Immensely talented young French-American singer-songwriter Francesca Blanchard will be returning to the West Coast in July.  Last fall, Francesca performed a number of sold out shows at major venues in Seattle, Portland, SF, LA, and San Diego as an opener for Yuna. Francesca's intimate songs in French and English have earned her wide praise, and she has opened for everyone from Suzanne Vega and Joan Amatrading to Caravan Palace, Joseph and Lissie. She will be touring with a trio or quartet.

Francesca recalls her Mediterranean childhood as one of bare feet on terra cotta tiles, fuchsia sunsets, fresh mistral breezes, the aroma of lavender and evening cricket choirs. La vie douce (“the sweet life”) aptly describes the rhythm and rhyme of those early years, where extended sojourns to a family cabin in the Alps further nourished a love of wild, open spaces and the solitary peace of simple living in the heart of a family that was anything but conventional. 

Born of two cultures, Francesca not only brings her two languages to her songs, but a deep sensitivity for the universal qualities of music.