Local Artist to Watch

If you like John Denver, Bob Dylan, or Cat Stevens then Irish eyes are smilin’ on you, Ogdenites. Mountain folk singer/songwriter Rorry Forbush, who sounds like a blend of all three, is bringing his original nature-inspired tunes from Logan to Ogden on Saturday.

Forbush also plays covers by artists like Tom Petty, Bob Marley, Angus and Julia Stone, Wilco, Spacey Jane, and Sticky Fingers. But at least half of his sets, that he’s been performing over ten years, are original songs.

A Logan native, where it seems like an abundance of good music is born, Forbush says most of his music inspiration comes from the mountains, nature, local artists, and “spreading the light and love into the world.”

”I really love Ogden’s vibes and music scene,” says Forbush who plays around O-Town often. Some venues/events he’d love to play and hasn’t yet are Harvest Moon Celebration, Powder Keg, Snowbasin, Blues Brews and BBQ and the Kimball Arts Festival in Park City.

We asked Forbush for some of his favorite local artists and got a whole “dream festival” list of musicians and bands:

Panthermilk / Benton Wood
Little Barefoot-Taylor Wilson
The White Clouds
Brother.
Racoon Dog
Guava Tree
Big Sis
Where the Rowdy Things Are
Salduro
Tim Pearce
Sammy Brue
Compass Rose
Highline Drifters
Two Headed Trout
The Painted Roses
Hilkat Johnson
Mama Long Legs
My Friends
The Blue Blazers
Cactus Tree
Gambling Kinds-Anderson Safre
Mustard Slim
The ShipWreckers
Beatnik

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Catch Rorry’s set at The Monarch market in Ogden on Saturday, March 12 at high Noon!
Another upcoming show: Slackwater Pub & Pizzeria on March 18.