Forest Sun
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Forest Sun live in concert
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| Background information | |
| Born |
August 6, 1973 Glens Falls, New York, United States |
| Genres | Americana |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Voice, guitar, piano, drums, ukulele, resonator guitar |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Painted Sun Records |
| Website | www |
Forest Sun (born August 6, 1973) is an Americana singer-songwriter from San Francisco, California, United States.
He was born Forest Sun Schumacher, in Glens Falls, New York, United States.
In 1999, Forest Sun created the independent record label, Painted Sun Records, and released his first album, Not Afraid. The following year he released Plenty, in San Francisco, California. AllMusic noted that "in these ten small gems, Sun offers the Muse the gift of his voice to write and sing though. Traces of rock & roll's past, present, and hopefully future mingle with progressive folk music, textured, moody pop, and a healthy sense of literary finesse." In 2002, Forest Sun performed at the Strawberry Music Festival, and Shoreline Amphitheatre, opening for Bonnie Raitt and Lyle Lovett. In 2003, he performed at the Concord Pavilion opening for Jackson Browne, Keb Mo, and Steve Earle.
For The Story (2003) was again commmented on my AllMusic noting "The highlight is the album's centerpiece track, "Always," a jazzy piano-based shuffle featuring guest vocals by the Be Good Tanyas' Jolie Holland." He later hosted Songbird Radio on KWMR in Point Reyes Station, California. In 2005, he played at the Mountain Winery, opening for the Beach Boys. Walk Through Walls was released on May 13, 2005.
In 2008, prompted by his mother's battle with cancer, Forest Sun began a benefit project to support people with cancer and their families by hosting benefit concerts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which led to producing compilation albums called Songs for Laura. These albums brought together over forty artists such as Sean Hayes, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Brett Dennen, Matt the Electrician, Tom Freund, Danny Schmidt, Anais Mitchell, The Mammals and Devon Sproule. So Nice and Harlequin Goodnight, featuring songs with ALO and Sean Hayes, were issued in 2008. The following year, Forest Sun added the musical collaboration of Ingrid Serban and the two begin to tour as a duo.
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