Steve Forbert's brush with superstardom came in the late 1970s with his hit song "Romeo's Tune." It was a case of the right thing at the wrong time, as the reign of great singer-songwriters like ...

Having spent much of the past 30 years either inside a recording studio or on the road, it comes as no surprise that Steve Forbert remembers Northampton. Best known for 1980's "Romeo's Tune," which ...

Steve Forbert (born Samuel Stephen Forbert, December 13, 1954 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached No. 11 on the ...

In his new memoir, “Big City Cat: My Life in Folk-Rock,” Steve Forbert shares an anecdote. As a kid, on a family vacation in Biloxi, Miss., he came upon a jukebox at the hotel. “I fell so in love with ...

Steve Forbert, Early Morning Rain. This is Steve Forbert's first album of covers since Any Old Time, his 2002 tribute to Jimmy Rodgers. Here, he casts a wider net, featuring 11 of his favorite folk ...

Those 40-plus years are documented in Big City Cat: My Life in Folk-Rock, which began life as a stage play and morphed into a book with co-author Therese Boyd. Forbert drew from his own remembrances ...

Singer-songwriter Steve Forbert’s ascent out of Meridian, Mississippi nearly 44 years ago was an unlikely one. During the heady days of disco, punk, New Wave and, soon enough, “Grease” and “Urban ...

Steve Forbert's new single is more than 30 years old. The Mississippi-bred, New York City-tempered, Nashville-based singer and songwriter started writing “The Oil Song,” about a couple of oil spills, ...

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - Singer-songwriter Steve Forbert is being honored in his Mississippi hometown. Forbert attended a ceremony in Meridian where the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience ...

Steve Forbert has carved out a sizable, fantastic catalog as a singer-songwriter. He’s still releasing albums and touring to this day, five decades into his career. But, like many artists, he has one ...

Folk-rock singer Steve Forbert will perform at Hawks & Reed in Greenfield on Saturday, Oct. 16. Tickets, priced at $20 in advance and $25 at the door, are available ...

Steve Forbert's brush with superstardom came in the late 1970s with his hit song "Romeo's Tune." It was a case of the right thing at the wrong time, as the reign of great singer-songwriters like ...