Dan Lebowitz May 31, 2008

ALO's acoustic guitar madman Dan Lebowitz fronts his own band with ALO bassist Steve Adams and a host of other guests. Forest Sun presents a seamless, deceptively simple interweaving of roots, jazz, folk, gospel, soul and speakeasy blues. He brings a naked, unaffected soul to his writing, playing and singing, which give every note an word he drops a simple conviction that just can't be faked or affected. Though only in his mid '20s, Jesse P. Cutler is easily identified as that rare form of singer/songwriter, an original whose work somehow feels familiar. There is an assured quality to both his vocals and his steel-stringed acoustic guitar playing as though they were the work of an artist long-established as a professional in his craft, rather than one embarking on a career.