Neal Francis
Acclaimed singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis has shared “Very Fine, Pts. 1 & 2,” available today at all DSPs and streaming services. Produced in Los Angeles by longtime collaborator Sergio Rios, the horn-blasted soul-powered double single that also features a cover of “Strawberry Letter 23” heralds the Chicago-based artist’s upcoming new EP, Sentimental Garbage, arriving via ATO Records on Friday, November 18. Pre-orders are available now.
WZRD Interview with Michael Harrison Berg, Founder of Sacred Rose Festival
- Sacred Rose Festival
- Phil Lesh
- Jeff Tweedy
- Nels Cline
- Jeff Chimenti
- Karl Denson
- Elliott Peck
- Stu Allen
- Grahame Lesh
- Goose
- Andy Frasco
- Gone Gone Beyond
- Umphrey's McGee
- Joe Russo's Almost Dead
- Circles Around The Sun
- Cory Wong
- Dawes
- Disco Biscuits
- Lotus
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Holly Bowling
- Karina Rykman
- Khruangbin
- Lettuce
- Lespecial
- Maggie Rose
- Margo Price
- Molly Tuttle
- Moon Taxi
- Neal Francis
- Sierra Hull
- Punch Brothers
- Sound Tribe Sector Nine
- SunSquabi
- Infamous Stringdusters
- The Wood Brothers
- Kitchen Dwellers
The inaugural Sacred Rose Fest is less than 2 weeks away. For the first time ever there will be a weekend full of music as diverse as the Grateful Dead in its current form. Phil Lesh playing with Nels Cline and Jeff Tweedy as well as Karl Denson, Stu Allen, Grahame Lesh, Jeff Chimenti, and Elliott Peck all in one headlining slot!?! Khruangbin, JRAD, Umphrey’s McGee, Disco Biscuits, Lotus, Elliott Peck’s Midnight North, Holly Bowling, and the Gone Gone Beyond are kicking it all off?!? The list is exciting and inviting.
Chicago-based singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis has shared a creative new video for “Prometheus,” one of the many highlights found on his acclaimed 2021 album, In Plain Sight (ATO). Directed by longtime collaborators Alec Basse and Max Moore, “Prometheus” is streaming now at YouTube.
WATCH “PROMETHEUS”
Orange Blossom Revue has announced the lineup for its eighth annual event taking place Friday and Saturday, December 2-3, 2022 at Lake Wailes Park in central Florida. This year, fans can look forward to a second helping of folk/Americana luminaries The Wood Brothers, who are returning as co-curators of the 2022 event.
GRAMMY® Award-winning, Chicago-based band Wilco and Chicago-based singer-songwriter pianist Neal Francis have united to co-release a joint live rendition of the Wilco classic, “Theologians.” Recorded earlier this year in front of a sold out festival crowd at Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky in Riviera Maya, Mexico, “Theologians” will be available on a pay-what-you-want basis via Bandcamp for one day only
Suwannee Rising Music Festival has released the artist lineup for the 2022 edition of the festival, returning for its third year to its home at the beautiful Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Florida on April 7-9, 2022. Suwannee Rising will offer a wide-reaching mix of nearly 30 live artists on two stages for a three-day weekend filled with jam, funk, jazz, soul, rock, blues music, and more.
Some artists out there could play in all the different spaces—stadiums, old theatres, jazz clubs, dive bars—and sound good in them all. Neal Francis, pop soul singer and keyboardist extraordinaire, and his three-member band are such an entity. Their delivery of deep pocket, cohesive grooving over some pretty brilliant song material ensures they would sound awesome anywhere.
Chicago-based singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis appeared on CBS This Morning's "Saturday Sessions" today, performing "Can't Stop The Rain," "Problems," and "Alameda Apartments" from his critically acclaimed latest album, In Plain Sight (ATO).
WATCH "CAN'T STOP THE RAIN" ON CBS SATURDAY MORNING
Suwannee Rising Music Festival has released the artist lineup for the 2022 edition of the festival, returning for its third year to its home at the beautiful Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Florida on April 7-9, 2022. Suwannee Rising will offer a wide-reaching mix of nearly 30 live artists on two stages for a three-day weekend filled with jam, funk, jazz, soul, rock, blues music, and more.
Chicago-based singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis has shared his new video for the song “Problems,” the latest single from his new album, In Plain Sight (ATO). In Plain Sight is Francis' second album and it was mixed by GRAMMY® Award winner Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, MGMT). The hilarious and raucous clip, directed by Alec Basse and Max Moore, finds Francis singing on a microphone dropped down from the ceiling in a doctor's office waiting room.
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