CLASSIC ACOUSTIC FROM FRAN RODGERS

Some singers simply sing lyrics, some live the lyrics, the rare talented ones take the audience within the songs and on to a higher musical experience, Fran Rodgers is such that rare talent. Her thirty minute performance at the “Acoustic all-dayer” at Wakefield’s Escobar was a musical joy to behold. Every word was sung with a delicate, yet powerful pureness rarely heard. It would be easy to describe Fran as Yorkshire’s answer to the multi-award winning Karine Polwart, however this would detract from the uniqueness of Fran’s song-writing and singing abilities. Her set included songs from her new and acclaimed four-track CD ‘Let the Rain Fall’, each song being individual and poignant. The perfect antidote for a day of stress would be to dim the lights, have a glass of wine and play a Fran Rodgers CD over and over and over…