Salt Spring Island musician Trinity Forbes, also known as Firewood Poetry, is excited to return to Powell River, a place she considers “amazing.”
Forbes, who previously performed here at 2014’s Aurora Innovative Arts Festival, says Powell River reminds her of Salt Spring 15 years ago.
“Powell River is this place that artists are migrating to, and it feels really vibrant,” says Forbes. “It’s a community that’s really embracing the arts and it’s able to support that. It feels like everything I remember growing up with on Salt Spring that I loved.”
Forbes arranges sounds from nature, travel and her own instruments and then manipulates them digitally on a computer, and creates songs from there. The result is ethereal soundscapes created entirely by Forbes.
“It’s incredible and I really enjoy it,” says Forbes, “but it’s also a lot of pressure because everything I do is on me.”
Firewood Poetry’s live show focuses on improvisation, something that is very important to Forbes in order to make each show an interactive experience.
“The connection with an audience can be stronger when there’s that element of freedom involved in what you are creating with them,” says Forbes. “Those are the moments I can dig the deepest and stay present with the music, and then it becomes that much stronger and I can shine the most.”
Firewood Poetry’s latest release is a three-song EP that came out in 2015, but Forbes is readying a new track called “Particles,” which she will play live at her Red Lion Pub performance Saturday night.
“The song is about being present in your emotions and dreams, but also remembering the insignificance of all of our little dramas, and staying connected in that way,” says Forbes. “I believe in heartfelt presentation of art and self, and humility and love, so those things tend to come through in my music in a strong way.”
Sharing the stage with Forbes is Texture & Light, a local electronic dream rock two-piece that will be playing songs from its upcoming second album, Inner Space Odyssey.
Firewood Poetry (with Texture & Light)
When: Saturday, June 25, 8 pm
Where: Red Lion Pub}
Price: $10
Info: 604.483.4044
