What a thoughtful review of the Forward Music Project 1.0 album!
James May of I Care If You Listen writes, “The power of Gookin’s project lies in its bringing together of diverse female composers to tell the stories of their individual identities. In that way, Gookin is staking a claim for those composers to exist as themselves, with all the influences and experiences that shape them as artists and individuals…
As the new music scene deals with its demons of white-supremacist patriarchy, Forward Music Project is exactly the kind of effort that can guide our community toward sincere personal connection by centering the earnest interests of female-identifying composers…
Gookin herself shines throughout the record, demonstrating the curatorial care with which she treats each commission.”