Brooks Forsyth to Perform at Americana Fest

Brooks Forsyth, whose latest album is "So Much Beyond Us," joins a talented lineup of musicians this weekend at Americana Fest in Nashville.

Forsyth's "So Much Beyond Us" is produced by Buzz Cason and Parker Cason. The outstanding 29-year-old singer-songwriter from Boone, N.C. performs at Bobby's Idle Hour on Friday, Sept. 14.

Bobby's Idle Hour is located on Music Row.

Forsyth is just returning from a wide-ranging U.S. tour, that brought him to locations including Denver, California and Washington state. Listen to the new album here.

Buzz Cason Produces 'So Much Beyond Us'

"So Much Beyond Us" is released on ArenA Recordings. The album, which has 11 tracks, was recorded and mixed by Parker Cason at Creative Workshop in Berry Hill. It was mastered by John Baldwin. The photos on the album were taken by Bill Barbour and the artwork was done by Jamie Jean.

Musicians on the album are Sadler Vaden on electric guitar; Michael Rinne on electric and upright bass; Jon Radford on drums and percussion; Wanda Vick on banjo, mandolin, dobro and fiddle; Eamon McLoughlin on fiddle and strings; Parker Cason on pedal steel and Buzz Cason on background vocals.

Brooks Forsyth Knows What Lies Ahead

By traveling the country playing music, Forsyth has learned that there is truly "So Much Beyond Us," he says, and his experiences color the new record.

Outstanding tracks on the new album are the moody and romantic "Cast My Dreams to The Wind," the vintage-sounding "Don't Come Around No More," and "Restless at Home, Lonesome on the Road," and the cover "Blue Railroad Train."

An outstanding track that apparently means a lot to the North Carolina songwriter is the emotional "Little Coal Mining Town." The song takes an emotionally heated subject of layoffs resulting from the closure of the coal mines and plays against type with a relatively upbeat fingerpicking melody.

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Watch Brooks Forsyth play "Little Coal Mining Town." Video by Andreas Werner: