#forestpooky

The @forestpooky Live @ #Legion in #Brooklyn #NewYork Welcome to New York bub! #indiemusic #forestpooky (at Legion Bar)

The Folk Machine Tour. #trk1981 #forestpooky #spikemcguire #roadtrip_pr

Forest Pooky is an American living in France. And he is touring his ass off. An introduction to a great singer / songwriter.  How are you? Hi Chris! I´m doing quite fine. Thanks!  Where are you currently? I am in Portland, Oregon right now, in the middle of a North American tour. I am drinking good coffee while doing this interview because a French friend is having me at his place, but out there, out of this French black drink oasis…it´s shit coffee land! I still drink it though!!! It is part of the American Dream!  What plans do you have for the rest of the year? Well, I´ll be flying out to New Zealand in December, after that I´ll head to New Caledonia, Australia and Hong Kong. A pretty amazing trip and cultural enlightment! I´m getting to meet a lot of cool people and play for them. Rad!  When is your next European Tour coming up? I´ll be back in Europe mid March. I´ll be touring France for 2 weeks for the release of my new EP on 12” so that´s very exciting for me! And then, Europe from April 6th to May 27th. I´ll hopefully get to play some festivals in the summer over Europe as well. My booker Thib is on it! ([email protected])   Are there any singer / songwriters you really like at the moment? I´ve been on the Canadian leg of this tour with Seth Anderson. Awesome dude, really nice and strongly interpreted songs (http://www.sethandersonmusic.com).I am currently traveling with my friend Spike McGuire. A fun and more political invested folk music performer from Reno, NV (http://www.spikemcguire.com/)And Peter Blackie Black, my australian friend from the legend band “the Hard Ons”who plays solo. An original singer songwriter who started to release one song a day since Jan 1st this year. He´s a passionate musician and we´ll be playing together on the Australian leg of my tour (https://peterblacksolo.com/)Love all those guys. We all play different kind of music but we all play with the same heart. And that is what links us all!  What is the current status of the music scene in France? Are there any acts you can recommend? There´s a lot of great acts in France! I´m mostly aware of the punk rock scene, that´s where I come from and where I´m at. Myself, I play in several bands like Sons of Buddha, Supermunk or Napoleon Solo when I´m not on the road with my solo acoustic stuff. You should check out Not Scientists, No Guts No Glory, Cannibal Mosquitos, Ghost on Tape, Maladroit…  What else is going on in Forest Pooky's world at the moment? Oh man…my plans go all the way to 2018 so, there´s a lot going on!After the Spring European tour and the release of my new EP “We´re just killing time before we die” on 12”, I´ll be playing festivals here and there in the summer, Fall will have some North American East coast shows before a project that will bring me back to Europe for a longer tour…  Thanks! Thank you for the interest you have in my work, I appreciate it! See you on the road!!!  Forest’s bands : Sons of buddha : www.sonsofbuddha.com Supermunk :  https://supermunk.bandcamp.com/releases Napoleon Solo : https://napoleonsolo.bandcamp.com/   French bands to check out! Not Scientists : https://notscientists.bandcamp.com/ No guts no glory : https://nogutsnogloryhc.bandcamp.com/ Cannibal Mosquitos : https://soundcloud.com/el-cannibal-cannibal-mosquitos Ghost on Tape : https://ghostontape.bandcamp.com/ Maladroit : https://maladroitpunk.bandcamp.com/ 

Hanging with #ForestPooky @kepighoulie and #Spike for the #hooksandstone podcast! (at The Trade)