★★★★★
It can be argued that David Francey has had more impact than any old-school Canadian folk songsmith since the late great Stan Rogers. A late bloomer, he has now released ten albums that have deservedly won acclaim here (three Juno Awards) and beyond. is one of his very best; it finds him digging deep, mining themes of depression, grief and unrequited love with genuine empathy...
- exclaim.ca
2013-06-25
★★★★★
Since releasing his first album in 1999 at age 45, David Francey has released an album every couple of years or so, enjoying well deserved success in his middle age. The Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter has won the Best Roots & Traditional Album Juno Award three times over the past decade and this new record could earn him a fourth, filled as it is with folk and country gems...
- hour.ca
2011-11-21
★★★★★
I've only been down east once in my lifetime; a family trip to a summer cottage on Prince Edward Island. I relish the chance to return because, except maybe in the winter, the east coast of Canada is a rather beautiful place. No matter where you go (okay, Moncton kinda sucks) it's the type of pastoral setting Wordsworth would write about if he weren't dead and people still actually liked topographical poetry. Sure I was only there once, and I only went through New Brunswick and P.E.I...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-02-21
★★★★★
I've only been down east once in my lifetime; a family trip to a summer cottage on Prince Edward Island. I relish the chance to return because, except maybe in the winter, the east coast of Canada is a rather beautiful place. No matter where you go (okay, Moncton kinda sucks) it's the type of pastoral setting Wordsworth would write about if he weren't dead and people still actually liked topographical poetry. Sure I was only there once, and I only went through New Brunswick and P.E.I...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2010-10-18
★★★★★
David Francey is one of Canada's best-kept secrets, but he's one who deserves to be globally recognized on a level similar to Joni Mitchell or Neil Young. His songs are deceptively simple, tinged by his accent, a Scots-Canuck mix, the images direct, as on "Ashtabula," but put together they create a complex, multidimensional picture -- not unlike a younger version of Gordon Lightfoot, in his own way...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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