On Forest Sun’s seventh (!) cd are ten songs he wrote himself and Dylan’s She Belongs To Me. Still Sun combines folk just as easily with influences from pop music as from country. Thus This Lightning contains a musical reference to the Kinks’ Dedicated Follower Of Fashion.
In his at the same time catchy and rootsy melodies Sun does not only sing, he also plays the guitar, the piano, wurlitzer and drums. Friends on dobro, cello, accordion and background vocals even enrich them. In them the melancholy atmosphere dominates over Sun’s by no means small craftsmanship.
***1/2
Sonic will distribute Harlequin Goodnight, Just For Fun – Songs For Little Ones and Forest Sun’s earlier CD’s in the Netherlands as from January 2010.