Forest Sun: Bio

FOREST SUN

San Francisco Bay Area troubadour and award winning songwriter, Forest Sun has regaled audiences around the globe with his wealth of songs and stories, all sung and told with back porch ease and bonhomie. Collaborations on his many records include the likes of such musical luminaries as Jolie Holland, Sean Hayes, ALO, and Hot Buttered Rum.

In 2007 Forest was awarded 1st place in the Pacific Song Writing Competition with "Drops in the Ocean," and in 2009 his song "Gurus and Rockstars" from the album "Harlequin Goodnight" was nominated for best song in the Just Plain Folk awards.

Forest Sun is also the founder of Painted Sun Records, home to Sun’s own seven records, so far, “Not Afraid,” “Plenty,” “For the Story,” “Walk through Walls,” “So Nice,” “Harlequin Goodnight” and the 2010 release of the children's record, “Just for Fun.”

Painted Sun Records also hosts Minneapolis songwriter Alex Goldfarb’s "Magnifying Glass" (which Sun produced), and "Songs for Laura" Vol 1 and 2, benefit compilation CDs to raise funds and awareness for people with cancer and their families.

Forest Sun hosted the monthly Songbird Series at the Bazaar Cafe and Songbird Radio on KWMR.

Some of the venues Forest Sun has played:

Great American Music Hall

The Independent

Café Du Nord

The Mountain Winery

142 Throckmorton Theatre

Strawberry Music Festival

Rally on Dam Square for the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Amsterdam ...

(for a full list please see the past events calendar)

Live on KFOG, KPFA, KALW, KWMR, KDVS, KPIG, KMUN, KBOO, WERS,WRPI, KBAC

THE BAND

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Ingrid Serban - vocals

Born and raised in Transylvania, Romania, her singing career begun at the age of 2. She started studying the piano at 6 and formally begun studying voice at the age of 14. After moving to the US in 1998, she obtained a music degree with an emphasis in voice and continued to teach voice and piano at the university level. For the past 15 years, Ingrid has won several music awards and as a soloist, has performed numerous concerts and recitals both with full orchestras and more intimate settings. Today, she lends harmonies to Forest Sun’s music as well as composing, arranging and some solo work.

Steve Adams - acoustic/electric bass

Buying his first electric bass guitar at age 13 and playing in bands throughout high school led bassist Steve Adams to the Music Department at UC Santa Barbara in 1993. While working toward his degree in Ethnomusicology, he further explored the upright acoustic bass, focusing on American (Jazz, Bluegrass), Mexican (Mariachi) and Middle Eastern (Arabic, Persian, Turkish) music. Today, Steve's broad range of experiences, along with his great groove and warm tone, make him an in-demand bass player both in the studio and on stage.

When off the road with ALO, you can usually catch Steve with an assortment of players such as Skinny Singers, Nicki Bluhm, Forest Sun, Big Light, Newfangled Wasteland and more.