A Conversation with Robert Francis – HuffPost 6.17.14

Mike Ragogna: Hey Robert, Heaven’s your new album, and this time out, you’re backed by the Night Tide. What’s the “Night Tide” a reference to?

Robert Francis: Well, I remember I was playing a show in Zurich, Switzerland, and at the time, I was playing with some of who I would consider the best musicians in LA. I got in with some really heavy musicians in the jazz field and I was looking around the stage and even though it it sounded great I didn’t feel like there was an energy there, it wasn’t palpable. Even though it osunded good I felt like the audience couldn’t feel it and one of those reasons was because perhaps when you’re hiring people and playing with session people they’re not necessarily as invested in the music as much as a band member would be. When coming back to do this new reocrd I wanted to try to do somethin different and have the camaraderie of a band and to pick musicians and assemble a band that would be totally different. So even though there were definitely some of the most raw moments on any record I’ve made where it’s just me and a guitar, the band itself I think, when they’re on the laubm it’s them and it’s very much a certain sound.

A Conversation with Robert Francis – HuffPost 5.30.12

Mike Ragogna: Hey Robert, last time out, I think we did one of the longest interviews I’ve ever had with someone. We got way into your last album, Before Nightfall, and I think we went through every single song on that one. Robert Francis: I think so. That’s right! MR: What are your thoughts about your […]

An Interview with Singer-Songwriter Robert Francis – HuffPost 11.5.09

Mike Ragogna: Your new album, Before Nightfall, seems to capture some of the same desperateness as Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness On The Edge Of Town because your characters’ lives and relationships are challenged by the times. Are all these adventures based on a certain relationship or a few different ones? Robert Francis: I think this record is pretty much […]