Ina Forsman - Ina Forsman (2016)
Ina Forsman - Ina Forsman
Blues, Soul | FLAC (tracks)+cue, front cover | 44:59 min | 311 MB
Label: Ruf Records | Tracks: 11 | Rls.date: 2016
Blues, Soul | FLAC (tracks)+cue, front cover | 44:59 min | 311 MB
Label: Ruf Records | Tracks: 11 | Rls.date: 2016
Ina Forsman is the one you've been waiting for. Maybe you've caught a glimpse of her on the blues stages of Europe, blowing out the speakers with that burnt-honey voice. Perhaps you marked her for future greatness when she represented Finland at the 2014 European Blues Challenge, or during her early guest spots with Guy Verlinde and Helge Tallqvist. Now, as this next-big-thing releases her self-titled debut album - and rocks the house on the famous Ruf Records Blues Caravan 2016 - it's time for a proper introduction. Released on Ruf Records, Ina Forsman is everything that great music used to be: real, raw, written from the heart and shot from the hip. Likewise, Ina herself is everything that great frontwomen are meant to be: enigmatic, honest, passionate and dangerous. By the time you've heard these ten self-penned songs - plus a stellar cover of Nina Simone's "I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl" - you'll know her inside-out, and want to know more. Read on. Play Ina Forsman and the first thing that hits you is the voice. That astonishing delivery is a major weapon in Ina's arsenal, and the icing on the big-band brass and soul-blues piano of these breakup and redemption songs. Growing up in Helsinki, Finland, she always hoped it would take her places. "I was six years old when I first said out loud that I wanted to be a singer. My influences go back to the time my aunt gave me my first Christina Aguilera album when I was seven. For me, a great singer is someone who has power in their voice and isn't afraid to use it, in all of its colours and shades". Yet Ina's debut album goes far deeper than a God-given voicebox. These eleven songs speak of an artist who lives and breathes the blues, having gigged from the age of seventeen and received guidance in the genre from Finnish harmonica legend Helge Tallqvist. "Helge was the first person who introduced blues to me," she remembers. "He took me to the studio and put our band together a couple of years ago. There aren't enough words to describe how much I learnt from him. So much about music, but also about organising gigs, doing the boring paperwork, and life in general". Perhaps the most crucial lesson that Ina took from her mentor was that music has to be a personal expression. As such, while her early setlists relied on covers, for her debut album, she penned all the lyrics, while co-writing the music with principal collaborator Tomi Leino. "For me," stresses Ina, "it's very important to sound original. There is no other way for me than to write the songs on my own. I have a story and no one else can tell it quite like I do. "All the songs are about love and its ups and downs," she adds. "They have a story behind them and are very personal to me, though some are more serious and deeper than others. For example, the song "Pretty Messed Up" is a last love-letter to my ex-boyfriend, and "Bubbly Kisses" is about drunk sex." As for the musical direction, there were no limits. "When I started to look for inspiration for this album, I searched for new music everywhere. I went to record stores, on YouTube, Spotify, just every possible place where I could find something I haven't heard before. Mostly, I listened old soul and blues records - artists like Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke - so this idea of a blues album turned into a soul/blues album. Mostly, it just came out that way, without much planning or trying to get a specific vibe." When it came to the album sessions, Ina also looked towards America, tracking at Wire Recording in Austin, Texas, where her band included Laura Chavez and Derek O'Brien (guitars), Nick Connolly (keys/organ), Russell Jackson (bass) and Tommy Taylor (drums) - plus guest harp from Helge Tallqvist and brass from The Texas Horns, led by producer/saxophonist Mark 'Kaz' Kazanoff. "I was so happy the whole time," she remembers. "The week that I spent in Austin is gonna be my favourite memory for a long time. I got to work with amazing, talented people in a beautiful city on the other side of the planet from where I live. A while back, I didn't dare to even dream about something like that. We worked so hard, and after every day I was more tired - but also more excited to go back to the studio." You can hear the joy in the results. At a time when most blues albums are dominated by chugging guitar, Ina's debut truly swings, evoking a brassy soul-blues session from a bygone era, but imbued with the singer's modern attitude. "All my favourite songs always had piano or brass on them," she says of the varied instrumentation. "Piano and saxophone are my favourite instruments, so it was obvious from the start". With a classic debut album in her back pocket and major international touring plans afoot, many are tipping Ina Forsman as the breakthrough artist of 2016. As for the singer herself, she prefers to ignore the predictions, live in the moment and let her creativity take the lead. "Sometimes," she considers, "it's good to just let the music take you there. My next album might be totally different - and it probably will be. That's what makes songwriting so exciting, because you never know where your next inspiration will come from".
TRACKLIST
01. Hanging Loose (3:21)
02. Pretty Messed Up (3:46)
03. Bubbly Kisses (5:23)
04. Farewell (4:01)
05. Don't Hurt Me Now (4:39)
06. Talk to Me (3:40)
07. Now You Want Me Back (4:10)
08. Devil May Dance Tonight (4:52)
09. Before You Go Home (4:26)
10. No Room for Love (3:52)
11. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (2:59)
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Ina Forsman / Ina Forsman
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