Contest: CD Giveaway - Forest Sun, "Just Begun"

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I don't recall many trees in Tucson, but when Forest Sun ended his tour of the Southwest in the desert town, he stayed there for months, writing the new songs that became his eighth studio album, Just Begun, releasing October 2, 2012.

“This is definitely an American record,” he explains. “After half a year in Europe, I looked at this country with new eyes and a deeper appreciation. I found inspiration in a new city and in the rhythm of staying in one place after so much time on the road.”

Track Listing

01. Just Begun
02. The Sky is Smiling
03. Nostalgic Bells
04. Just My Size
05. Not Waiting
06. Take That Wander
07. Like Water In the Desert
08. Shooting the Moon
09. It's Good To See You
10. Unteathered Heart
11. El Coyote
12. Long Day

The desert landscape had a profound effect on Forest’s new songs, as did the new friends who joined him in the studio. Winston Watson (Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz) played drums, Craig Schumacher (Iron & Wine) played organ and harmonica, Fen Ikner (Calexico) handled bass, and Jacob Valenzuela (Calexico) played trumpet. Rounding out the all-star Americana group were Forest’s longtime touring partner and harmony singer, Transylvanian songbird Ingrid Serban, as well as two luminaries from Oklahoma, Jared Tyler (Emmylou Harris) on mandolin and dobro and Jesse Aycock, lap and pedal steel.

“We bought Waylon Jennings’ cousin’s old upright piano at a garage sale,” Forest remembered. “I love to play the piano and don’t always have the chance on the road. A piano doesn’t exactly fit in my suitcase or the overhead compartment on the plane. New songs were written on that piano and some old ones came to life again.”

The result is a rootsy Americana record tinged with a Sonoran desert flavor, all wrapped up in Forest’s laid-back California style.

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