Women Music March 2021 – Day 7 – Fran

Maria Jacobson from Fran Fran is an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Frontwoman Maria Jacobson grew up interested in musical theater, however, became “fed up” with it while attending college. While in college, Jacobson purchased a guitar for herself to learn how to play while working at a repertory theater. After graduating from…

Coloring Club Plus — 12/28/19

I’ve had a chance to listen to Fran’s debut album, “A Private Picture,” multiple times now. The more I listen, the more I like it. So far two cuts have been posted. Here’s a third, “So Surreal.” Amanda Gersten at Paste E-zine says: With bouncy riffs, a chirpy chorus and just a hint of melancholy,…

Coloring Club Plus — 10/3/19

From Firetalk Records The trick is to make a confession entertaining. A Private Picture, the debut album by Chicago’s Fran, delivers a collection of extremely personal experiences that have been distilled and abstracted to the point that you can see yourself in their imagery, find analogs to your own emotional history in their scenarios –when…