Skip to main content

Maverick Ad

Home

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Cover Stories
  • Features
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Cashbox Legacy Awards
  • Past Covers
  • Weekly Archive
Francine Honey Prepares For Liftoff On New Record Rockets In My Boots, Volume 1

Breadcrumb

  • Home
  • Francine Honey Prepares For Liftoff On New Record Rockets In My Boots, Volume 1
Francine Honey
Fri Dec 01, 2023
Cashbox Canada

Don't get her wrong-- Francine Honey is just as sweet as her name implies. But on her latest record Rockets In My Boots, Volume 1, she's frisky, risky, and ready to shoot whiskey?

"Better Think Again" Live Off the Floor Studio Recording - Francine Honey

Building on recent career momentum, Rockets In My Boots, Volume is Honey's most daring record yet. The past two years have brought her significant peer recognition– She won the 2022 Buddy Holly Educational Fund Scholarship Award and was named the Austin Songwriter Group International's 2023 Songwriter of the Year. Honey has established herself as a seasoned songwriter, known for her transformative company theme-song writing workshops and proven ability to create custom and personalized songs. Now, in her triumphant return from 2021’s I Carry On …, Francine Honey is sharing her own story on Rockets In My Boots, Volume I, making it a natural testament to how empowered women know how to keep getting back up.

Because Honey knows a thing or two about coming back swinging. She was born the daughter of small-town Tweed, Ontario’s beloved local barber, a legacy she pays tribute to on track four, "Come Sit In My Chair". Though she always had a passion for songwriting, she initially took a more linear path in life, getting her university degree in Mathematics and Computer Science and working in that sector for several years.

Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/album/1fDAurJie4OoyMtbCwI1Fa

Tragedy struck when her then-husband fell into a deep struggle with mental illness, and Honey was forced to re-locate and start her life over again. But with classic country girl grit, Honey maintained a job in the Federal Government while raising her children alone. Though her music had seemingly taken a backseat, she never stopped writing songs, even through her toughest days.

In 2013, she made the bold decision to leave her full-time job to pursue her music. She earned a songwriting certificate at Berklee and cut her teeth studying alongside seasoned pros in Nashville. Her first album Re-Drawn was released in 2014, followed by her first full-length album to be continued... in 2018. To be continued… captured her six-day collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer Neilson Hubbard, recording live-off-the-floor in Nashville collaboration with Grammy-nominated Hubbard has continued with the release of her top 50 Rolling Stone Magazine Christmas album Take Me to the North Pole in 2019 and I Carry On in 2021. Not to mention the numerous stunning and fun music videos that her and Hubbard have released.

Again collaborating with Hubbard on Rockets In My Boots, Volume I, Honey describes herself on lead single "Cadillac" as "a pinch of sass, but all class" and proves that she can hold her own against a mean twangy guitar. On fiery "Better Think Again," the record's forthcoming single, she warns--

"The Queen Bee can still sting when it’s necessary
No I’m not just here for the temporary
You think you’re fooling me
You better think again."

Fueled by heart, sass, and hard-earned stripes, Rockets In My Boots, Volume I will undoubtedly carry Francine Honey to new heights. Liftoff, commence!

francinehoney.com

Reviews
Album
Francine Honey
Month: Dec 2021
Chris Nine Canadian Rocker Chris Nine Unleashes New EP, the heavy
Donita Large Indigenous Blues Artist Donita Large Hails the Power of Her Lineage in “…
Jenna Nation R&B Singer/Songwriter JENNA Nation Revels in the Joys of Christmas with “My…
Kele Fleming Kele Fleming Celebrates the Power of Perseverance with “Sturgeon Love”
Laurie LeBlanc Canadian Country Crooner Laurie LeBlanc Releases Official Music Video For “All In…
Lazo JUNO-Winning & Top Reggae Performer of the Year Lazo Releases New Single…
Leanne Pearson Leanne Pearson Pays Ode to Sassy Cats Everywhere with Fun, Folky New Single “…
Michael Dickson With the Holidays on the Horizon Michael Dickson Releases Heartwarming Song of Hope
Russell Sprout Canadian Kindie-Rocker Russell Sprout Delivers Family Songs with Much-Needed…
Hannah Thomas Stratford, ON's Hannah Thomas Says 'Christmas Don’t Be Late' with…
Tortured Soul Tortured Soul Celebrate Release of 20th Anniversary Album
Vivek Mehmi Hip-Hop Artist Vivek Mehmi Releases New Indie-Pop Single, “Love Myself”
Alex Goupil I Swear Singer/Songwriter Alex Goupil Sets Out to Soothe Aching Hearts with Stunning…
AXLAUSTADE Photo Credit Jean-François Sauvé Montreal Rockers AXLAUSTADE Burn Into A Post-Modern Grunge Apocalypse with “oui no…
Annabel Oreste Canadian R&B Annabel Oreste Reimagines Timeless Classic in New Release…

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹ Previous
  • …
  • Page 54
  • Page 55
  • Page 56
  • Page 57
  • Current page 58
  • Page 59
  • Page 60
  • Page 61
  • Page 62
  • …
  • Next page Next ›
  • Last page Last »

CEO/PUBLISHER/EDITOR IN CHIEF
SANDY GRAHAM

email:sandygrahamemg@gmail.com 

Canadian Journalists:

Contributing Journalist - Canada and Global
Don Graham
email: dongrahamwriter@gmail.com

Contributing Journalist - Canada and Global
Lisa Hartt
email: lisahartt87@hotmail.com

Contributing Journalist - Canada 
Michael Williams
email: greydread@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

International Journalists:

Contributing Journalist - Sweden
Malin Osth
email: malin@musicdays.se

Contributing Journalist - Sweden
Jonas Tancred
email: jonas@musicdays.se

Contributing Journalist - USA
Rob Durkee 
email: rockster2746@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Web Developer/Technical Support
Chris Wardman

email: info@chriswardman.com
website: chriswardman.com

Cashbox Cover Design and Graphic Artist
Jain McMillan

email: jainmcmillan@gmail.com

Contributing Photographer 
Tracey Savein - South Paw Productions
southpawproductions@rogers.com

 

 

 

Footer menu

  • Home
  • Features
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Cashbox Archive
  • Issue Archive
  • Past Covers