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Tape Op Magazine - Larry Crane
The Simple Things - July/Aug (2005)
My pal, Eric Tischler (of the wonderfully rockin’ Hurricane Lamps), has been accumulating a home studio full of damn good equipment over the years in his Silver Spring, Maryland basement. Here’s an album he recorded for songwriter, Tom Forsey, with an intimate quality and clean acoustic sounds that carry a loose and engaging feel. |
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Harp Magazine Review - Fred Mills
The Simple Things - July/Aug (2005)
D.C.-area troubadour Tom Forsey arrives armed with the expressive vocal rasp of Warren Zevon, the melodic intuition of Mark Knopfler and the little-details lyricism of Ryan Adams. A bucket o’ hype? |
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Roots Music Report
The Simple Things - June (2005)
Tom Forsey’s whispery voice delivers 15 truly unique songs, on this album, that are second to none. His songwriting is uncommon and his singing is superb. |
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Music Monthly Editor's Pick Review - Susie Mudd
The Simple Things - (2005)
I thought I was listening to Neil
Young when The Simple Things from Tom Forsey opened. This guy
writes great songs, and has the perfect voice for them. His
laid back style and upbeat melodies, combined with his voice,
makes this a special album. The first tune was cool, but track
two really got me. |
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The Meadow Creek Gazette -
David Simpkins
The Simple Things - (2005)
TOM FORSEY'S "THE SIMPLE THINGS".
Speaking as someone who knows what he's talking about, I know
how hard it is to translate real music into today's digital
media. It's hard to paint an accurate portrait of one's innermost
musical self when tempted to "color" and "fix" the output with
the available array of technological doodads. |
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Music Monthly -
Jim Nash
The Simple Things - December (2005)
Much of this CD is characterized by excellent feel, atmospherics, and music. The entire CD has a soft and easy, but not simple, feel to it, like sprung music captured at two or three a.m. and heard only by the players themselves. |
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Real Roots Cafe -
Jan Janssen
To The Core - (2004)
The other day I came across a new musical expression in a singer-songwriter, American- style, to be found at the website of Tom Forsey, from New Castle, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, that saying can not be ‘fresh’ any more, because the next album after “Another Chapter Down” (2000) that’s “To The Core” (2002) is already 2 years old and consists of 11 very beautiful worked out songs. |
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The Meadow Creek Gazette -
David Simpkins
To The Core - (2003)
A GREAT NEW RELEASE - A singer/songwriter
e-pal of mine, Tom Forsey, has recently put out one of the
best indie releases I've ever heard. Indeed, it deserves to
be ranked with the "big boys" in its production, its musicianship,
its songwriting, and in its sincerity. His latest CD, To The
Core, is a terrific slice of the Americana pie, with a nod
to the roots of the genre as well as an incorporation of a
distinctly modern outlook. |
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Music Monthly - Susie Mudd
(in her "Dear Readers" column)
To The Core - February (2003)
To the Core is the new effort from
Tom Forsey and I gotta tell you, it's genius. There are so
many different influences here. Every song is different from
the next, and each has all the parts to make it a great tune.
Tom plays a lot of instruments, but he has some incredible
players playing, too. |
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Music Monthly - Kyf Brewer
To The Core - June (2003)
With a tip of the untouched razor
to Clapton and the Allman Brothers, Tom Forsey launches To
the Core begging us to spare him a little sympathy. I'll oblige. |
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The River Reporter Newspaper
- Bob Cianci
To The Core - June (2003)
Tom Forsey is a Pennsylvania-based
singer/songwriter/guitarist who has yet to break within the
alternative country community, but if "To The Core" is any
indication of his talent, it shouldn't be long before people
start to take notice of his personal, terse songs of life,
including it's trials, tribulations and absurdities. |
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OnTap Online/ OnTap Magazine
- Lisa Iannucci
To The Core - August (2003)
Singer/songwriter, Tom Forsey,
spent thirteen years honing his musical voice. In 1990 he settled
in the DC area and released his well-received debut CD, Another
Chapter Down in 2000 produced by Chris Biondo (Eva Cassidy). |
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The Meadow Creek Gazette -
David Simpkins
Another Chapter Down - #7 Feb. (2001)
UNEXPECTED DELIGHTS - I don't plan
to start reviewing CDs here; maybe when we get my website up
I'll do some of that. However, singer/songwriter Tom Forsey
recently sent me his newest CD, "Another Chapter Down," and
I've just got to pass along my recommendation. |
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The Gazette Newspaper - Chris
Slattery
Another Chapter Down - March (2001)
Ready to rock? He's a Forsey to
be reckoned with - Tom Forsey is a rock and roll kind of guy.
Like so many of his generation, the 34-year-old musician would
like to ditch the last few decades of pop music in favor of
what came before: intensely written, hard hitting, guitar driven
rock that makes people think as well as groove. |
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Music Monthly - Tobias Hurwitz
Another Chapter Down - December (2000)
Tom Forsey hails from Silver Spring
Maryland. His new CD, Another Chapter Down, is the culmination
of many years of inspired tinkering, and much collaboration
with an impressive cast of local heroes. Tom steps up to the
plate armed with a husky, soulful voice, good songs, and a
magical touch on the guitar. |
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LocalMusic.com
Another Chapter Down - July (2000)
On June 6, 2000, Tom Forsey released his first CD titled “Another Chapter Down.” It contains 14 tracks of down home Folk/Blues tunes, each one soaked in poetic honesty and musical integrity. Tom describes his music as “raw sounds with high emotion.” Okay, we’ve all heard musicians tooting their own horns about the emotion surrounding their music… but rarely do we ever hear music that just makes you want to walk down to the creek, put your feet in, and throw rocks. |
