RECENT REVIEWS

The local music paper Urban Tulsa featured Fiawna this year. You can read the article at www.urbantulsa.com

"That voice (talking about Fiawna) is why people need to remember her name. Blessed with a low, smoky register that rarely fails her, Forte sounds wise beyond her years. Much like Feist, Norah Jones or even Joni Mitchell, Forte's croon exudes both a relaxed confidence and a sedate allure that most will find extremely appealing, and the prospect of eventual commercial success doesn't seem far-fetched.

Live, Forte is even better. Quietly confident, relaxed and friendly, she's consistent and entertaining. As her 21st birthday approaches, it's not unlikely that she'll soon join the small club of local musicians who have been able to make a decent living from bar gigs. Not that she's in any way limited to that kind of small-scale success; she's clearly got talent to spare and will inevitably grow into a formidable presence, locally and abroad."


What a beautiful vocal performance!

This is a gorgeous song with a good hook to the chorus and lyrics that evoke excellent imagery. Simply Gorgeous! It is on par with Nora Jones ... Well done!!! You have amazing talent and it would be wonderful for you to do well! Good LUCK!!!!!
- review from a music R&P rep - about song Nobody Before listen at www.taxi.com


Give me a hammock and lay me out in the sun
on Fiawna's song With The Leaves

Very refreshing and unique. Love the plucky guitar sounds with the almost Ella like scat vocals. Light hearted lyrics with wonderful melody that really made me wish I was laying in a hammock somewhere sipping boat drinks. Crisp studio sound that’s very refined. Wow, why aren’t you guys everywhere on the radio? Not to sound over complimentary but it really brought some sunshine into my day. Many thanks and carry on.
- David Lepage from Toronto, Ontario, Canada


I really like what I hear...

Very inspiring if not uplifting. From the vocals to the intrumentation of the guitars, everything has a great appeal to the ears, sounds like a song that should already be somewhere, not garageband. Very well written and although a bit simple, really gets its point across, and doesn't try to do something that is out of the range. Overall a very good song that I enjoyed.
- tastykornbread from Corpus Christi, Texas


Where have you been?

I have been looking for this style of music for some time. You guys are musically interesting, the contrasting voices are good. Instrumentation is awesome, well recorded. I am a huge Rusted Root fan and have been looking for more music in that realm with little luck. Thank you. You have your own sound within the genre.
Great job. My fave so far. - Nevergoback from Saint Louis, Missouri (A garageband.com critique)


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