Daphne & Apollo, voice and banjo raw-dom, recorded at Lionheart Stusios

Daphne & Apollo Demo

Vela Album Taster

Daphne and Apollo

Sylph and Salamander

Fools Gold

Uli Alto

Swan

Merlin and the Fox

Checkout

Waterfall

"A Storyteller of the Soul"

As a performer, Francesca is renowned for moving her audience into the dream worlds.  These worlds are not evoked solely by her story tales and poetic imagery, but also through an expressive voice bold in experimentalism, and a diversity of song-form created on banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, dulcimers and found objects. 

"The voice is remarkable for its emotional force and expressive range, from dark growl to boisterous.  A thinking, innovative chanteuse, she has something of Joni Mitchell, something of Bjork.  The Baines sound is a spirited and spiritual intervention in the world-music it celebrates."  Derek Mahon


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