Robert Francis

With the somber sounds of Lou Reed, some songwriting skills borrowed from Neil Young (sans his infamous vocals) and the vocals of a Gen-X Bruce Springsteen and music that sounds like a collaboration between Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd and Allman Brothers slowed down on a record player, it creates a brand new soulful, soothing sounds of a new sound in music. While some singer/songwriters like to stay safe with a guitar and a vocals most of the time, he’s not afraid to jump the fence into using strings, flutes, piano and other instruments one would never consider using in this genre of music, scared of it becoming “unpure” and “not raw enough”. Luckily, he gets away with it just fine and if anything, what it may lack in being “unpure” or “not raw enough” instead has powerful beauty and a rainbow of emotions flowing from ear to ear, only stopping when the CD ends. He also may be our newest find as a lyricist to join the likes of Bob Dylan and Conor Oberst with his unconventional lyrics. It’s very likely this one man talent could just possibly be our answer to what would have happened had Jeff Buckley still been with us today. I would not be surprised if you heard more from Robert Francis, but keep your ears open for more of his music.

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