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Allison Francis

About Me

AHhhhhh, I love music, I can't stress that enough, I love listening to it and relating to it and writing it and playing it and singing it and having other people relate to it and feeling it all over and hearing it in things other than instruments and voices, this stuff is so important and personal to me so I hope you can appreciate it to some extent (or to no extent) as well. (Pardon my run-on sentence, think of it as me getting it all out in one breath). Please, please, give it all a listen, and if you like it, please help me spread the word and get as many people to hear it as possible. I am incredibly grateful for those of you who do listen and support me, please send me a message if you have anything to say, even if it's just hi. I have so much love for you guys.
I am from Portland, but currently in Boston. I am twenty years old.
I am on Base Trip Records and they are fabulous.
"Lost (On This Side)" backstage at the Knitting Factory:
More Allison Francis on YouTube !
"Elapsed" with Rapper Steph of Base Trip Records:
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Member Since: 14/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.thesixtyone.com/allisonfrancis
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Influences: The Mountain Goats, Bob Dylan, Stars, my friends.
Folk, emo/indie, & musical theater. That makes sense.

Check out my EPK
Sounds Like: " ... sparse, but somehow joyful folk music. Think female hipster-dylan circa '61 (complete with mouth harp). "
- This Mornin' I Am Born Again
"... violently strumming her tiny guitar, mixing underneath addictive melodies that seemed to convey stories, as if she [is] singing directly to the exact person standing right in front of her."
- CMJ
"Her songs are constructed from melody as depth, rather than distortion and crash cymbals... she executes it with the right attitude and style."
- Joseph Craig (of Theart )
Record Label: Base Trip Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

i'm alive, i'm alive!

hey friends! i've been lying low for a while but my life has been active, musically and otherwise. today i updated my myspace with some new-ish recordings of old-ish songs, please feel free to list...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Back in Portland and Leaving Again

Hello friends,So through pneumonia and persistent snowfalls I played three shows since being back in Portland, all of which were great - I got to play with some fantastic musicians and I'm going to us...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:57:00 GMT

lyrics!

These are just the lyrics for the songs on my myspace, let me know if you want any others!every other person with so much in your handsit's not hard to understandwhy you feel so estrangedyou set the h...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:13:00 GMT

Exclusive Allison Francis Covers, or, Talk About Flattery! (free downloads)

Some equally great friends and musicians have covered some of my songs. Please let me know if you are ever interested in doing this and I would be happy to send you lyrics, tabs, whatever. I would lov...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

"Old Young Soul" by Jeff Haynes

Local photographer Jeff Haynes recently conducted an interview/photoshoot as a part of his current project, the goal of which is to "highlight some of the people making these cultural contributions, a...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:36:00 GMT

Chaos Show Review (from CMJ.com)

Allison Francis @ Chaos Cafe & ParlorJune 5, 2008Last Thursday in Portland, Oregon, indie-folk singer/songwriter Allison Francis played an intimate set at Chaos Cafe & Parlor, to a crowd of devoted fa...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:54:00 GMT

AF Press release by Liz Pelly

It's Monday afternoon and a crowd is gathering on the outskirts of Union Square Park in New York. Allison Francis, a singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon, is standing on the gray brick steps leadi...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:23:00 GMT

With love, from Allison

Hello friends,Since coming to Boston at the end of August I have been playing and writing a lot more music. I have a new song that will soon be up currently named "Can Not, Will Not" and I would like ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:49:00 GMT