(Sgroliwch i lawr am y Gymraeg)
"Francesca's Word Salad" is a Cardiff based singer-songwriter. Original folk/ anti-folk / indiepop containing a mixture of macabre ballads, pathetic stalkery and unrequited love songs, reverse mermaids and zombie firefighters.
Influences include: The Magnetic Fields / Jeffrey Lewis / Amanda Palmer / Sweet Baboo / Divine Comedy / The Burning Hell / Ivor Cutler and The Muppets.
FWS has performed at large and small music venues across the UK the USA ( from Seattle to New Orleans), Malta, Poland and Ireland including festivals such as SXSW (Austin, Texas), Edinburgh Festival, Blue Lagoon (Wales), Indietracks (Derby, England), Pop-Up, London Antifolk Winter Festival (London, England), Truefest, Troyfest, Hub Cardiff, Wales Goes Pop, Brickstock, Pop-Up Cardiff, Swn Presents and Brighton Fringe. In 2020, FWL will be appearing at festivals including Blue Lagoon, SXSW, Boomtown Fair, Devauden Fest and Green Gathering.
If you’re seeking excitement or tales that are gory
Or perhaps you seek out the undead in a story?
If you’d like these set down in a song or a ballad
I’d get yourself down to Francesca’s Word Salad...
TESTIMONIALS
"Francesca's Word Salad is entertaining, clever and witty. Francesca can easily win over a room, leaving the audience in stitches and joining in with her imaginative tales of woe. She is adaptable to different audiences, and is always seeking to collaborate and create with others, highly recommended" - Liz Hunt, The Moon/Hub Fest/Wales Goes Pop
"Good old fashioned bawdy, hilarious entertainment. Whether music or comedy is more your thing,
Francesca's Word Salad guarantees a great night out!" - James Karran, St Canna's Alehouse
"Francesca’s World Salad is by far one of my favourite acts to book. Her quirky, delightfully black comical style has the audience both in hysterics and awe of her abilities to weave such delicate subjects into her work. Packed with audience participation and awkward stories, she wins the crowd every time, guarantee to leave the room wanting more!"
Sally, Ocean Arts Cardiff
“A one-woman show of genre-defying antics, Francesca’s Word Salad is simply spellbinding, a charismatic carnivalesque cabaret of darkness and delights that will entice your soul. If you dare. (You’ll be back for more)” J@AB.C - Andrew Buchan Bar
"FWS will always be welcome back at ITNA KLOF shows. Her sets bring together a macabre surrealism with an infectious, charming enthusiasm. Audiences can't seem to get enough of her paper plate army. Loved it!" Simon Read (Itna Klof Collective)
"Francesca's Word Salad was an unforgettable highlight for the shows I promote. Her lyrical dexterity and witty charisma captured the audience in a way only the best and most accomplished performers can. I'd be surprised if you ever find a crowd she can't work on to her side." Steve Kenward, Gentileza
"Francesca's Word Salad" yw enw'r gantores a cherddor o Gaerdydd. Cerddoriaeth wreiddiol werin / anti-folk / indiepop sy'n cynnwys baledi tywyll, caneuon serch pathetig, caneuon cariad annychweledig, môr-forynion chwith a tân-ddiffoddwyr sombi.
Mae ei dylanwadau'n cynnwys: The Magnetic Fields / Jeffrey Lewis / Amanda Palmer / Sweet Baboo / Divine Comedy /
The Burning Hell / Ivor Cutler a The Muppets.
Mae FWS wedi perfformio yn nifer o leoliadau cerddoriaeth mawr a bach ar draws y DU, UDA (o Seattle i New Orleans), Malta, Gwlad Pwyl ac Iwerddon, gan gynnwys gwyliau megis SXSW, Edinburgh Festival, Blue Lagoon, Indietracks, Pop-Up, London Antifolk Winter Festival, Truefest, Troyfest, Hub Cardiff, Wales Goes Pop, Brickstock, Pop-Up Cardiff, Swn Presents a Brighton Fringe.2
"Francesca's Word Salad" is a Cardiff based singer-songwriter. Original folk/ anti-folk / indiepop containing a mixture of macabre ballads, pathetic stalkery and unrequited love songs, reverse mermaids and zombie firefighters.
Influences include: The Magnetic Fields / Jeffrey Lewis / Amanda Palmer / Sweet Baboo / Divine Comedy / The Burning Hell / Ivor Cutler and The Muppets.
FWS has performed at large and small music venues across the UK the USA ( from Seattle to New Orleans), Malta, Poland and Ireland including festivals such as SXSW (Austin, Texas), Edinburgh Festival, Blue Lagoon (Wales), Indietracks (Derby, England), Pop-Up, London Antifolk Winter Festival (London, England), Truefest, Troyfest, Hub Cardiff, Wales Goes Pop, Brickstock, Pop-Up Cardiff, Swn Presents and Brighton Fringe. In 2020, FWL will be appearing at festivals including Blue Lagoon, SXSW, Boomtown Fair, Devauden Fest and Green Gathering.
If you’re seeking excitement or tales that are gory
Or perhaps you seek out the undead in a story?
If you’d like these set down in a song or a ballad
I’d get yourself down to Francesca’s Word Salad...
TESTIMONIALS
"Francesca's Word Salad is entertaining, clever and witty. Francesca can easily win over a room, leaving the audience in stitches and joining in with her imaginative tales of woe. She is adaptable to different audiences, and is always seeking to collaborate and create with others, highly recommended" - Liz Hunt, The Moon/Hub Fest/Wales Goes Pop
"Good old fashioned bawdy, hilarious entertainment. Whether music or comedy is more your thing,
Francesca's Word Salad guarantees a great night out!" - James Karran, St Canna's Alehouse
"Francesca’s World Salad is by far one of my favourite acts to book. Her quirky, delightfully black comical style has the audience both in hysterics and awe of her abilities to weave such delicate subjects into her work. Packed with audience participation and awkward stories, she wins the crowd every time, guarantee to leave the room wanting more!"
Sally, Ocean Arts Cardiff
“A one-woman show of genre-defying antics, Francesca’s Word Salad is simply spellbinding, a charismatic carnivalesque cabaret of darkness and delights that will entice your soul. If you dare. (You’ll be back for more)” J@AB.C - Andrew Buchan Bar
"FWS will always be welcome back at ITNA KLOF shows. Her sets bring together a macabre surrealism with an infectious, charming enthusiasm. Audiences can't seem to get enough of her paper plate army. Loved it!" Simon Read (Itna Klof Collective)
"Francesca's Word Salad was an unforgettable highlight for the shows I promote. Her lyrical dexterity and witty charisma captured the audience in a way only the best and most accomplished performers can. I'd be surprised if you ever find a crowd she can't work on to her side." Steve Kenward, Gentileza
"Francesca's Word Salad" yw enw'r gantores a cherddor o Gaerdydd. Cerddoriaeth wreiddiol werin / anti-folk / indiepop sy'n cynnwys baledi tywyll, caneuon serch pathetig, caneuon cariad annychweledig, môr-forynion chwith a tân-ddiffoddwyr sombi.
Mae ei dylanwadau'n cynnwys: The Magnetic Fields / Jeffrey Lewis / Amanda Palmer / Sweet Baboo / Divine Comedy /
The Burning Hell / Ivor Cutler a The Muppets.
Mae FWS wedi perfformio yn nifer o leoliadau cerddoriaeth mawr a bach ar draws y DU, UDA (o Seattle i New Orleans), Malta, Gwlad Pwyl ac Iwerddon, gan gynnwys gwyliau megis SXSW, Edinburgh Festival, Blue Lagoon, Indietracks, Pop-Up, London Antifolk Winter Festival, Truefest, Troyfest, Hub Cardiff, Wales Goes Pop, Brickstock, Pop-Up Cardiff, Swn Presents a Brighton Fringe.2