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Holy Forest is the brainchild of musician and filmmaker Jon Fine (Herbie Hancock's "Possibilities"/ Bill Wither's "Still Bill"). Wearing a number of hats on this record as producer, instrumentalist and songwriter, Fine enlisted friends and collaborators to play on a genre-blending project which includes members of Antibalas, singer’s Morley Kamen, Seraphim, Sparlha Swa, Ed “Preachermann” Holley, Gambian griot Tata Din Din Jobarteh (aka the Jimi Hendrix of the Kora) and Grammy nominated Kora master Youssoupha Sidibe.

The recording sessions, spanning 3 years were inspired by a trip to the Gambia’s Makasutu forest, a lush green riverine wilderness of mangrove swamps. The 11 track self-titled debut album “Holy Forest” was recorded in Gambia, New York, Woodstock and San Francisco.
Limited Edition Vinyl with album cover artwork by Andrew Zuckerman

Gilles Peterson has been supporting the release since receiving a copy at the tail end of 2015 and the cut 'Africa Calling' was featured in his best of 2015 radio show at the end of the year.