My favourite singer/songwriter is not from the United States and is certainly not from England. He is, in fact, from Canada (although he moved there from Ayr in Scotland back in 1966). His name is David Francey. He has a gorgeous, warm folky voice that I can listen to for hours on end and the rare talent of being able to compose songs with immediately attractive melodies.
It has been a lean few years for fans of David's records (his last studio album was released four years ago and a live album released in 2009 wasn't really that interesting), so it's great to be able to play three tracks of his brand new studio album, "Late Edition," to you this evening. And there's more good news for his fans this side of the Atlantic. I contacted his management the other week to find out if he would be playing the UK anytime soon and they told me that he should be heading my way in the Autumn. I'm hoping against hope, that being originally from Scotland, he will realise that there is a north of England and will be playing a gig that I can afford to get to. I've never seen him perform and I would love to. I have a feeling it would be a magical evening.
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Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYes, what do you want?
ReplyDeleteYes, what do you want?
ReplyDelete???
Think about it.
ReplyDeleteI want to say Francey's tracks are beautiful. That's it.
ReplyDeleteOh. I thought you were trying to get my attention :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't say tracks are beautiful unless I think they are, and I wouldn't say so just to get your attention. :-)
ReplyDeleteI thought you were referring to me when you said "beautiful."
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
Yes, what do you want?
No, I'm afraid not, MadPriest. It's always about the music.
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh, though - when I finally got the joke.
Well, I don't like explaining my jokes. There's this woman who tells me off if I do.
ReplyDeleteThis joke is an exception to the rule that the humor is lost when a joke is explained. I'll stop telling you off for explaining.
ReplyDeleteI only did it once.
ReplyDeleteI learnt my lesson.
Mad One, thank you so much for this. David Francey is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteIt's possible the joke I laughed at was not the joke you told.
ReplyDeleteWow! I thought only Tim C and me had heard of him.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm his UK fan club. You can only buy his records here on import.
RE: "Beautiful - Yes what do you want?"
ReplyDeleteGood thing I wasn't drinking anything at the moment. It would have come right out of my nose.
Meanwhile, yes, this is deliciosu music.
Very nice. We like this. BP sez thanks.
ReplyDeleteCanada hasn't tamed his accent, noo, has it?
ReplyDeleteI have heard him lots of times. He comes to Edmonton at least once a year - either to our folk festival, or to the Northern Lights Folk Club. When he's here he stays at my friend Bill Werthmann's house, just round the corner from us (Bill is the musical director at Northern Lights).
ReplyDeleteHe is a great singer and a great songwriter but not much of a guitar player (he usually has someone else play for him, although he does lay a few chords himself). He's also one of the few folk performers I know who is quite open about taking lyric sheets up onto the stage - which I find very refreshing. He is the exact opposite of pretentious.
I'll look forward to getting this new CD - thanks for the sample tracks.
Canada hasn't tamed his accent, noo, has it?
ReplyDeleteIt is a scientific fact that the further you remove a Scotsman from Scotland the more pronounced his accent becomes.