Music for the heritage market
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Fran May
Fran May has completed the over twenty four tracks - unique Rock music for the heritage market.
The Songs
Canadian born Fran May is a fifty seven year old widow, mother of two, and has worked internationally for the past thirty two years as a corporate photographer. Fran's vocals are unique, Richard' s lead guitar playing is phenomenal, the songs and production are some of the greatest to come out of the UK for many years. The project has been likened to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon; just as Roger Waters asked the members of Pink Floyd to provide ideas for a theme to do with their fears, Fran's approach was to try to represent the spectrums of emotion and feelings that any woman or man might experience during one life.
"I wanted to express my own ideas about living in today's society. I believe a large number of people will be interested in what I have to say, as the songs relate to what it feels like to be this age, in this time. I would like to share my music with you".
"When it came to finding any music which related to me as a post child bearing, creative, healthy, energetic, professional who had balanced child rearing with a career, been married and divorced and known bereavement - I could not find any, so I decided to make some for my self".I became interested in understanding in great depth, the emotional problems we encounter in life, for both men and women. I was initially interested in Baby Boomer women, who are an enormous, underexploited market world wide. The project then grew, and became a rounded, balanced view of life on behalf of both sexes.
Richard Newman Virtuoso Guitarist, Song-Writer, Producer
Richard Newman was born in 1950 in South London, near Battersea Power Station. He then moved to Richmond, Surrey at the age of seventeen. Since then, he has written and broadcast on the subject, but is mostly known as a producer and mixer of a number of albums by many of the founding members of the London Blues scene pre-Clapton, Beck, Page etc.These artists included Geoff Bradford, Brian Knight, Cliff Aungier and John Joyce. In the early 70's Richard put together a number of seven hour live radio shows for Capital Radio in London, featuring Alexis Corner, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Long John Baldry, Geoff Bradford, Brian Knight and John Joyce.
Shortly after this, Richard produced and mixed a series of albums for the "Black Lion" jazz label. At the end of the 70's, Richard put together an album featuring Brian Knight that included performances by Peter Green and Charlie Watts plus saxophone from Art Theman and Dick Heckstall Smith as well as Geoff Bradford on electric lead guitar.
In recent years Richard has had a major interview with Peter Green which was published in Guitarist Magazine, and also wrote a feature on the London Blues scene. Richard wrote and presented his own television documentary "Living With the Blues" for Channel Four.
Richard wrote the book "The Making Of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells". He also wrote, along with Dave Laing, a book about the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Richard released a CD called "London Life" which is available on iTunes and features songs about London, some of which were originally filmed by Thames Television in the early seventies and others were part of a demo session which Richard did for Pete Townshend of The Who, who encouraged him to write songs about Battersea, where Richard grew up.
Pete Townshend was a major influence on Richard the song writer in his mid-teens, as was Peter Green who formed Fleetwood Mac and who later became a close friend to Richard when they both lived in Richmond.
Images
Mouse over the first image, when the thumbnail appears, click the smallest picture to start a slide show
Listen to Me!
Fran
Fran Singing
Dave Larcomb
Dave Larcomb, arms in the air
Dreamboat, Fran
Fran, Eyes Right
Fran at 55
Fran by her garden pool
Richard Newman and Dave Larcomb
Richard, Dave and Gareth, during recording
Fran laughing
Fran posing on sofa for photographers
Really beginning to relax into this photoshoot now!
Richard Newman B/W
Richard Playing Lead Guitar
Get Down Richard! Go For It! Sheer Genius!
Richard Newman alias Don Corleone
Fran looking affable
Tom Kelly Bass Guitarist
Tom, Gareth and Richard
Fran at home
Music
Fran May and Richard are now creating their definitive two part album set. The music will be first heard in October 2012 in London. A photographic exhibition with images by both Fran and Richard will support the project.
Further announcements will be made.
Contact Information
Fran May can be contacted by email
Both www.FranMay.com and www.Storm-Songs.com are part of Storm Music and Images Ltd