“The London-based, Italian singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Roberta De Francia, is an innovative musician that melds classical, acoustic, jazz, alternative, and avant-garde musical styles into a loving concoction of blended melodies. The sometimes quirky compositions are theatrical and a little funky...”
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Matthew Forss, "M-East-Ery Park" Album Review
“Roberta De Francia’s slightly jazzy, folksy, bluesy, quirky, and gritty selection of songs is seemingly indescribable...The sometimes quirky compositions are theatrical and a little funky ..Her mix of instrumentation and vocals created a sound unlike anything previously released from any similar artists...the album should be applauded for incorporating different styles and instrument arrangements...Matthew Forss”
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Matthew Forss, "M-East-Ery Park" Album Review
“Dark Light Dance” opens with raw percussion and a brisk, acoustic guitar introduction with a few slaps of conga-like drums. Roberta’s voice is poetic, varied,
The music is abrupt and musically-complex with fluttering, echoing, and clattering of sounds mish-mashed together. The result is not particularly off-putting, because the music is quite enthralling. The melodies are not very smooth, due to the forced vocals that resemble beat poetry more than anything. However, the few horn squeaks and slapping drum beats and tambourines at the end of the song signify a highly-textured track.”
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Matthew Forss, "M-East-Ery Park" Album Review
“Pitch Patch” opens with a little acoustic guitar ditty, slapped congas, and edgy sax with Roberta’s bluesy vocals that are raspy and earthy. The scintillating guitar strings signify a slightly bluegrass, blues, and old-time ambiance. However, Roberta’s characteristic, punchy guitar playing is evident. Roberta even includes some scat vocals throughout. The song characteristics are a little different than other songs, but the same punchy guitar arrangements and somewhat forced vocals are evident. The bass and tambourine signal a short instrumental segment that bleeds into one more chorus.”
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Matthew Forss, "M-East-Ery Park" Album Review
“April’s Smile” begins with a jaunty, jazz tune with acoustic guitar, blurby bass, and Roberta’s child-like vocal energies. The swirling melody is more like a pop standard that is more structured than other tracks on the album. The sax makes more of an appearance on this song than others, which adds to the jazz infusions and instrumental interplay...
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Matthew Forss, "M-East-Ery Park" Album Review
“Roberta....Beautiful pieces here...I'm really enjoying "Pale Days" right now.. Outragrously fantastic guitar playing..with powerful arrangements and vocals...Superb!”
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Teo (kim merlino), Reverbnation
“Overall, Roberta De Francia and Band bring forth a collection of some of the most creative and warm songs available in the singer-songwriter genre. Oftentimes under appreciated, bands like this wind up having long careers and are fortunate that they are able to avoid the allure and trappings of commercial music. I believe we'll be hearing a lot of music from Roberta DeFrancia, therefore I recommend that everyone who reads this review... ”
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IAM review
“I am rarely touched by such beautiful music.elements of Simon and Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell yet. Very original sounds, crystal clear vocals, fascinating lyrics... thank you for feeding my soul. Your fan Will Lake”
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Will Lake, Reverbnation
“Great sound and love the rhythm and beautiful voice in Five, Fibs, Fire. Great stuff! Keep it going and enjoy. Cheers, Mary”
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Mary Confurius, Reverbnation
“Very fresh, original and dynamic style..spiritually, the writing reminds me of Tori Amos but with a guitar. Great vocals and playing on tunes like "wet stairs" and "pale days"”
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MikeWhitePresents, Reverbnation
“Your voice is a precious jewel. It is sultry and beautifully suited to the soft subtle jazz sound that permeates your songs.”
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Salariatus, Reverbnatin
“...Il suo CD è un gioiellino minimalista dove prevale una melodia molto articolata accompagnata in prevalenza della sola chitarra acustica...L'autrice non punta all'orecchio distratto dell'ascoltatore ma la obbliga piuttosto ad apprezzare l'alchimia e l'incontro tra poesia melodica fluttuante (a volte addirittura parabolica) ed un'armonia intrecciosa nel suo essere ma allo stesso tempo essenziale nel suo sviluppo... il tutto valorizzato da un modo di cantare da cui appare chiara la ricerca di uno stile originale....”
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Andrea Orlandi
“Love your sound! Brilliant vocal delivery and guitar playing. Wonderful heart-warming songs that just send me drifting. Love, Phil”
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Phillip Hartley, Reverbnation
“Hi Roberta! Real good songs, excellent guitarplaying!
Listening to "Wet stairs" right now, cool song!!!
Good work! ”
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Frank Bakken, Reverbnation
“The songs sound excellent. I like the playing. Great sound. Very tight and nice realized sweet voice.”
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Sick Leave - Faith, Reverbnation
“Beautiful moods, simple and complex at the same time. Good luck!”
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Volka Glück, Reverbnation
“Journey through time......Great song,chords,arrangements,vocals,I like this one!
Good luck with your music.Peace..PHIGROA (USA)”
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PHIGROA, Reverbnation
“...I'm listening to No more protagonist now, evocative vocal and sensitive guitar... ”
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Yokoinc, Reverbnation
“Hello Roberta, Very nice , I like your guitar playing, and your voice is very pure, I like :)”
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Guy Tardi, Reverbnation
“Incredibly unique and talented! I love the folky undertones, keep doing this and keep being you...”
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Brian Knutson, Reverbnation
“GREAT VOICE AND GUITAR THERE !!!NICE WORK;NUTS IS SO COOOL;PALE DAYS IS MY FAV ONE !!!...JOURNEY THROUGH TIME...BEAUTIFUL SONG !!!”
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Nico Minescu, Reverbnation
“Great songs Roberta. You sure have a unique style. Foretaste is my favorite so far. Keep up the good work”
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Spin Flint, Reverbnation
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i love it! great tunes -playing -vocals!-xxx-hilrant
Pressing play today and i'm giving you thumbs up for job well done
Playing your first track absolutely brilliant i will be back to replay can't get enough all the best
Listening to some great material here today!!
Groovin to 1 Dark Light Dance! Cool tune!
Chill music!!!