun, country, gospel and New Orleans rhythm and blues influences can all be heard in Forsyth's polished but down-home sound." -Southern Voice Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsMusic To My Ears S. Holland | Cromwell, CT USA | 11/27/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "If both folk and bluegrass move your soul, then you won't be able to get enough of this album. Gina's voice is beautiful, her lyrics are thoughtful and the picking and fiddling is the perfect accompaniment. I wish she had more albums out - I'd buy them without hesitation." Gina Forsyth--An Awsesome Newcomer K. Nagelberg | Dover, DE | 11/21/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "It's not easy being a folksinger in New Orleans. The city of 1,000,000 has hundreds of jazz, blues, and Cajun music venues, but almost no place for acoustic musicians. Despite that, Gina has honed her talent, and her first CD is one of my picks for the Top 10 of 2001.She is a great instrumentalist, with an expressive and powerful voice. But Gina can also spin a great melody--"Everywhere I Am" is as catchy as any Dixie Chicks single. The styles are eclectic--from a French Cajun song to blues, to electric folk-rock, to acoustic ballad. I hope she gets discovered...but then again, maybe not. Big record labels tend to corrupt the music of talents such as this."
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