Friday, October 10, 2014
Forsyth to play a few Cajun tunes at folk festival Jazz is boss in New Orleans. That puts folk singer Gina Forsyth in the musical minority. “There’s always been a little bit of a songwriters’ scene,” said Forsyth, a longtime New Orleans resident, in…
Friday, October 10, 2014
Folks pick and sing at annual festival Musician and singer/songwriter Gina Forsyth, who hails from New Orleans, was among the first to take the GottaGetGon stage during the Saturday morning sampler concert. She plays fiddle and guitar, performing songs the festival program described as…
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Rheta Grimsley Johnson of Daily Journal: If you’ve ever wondered what happened to the gutsy folk singers who used to roam the earth with their instrument and protest, check out Gina Forsyth. In the tradition of Guthrie, Dylan and Prine she is writing and…
Friday, June 1, 2012
John C. McClure of Victory Music: “Promised Land” is an album no folk music lover should pass up. Well-written tunes, crisp production and instrumentation framing a message of reminiscences from a performer who does it as well as it can be done.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Steven “Nick” Nickelson of WYCE: Promised Land: For her sophomore release, this is a melodious and well-written cd. It’s a pleasure to listen to a release where the artist actually took time to put out honest, well-written and heartfelt music (eg. “11 Days”, “Just…
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ronald Clingenpeel of WWOZ: Gina Forsyth’s album, Promised Land, released locally in December and nationally in February has been hitting the top of the charts. A notable achievement, the title song from the CD reached #1 on the Folk DJ list for January and…
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Dan Willging of Offbeat Magazine: Promised Land, her solo sophomore effort is loaded with thought-provoking content and incisive humor, the song’s real message revealed in layers. Along the way, facets of Forsyth’s personality are unveiled, such as her exemplary Cajun musicianship on “Belle,” a…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Walter Pierce of the Independent Weekly: Multi-instrumentalist Gina Forsyth brings passion and panache to her latest release, Promised Land (Waterbug Records), a 14-tune effort brimming with spot-on acoustic musicianship and austere, poetic storytelling that highlight Forsyth’s keen ear for the American folk songbook.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Gary Tuber of Chicago Folk Music Examiner: “Promised Land” from Gina Forsyth explodes on the market…Besides thoughtful lyrics, “Promised Land” has touches of the Cajun (Gina does live in New Orleans, after all), and fine musicianship from Gina, herself on guitar and fiddle, and…
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Chris Spector of the Midwest Record says of Gina Forsyth/Promised Land: “A solid old school folkie with a double shot of Malvina Reynolds in her soul, this well traveled throughout the South singer/songwriter masters the trick of sounding and feeling old school without falling…
