Description
24-year-old Finnish blues belter Ina Forsman has a voice that transcends genre. While it’s clearly blues-soaked, her voice floats effortlessly through many styles. Been Meaning to Tell You expands both her sound and the content of her lyrics from her self-titled debut, taking two years to write the material, laying her soul bare.
Recorded at Austin’s Wire Recording Studio with producer Mark ‘Kaz’ Kazanoff and featuring his Texas Horns along with Red Young and Jay Stiles on keys, Laura Chavez on guitars, Chris Maresh on bass, and Brannen Temple on drums, Been Meaning to Tell You continues Forsman’s impressive run of all-original material that uses the blues as a strong foundation, but not as a crutch. On top of that base, she uses gospel, R&B, soul, jazz, and pop to propel her lyrics of empowerment, love, joy, heartbreak, and perseverance.
Been Meaning to Tell You is not only a solid follow-up to Forsman’s debut, it cements her credentials as an artist to watch, both in the blues genre and beyond. There’s no doubt the world will soon be hearing more of Ina Forsman and this album is sure to be one of the reasons for that.
