Singer-songwriter David Francey is a common man with an uncommon ability to reach others through song. His strong vocals and powerful lyrics combine to make his subjects – from the foreclosed farmer to the Canadian soldier in Dieppe, from the working Joe to the teenage lover – immediate and intensely moving.

In concert Francey is a singer and a storyteller who can establish, within moments, a personal rapport with his audience. His wry humor and astute observations, combined with his openhearted singing style, have earned him a loyal following.

Francey was born in Scotland and immigrated to Toronto when he was 12. He traveled extensively across the Canadian countryside with his family as a youth, singing traditional Scottish tunes with them along the way. As he grew, so did his observations and understanding of the people he met, hitching across the continent three times, working the rail lines, and eventually thumbing his way deep into the Yukon bush.

Francey’s most recent CD, “Right of Passage,” won a Juno in the Best Roots and Traditional Solo category, bringing him to four nominations and three Junos in just six years. Francey also won a 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award, Best Singer/ Contemporary, for his work on “Right of Passage,” along with the first prize (Folk) for the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition with "Ballad of Bowser Macrae".

“Francey has made a reputation for himself as one of Canada's most revered folk poets and singers... [His songs] are small and beautifully crafted pieces of work that have made Francey both a folk festival favorite and something of a latter-day Canadian poet laureate.” --Greg Quill, the Toronto Star

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