Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Francine Honey Announces Retirement From The Road, Clears The Decks For Rockets In My Boots, Vol II

Fri Sep 27 2024
Francine Honey Photo Credit Jeff Fasano

A feeling of transition emanates from every note of musical treasure in Francine Honey’s focus single, “Unfinished Business.” And that’s totally appropriate for an artist who’s in the midst of taking stock of her past while charting a bold change in her career trajectory, including announcing her retirement from the road and concentrating on the studio.

Inspired by a dream Honey once had of a timeless love in a canyon, the song explores the themes of destiny, choice and possibilities. But its implications are significantly more personal than that. Her musical vision conjures up memories of relationships that ended badly and finds her wondering if she would ever be find real love. Picturesque lyrical images of canyon dust filling the air and white smoke “rising up in prayer” contribute to an eerie Western gothic in which those ghost riders in the sky may be specters of a now-painful past—or guides into a promising unknown. The song sticks with you long after the final chord has been struck, leaving a sensation of wistful hopefulness that’s the perfect metaphor for where Honey now finds herself as an artist.

Francine Honey Gives Couples The Hope To Power Through on Award-Winning New Single “The We, We Used To Be”

Fri Sep 08, 2023

Sometimes a relationship can hit a rough patch, and all you want is to get back to that place where you both know you can do better. With her signature honeyed voice as its star, singer-songwriter Francine Honey’s new ballad “The We, We Used To Be” tackles this unique sort of melancholy. Check it out on YouTube here:

 I don’t want to fight
There’s nothing left to say

I don’t need to be right
I want us to find a way, back to
The We, we used to be
The We, staying up ’till 3
The We, tangled up in sheets
I remember the We, we used to be

Francine Honey Invites You To 'Come Sit In My Chair' For An Intimate Folk Journey

Fri Jul 07, 2023

Ottawa-based Americana artist Francine Honey pays tribute to the charm of old-fashioned barbers while showing love to fathers everywhere in her heartwarming new single “Come Sit In My Chair” – check it out on YouTube here:

 A personal anecdote on the profound connection found in getting your hair done, "Come Sit In My Chair” is a gentle reminder to appreciate the little moments in life.

Drawing inspiration from her family’s local salon in the small town of Tweed, Ontario, Francine Honey shares the intimate story of her father, a beloved barber in the community. Claude's Hair Salon was a gathering place where locals would sit in his chair, share their stories, and receive a rejuvenating haircut that breathed new life into their spirits.

Francine Honey Releases Great Post-Pandemic Reunion in New Single, “One Big Party”

Fri Jul 15 2022
Francine Honey Releases Great Post-Pandemic Reunion in New Single, “One Big Party”

There’s nothing like getting together with friends you haven’t seen in forever, and Ottawa-based Americana artist Francine Honey bottles the excitement of a wild, all-out reconnecting of pals in her new single and video, “One Big Party”.

Check out “One Big Party” on YouTube here:

Rocking and rollicking with a driving rhythm and a singalong chorus, “One Big Party” is an ode to the reunions we’ve all been longing for during the pandemic — as well as reunions of every kind.

“I had my group of high school friends in mind when I wrote it,” Honey shares. “We reconnected at a high school reunion some years ago and have gotten together regularly since then. Our parties almost always involve being outside around a fire and howling at the moon by the end of the night!”

Americana Songstress Francine Honey Lights the Way Through Life With New Single, “Hold On”

Fri Apr 22, 2022

I first became aware of Francine Honey and her songs a few years ago, and the lyrics and her voice caught my full attention. “Snowflakes On My Eyelashes” (feat. Beth Nielsen Chapman) was the first song I listened to by her, and it captured my heart – a song about grief and loss all the while offering hope. Watch the poignant and beautiful video here:

I lost myself for hours listening to her other great songs; I Carry On, Come Sit in My Chair, I Soldier On to name a few.

Then a few months ago, this talented singer/songwriter put out a great light-hearted pandemic ditty called “Hunker Down” – check out the video here:

Francine Honey Offers a Solution for Couples Needing to Reconnect with the Release of “Hunker Down”

Fri Feb 04, 2022

Leaning into the fact that life is crazy-busy for all couples with kids, Canadian singer/songwriter Francine Honey offers a solution for partners needing to rekindle and reconnect with the release of her whimsical new single and video, “Hunker Down” – watch it here:

Leading the way to finding passion again, this upbeat new single and video blend the very best of Americana, Country, and Roots with layers of guitar, fiddle, and smooth, honeyed, soaring vocals.

Focusing on the romantic side of a long-term couple hunkering down at home, Honey observes ‘Between the bills, kids and work, there’s not much time for me and you’ as she reminds us that, every once in a while, couples need to put the concept of ‘life’ back into the term ‘life together.’

Singer/Songwriter Francine Honey Captures the Romance of Electricity with “Lightning”

Fri Aug 13, 2021

There’s palpable electricity in a kiss between two people meant to spend their lives together, and multi-award winning Americana Blues artist Francine Honey draws from her very own moment of romantic epiphany for her evocative new single, “Lightning”.

For Honey, that life-changing moment happened 10 years ago during a train trip through the Canadian Rockies with a friend who had been, at one time, more than that. “We started the trip as old friends with no expectations of anything other than to have a travel companion on this once-in-a-lifetime trip on the Royal Canadian Pacific Express 1800’s steam train,” she recalls. “As the train weaved its way through the mountains and into the spiral tunnels of Yoho National Park, it was clear the old flames were still alive.”

The two shared a pivotal, emotionally charged kiss, and the realization they should be together forever hit them like… Well, lightning.

“This song is about the exact moment of the kiss that changed it all,” the Leamington, ON-born, now Ottawa, ON-based Honey explains. “That magical moment when you ‘know’... 

Check out the electricity of “Lightning” on YouTube here:

Singer/Songwriter FRANCINE HONEY Drops Emotional New Single, “I’m Coming Home”

Fri Jan 29, 2021

Ahead of the release of her fourth studio album, Unfinished Business, veteran Leamington, ON’s singer/songwriter Francine Honey has released a brand-new single, “I’m Coming Home” — Watch and listen to the YouTube video here:

 

The emotional, three minute-spanning tune follows the bilingual Ontarian musician’s signature format as yet another blues-inspired country song jam-packed with a lifetime’s worth of raw emotion.

As suggested in the song title, the somber track is all about finally making the journey home after being away and missing it for so long. With the power and vulnerability of Honey’s voice, you might even think she wrote it, however, that was not the case.

Francine Honey Takes Stock Of The World In New Double-Single, “Can’t Press Reset” & “2020 Vision”

Fri Nov 06, 2020

Life can change in an instant. That saying has never been more relevant than it is today. In the blink of an eye, our world has been turned upside-down and forever changed by pandemic and protest, political upheaval and climate change, racism and revolution. Thankfully, there are glimmers of light in the darkness: Neighbours who help each other. Activists who campaign for change. And artists who unite us with timely, touching works, like Francine Honey's new double single "2020 Vision” and “Can't Press Reset”.

Check out “Can't Press Reset” here:

"’2020 Vision’ is a song about what was supposed to happen in 2020," the Ontario-based singer-songwriter explains, while "’Can't Press Reset’ is a song that summarizes what has actually happened in 2020 and a transformational call to action.”

Watch ’2020 Vision’ here:

Francine Honey Releases a Double Single of “I Can Carry On”

Fri May 15, 2020

International award-winning Leamington, ON-based singer/songwriter and recording artist Francine Honey has released a double single — both solo and a duet — for her newest song, “I Carry On” and it is available now.

The song is a testament to the human spirit and its ability to overcome the challenges that life throws our way. It asks the question: Where does this courage come from?

Co-written and recorded with Honey’s songwriting friend and neighbour, Robert Gray, “I Carry On” is the second single released in anticipation of Honey’s upcoming fifth project, 2020 Vision — a chronicle of her life story so far in song. The double album due out later this year follows the Fall 2019 single release of “Red Sky” and full-length Holiday album, Take Me To The North Pole.

Watch and listen to “I Carry On” here:

Francine Honey Releases New Single & Video ”Red Sky”

Fri Nov 08, 2019

“Red Sky is a gritty, dreamy and ethereal flight echoing the fear, exhilaration and transformation experienced during times of change. As the sunset sky transitions to red, you free fall into change. On the other side of the red sunset sky is the red sky of dawn.  You find your wings and enjoy flying and soaring within your experience.” — Francine Honey

"Red Sky" is the first single that follows Honey's critically acclaimed album 'To be continued…' which continues to see airplay from CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV, SiriusXM, Folk Roots Radio ++ across Canada, the US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Netherlands & more.

Watch Red Sky (Official Music Video) here:
https://youtu.be/osnFr90VpQo

BTW-Francine Honey, Tim Moxam, Natasha Kmeto, Madison Violet, Jaymz Bee’s Caravan of Music, A Night For Sweet Jane

Fri Apr 05 2019
Francine Honey Photo Credit Jen Squires

This week, we kick it off with a comeback story of sorts. Ottawa and Leamington-based Singer/Songwriter Francine Honey has been nominated for her single “Stay” in both the Americana and Sing Your Heart Out/Love Songs Categories in the 2019 International Songwriting Competition Awards with the same song. This is a shade unusual, having the same song nominated in two diff categories but the lady is loving it.

Although the bilingual Canadian roots/Americana artist has made music since childhood, she never dreamed of making it a career. Instead, she studied math and computers, got married, had kids and worked as a project manager. Her life seemed perfect. Then a near-simultaneous breakup and job loss forced her to relocate, find a new career and raise a family alone. Music went on the back burner; she never stopped writing, but songs went unfinished — until her kids fixed that.