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Francesca Beghe Live

by Francesca Beghe

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1.
ENLIGHTENMENT (Van Morrison) CHOP THAT WOOD CARRY WATER WHAT’S THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING ENLIGHTENMENT DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS EVERY SECOND EVERY MINUTE IT KEEPS CHANGING TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ENLIGHTENMENT DON’T’ KNOW WHAT IT IS ENLIGHTENMENT DON’T KNOW WHAT IS IT SAYS IT’S NON ATTACHMENT NON ATTACHMENT NON ATTACHMENT I’M IN THE HERE AND NOW AND I’M MEDITATING BUT STILL I’M SUFFERING BUT THAT’S MY PROBLEM ENLIGHTENMENT DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS ENLIGHTENMENT SAYS THE WORLD IS NOTHING NOTHING BUT A DREAM EVERYTHING’S AN ILLUSION NOTHING IS REAL GOOD OR BAD YOU CAN CHANGE IT ANYWAY YOU WANT YOU CAN REARRANGE IT ENLIGHTENMENT DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT IT’S UP TO YOU LOOK AROUND YOU CAN SEE YOU’RE MAKING YOUR OWN REALITY EVERYDAY OH ENLIGHTENMENT DON’T KNOW DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT YOU’VE GOT TO WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP RIGHT NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE BEFORE IT’S MUCH TOO LATE
2.
NO USE TALKIN' (F. Beghe, Cindy Bullens) THERE'S NO USE TALKIN' BABY I'VE TALKED UNTIL I'M BLUE I'M RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE I JUST CAN'T GET THRU TO YOU I'VE BEEN SWEET AND WARM AND TENDER I GAVE ALL MY LOVE TO YOU BUT THERE'S JUST NO USE TALKIN' BABY TALKIN' TO YOU THERE'S NO USE TALKIN' HONEY YOU'RE STUBBORN AS A MULE NOW YOU COULD BE MY INSPIRATION BUT I JUST WILL NOT BE YOUR FOOL YOU MISSED A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LOVE THAT'S STRONG AND TRUE BUT THERE'S JUST NO USE TALKIN' BABY TALKIN' TO YOU I SAID OOH WEE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU JUST CAN'T STAND WHEN A WOMAN SAYS EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANS IF I'M NOT YOUR KIND OF LOVER I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU I'M THRU TALKIN TALKIN' TO YOU I SAID OOH WEE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU JUST CAN'T STAND WHEN A WOMAN SAYS EXACTLY WHAT SHE NEEDS IF I'M NOT YOUR KIND OF LOVER I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU I'M THRU TALKIN' TO YOU I SAID I'M THRU TALKIN' I'M THRU TALKIN' TO YOU
3.
ANGEL CHOIR (Francesca Beghe, Fernando Saunders) SO I WON MY WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND I BECAME SO STRONG AND FREE THAT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS MISSING UNTIL HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEE IN THE NIGHT MY TRUE LOVE COMES TO ME HE IS SWEET AND DARK AND DEEP LIKE A CHOIR OF ANGEL VOICES HE IS CALLING OUT TO ME I HEAR A CHOIR OF ANGEL VOICES LET THAT LOVE SHINE DOWN ON ME WHEN I WAS SHATTERED I WAS RAW I WAS CRACKED OPEN HE TOOK SUCH GOOD CARE OF ME MY HEART IS LIGHT WITH RAINBOW COLORS HE HAS LOVED ME OH HE LOVED ME WHOLE AGAIN IN HIS SWEET MYSTERY HE JUST KEEPS ON FREEING ME FREEING ME LIKE A CHOIR OF ANGEL VOICES HE IS CALLING OUT TO ME I HEAR A CHOIR OF ANGEL VOICES LET THAT LOVE SHINE DOWN ON ME LOVE IS A RIVER FLOWING THRU ME LOVE IS THE MIRROR THAT HE HOLDS UP TO ME IT KEEPS GROWING KEEPS GROWING STRONGER (I'M LIGHT AS A FEATHER) IT KEEPS GROWING KEEPS GROWING STRONGER MY HEART BECAME A BIRD AND IT FLEW AWAY WITH HIM AND HE'S CALLING OUT TO ME I HEAR A CHOIR OF ANGEL VOICES LET THAT LOVE SHINE DOWN ON ME LOVE IS A RIVER LOVE IS A RIVER LOVE IS LIKE A RIVER FLOWING THRU ME
4.
LA CAME TO MEET ME (Francesca Beghe) LA CAME TO MEET ME IN THE MORNING LIGHT I HAD A PREMONITION AND I DON'T KNOW WHY LA PICKED ME UP IN A BAD BAD RIDE CHAMPAGNE ON THE INSIDE PEARL OUTSIDE THAT'S RIGHT CHAMPAGNE ON THE INSIDE PEARL OUTSIDE WE HEADED BACK DOWN SUNSET IN THE MOONRISE THEN UP TO MULLHOLLAND AND THE OPEN SKY ENLIGHTENMENT ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE STEREO SOUNDTRACK TO THE ACT OF LETTING GO WE WERE ON AN UPSWING EVERYTHING WAS CHING CHING KACHING NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES AND SMOOTH SAILING WE WERE ON AN UPSWING EVERYTHING WAS CHING CHING KACHING NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES AND SMOOTH SAILING LA CAME TO MEET ME IN THE MORNING LIGHT I HAD A PREMONITION AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD A SENSE EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO PASS ME BY BUT I'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT GONNA BE ALRIGHT GOT TO BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT WE HEARD THEY WERE BURNING DOWN THE VON'S ON SUNSET WE TOOK THE LONG WAY BACK FOR THREE LONG DAYS WE HEARD THE SIRENS WAIL AND WATCHED THE BLACK SMOKE RISE OVER LA IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT GONNA BE ALRIGHT GOT TO BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT
5.
SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE (Francesca Beghe, JD Souther) I'VE GOT MY BLACK COFFEE AND I'VE GOT NO REGRETS IT'S BEEN TWO NIGHTS RUNNING AND I STILL HAVEN'T SLEPT BUT I CAN SEE BEYOND THESE PRISON WALLS I'VE LEARNED TO STAND RIGHT WHERE I FALL AND RISE ABOVE IT ALL SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS RAIN SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE TAKE AWAY THESE CHAINS SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE I'M TIRED OF ALL THIS PAIN SEND ME A RAINBOW LET ME LIVE AGAIN EACH BROKEN HEART WAS LIKE A SHOCK OF COLD WATER BUT WHAT DON'T KILL YOU WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER MY OWN BELIEVING KEPT SLAPPING BACK ON ME EVERY TIME I OPENED UP THAT DOOR LORD IT WOULD POUR AND POUR AND POUR SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS RAIN SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE TAKE AWAY THESE CHAINS SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE I'M TIRED OF ALL THIS PAIN SEND ME A RAINBOW LET ME LIVE AGAIN I WAS SO HELD DOWN I SEARCHED THE GROUND AND THE SKY ABOVE FOR SOMETHING TO RELEASE ME COME ON FULL MOON LIGHT THIS ROOM LIGHT UP ALL THE PLACES I HAVE KNOWN ALL I WANTED WAS SOMETHING WARM SOMETHING STRONG SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO A LITTLE PIECE OF THIS WORLD TO CALL MY OWN SO SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS RAIN SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE TAKE AWAY THESE CHAINS SEND DOWN THE SUNSHINE I'M TIRED OF ALL THIS PAIN SEND ME A RAINBOW LET ME LIVE AGAIN I'M GONNA FIND ME A RAINBOW TO LET ME LIVE AGAIN I KNOW I'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE AGAIN
6.
YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING (Francesca Beghe, Ty Tyler, Phil Roy) MY LIFE WAS ROLLING LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN OUT OF CONTROL I HAD THE GROUND SHAKING UNDER MY FEET IWAS FEELING KIND OF LOST WHEN OUR TWO PATHS CROSSED AND YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING THERE AIN'T NOTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE A BOY AND A GIRL MAKING LOVE UNDER THE TREES IN SPRING I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU CAUSE YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING NOW IM OH SO HAPPY LIKE A GIRL SHOULD BE AND I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE MY FUTURE SHINING JUST LIKE A DIAMOND RING YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING NOW I'M OH SO HAPPY LIKE A GIRL SHOULD BE AND I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE MY FUTURE SHINING JUST LIKE A DIAMOND RING YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING SOLO I'M GONNA HOLD ON TIGHT CAUSE IT FEELS SO RIGHT YEAH IT FITS SO NATURALLY I USED TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MY RIGHT TO THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE TIL YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING WOH YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING I SAID YOUR LOVE CHANGED EVERYTHING OH YES IT DID
7.
LITTLE ONE (Francesca Beghe) "WHY DOES WATER FALL DOWN FROM THE SKY? WHY DO CLOUDS KEEP PASSING BY? WHY IS GRASS GREEN? WHAT MAKES THE SKY SO BLUE? IF YOU LET HIM GO WILL HE COME BACK TO YOU?" I PROMISE IN THE MORNING WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS I'M HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WINGS COME COME LITTLE ONE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY COME COME NOW TAKE MY HAND LITTLE MAN AND I'LL TRY NOT TO HURRY YOU NOW "WHO AM I? AND WHERE DID I COME FROM?" WELL YOU CAME THROUGH MY BODY DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND WE'RE SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US IN THIS PLACE WITH YOUR OPEN HEART AND YOUR ANGEL FACE COME COME LITTLE ONE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY COME COME NOW TAKE MY HAND LITTLE MAN AND I'LL TRY NOT TO HURRY YOU NOW HOW YOU HAVE HUMBLED ME HOW YOU'VE DECONSTRUCTED ME I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO IN IT HEART AND SOUL RIGHT TO THE LIMIT THOUGH I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS STILL I CAN PROMISE YOU WE ARE WALKING DOWN THIS ROAD HAND IN HAND AND ON THE WAY WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS I'M HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WINGS COME COME LITTLE ONE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY COME COME NOW TAKE MY HAND LITTLE MAN AND I'LL TRY NOT TO HURRY YOU NOW COME COME LITTLE ONE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY COME COME NOW TAKE MY HAND LITTLE MAN AND I'LL TRY NOT TO HURRY YOU NOW GOOD NIGHT SLEEP TIGHT DON'T LET THE BED BUGS BITE GOOD NIGHT SLEEP TIGHT DON'T LET THE BED BUGS BITE CHORUS OUT
8.
DREAMWORLD (Francesca Beghe) I LIVE IN A DREAMWORLD EVERYBODY KNOWS IT MAKING IT UP AS I ROLL ALONG I WANT TO LIVE FOR EVER I JUST GOT TO THE GOOD PART AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE STORY GOES FLOW WE FLOW LIKE A RIVER WE GROW LIKE A CHILD LIKE A FLOWER GROWS GROW AND BLOOM ONE SUNNY DAY GO WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS WE GROW LIKE A CHILD LIKE A FLOWER GROWS GROW AND BLOOM AND FADE AWAY WE LIVE IN A DREAMWORLD EVERYBODY KNOWS IT THERE'S NO TODAY THERE'S NO TOMORROW NO YESTERDAY HOW CAN WE LIVE FOREVER? WHERE EVERY DREAM WE DREAM IS REAL EVERY SINGLE DREAM WE DREAM COMES TRUE? FLOW WE FLOW LIKE A RIVER WE GROW LIKE A CHILD LIKE A FLOWER GROWS GROW AND BLOOM ONE SUNNY DAY GO WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS WE GROW LIKE A CHILD LIKE A FLOWER GROWS GROW AND BLOOM AND FADE AWAY
9.
REQUIEM (Francesca Beghe) THEY FOUND YOU ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT YOU DIED ON A FRIDAY MORNING THREE LONG DAYS THE RADIO PLAYED YOU SAT WHERE YOU FELL IN THE CORNER THEY SAY THE SOUL HANGS AROUND FOR THREE DAYS YOU MUST HAVE BEEN AMAZED WHEN THEY TOOK YOU AWAY NO ONE CAME TO SAVE THE DAY FADE TO BLACK NOT THE USUAL GREY YOU WERE MY FATHER MY TROUBLED CHILD MY FRIEND MY BROTHER AND I LOVED YOU I LOVED YOU LIKE A MOTHER I LOVED YOU LIKE A MOTHER WE ALL SAT THERE IN THE FADING LIGHT YOUR SISTER YOUR DAUGHTER YOUR NEW GRANDCHILD THERE WAS NO SURPRISE EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME HOW LONG HOW HARD I CRIED NOW WHEN IN DREAMS I SEE YOUR PEACEFUL FACE I KNOW YOU'VE FOUND A MUCH BETTER PLACE YOU'RE STILL SO NEAR JUST COLD TO THE TOUCH YOU LEFT ME HERE FEELING SO MUCH YOU WERE MY FATHER MY PRECIOUS CHILD MY TEACHER MY BROTHER AND I LOVED YOU I LOVED YOU LIKE A MOTHER I LOVED YOU LIKE A MOTHER
10.
LISTENING WIND (David Byrne, Brian Eno) MOGIQUE SEES HIS VILLAGE FROM A NEARBY HILL MOGIQUE THINKS OF DAYS BEFORE AMERICANS CAME HE SEES THE FOREIGNERS IN GROWING NUMBERS HE SEES THE FOREIGNERS IN FANCY HOUSES HE THINKS OF DAYS THAT HE CAN STILL REMEMBER NOW MOGIQUE HOLD A PACKAGE IN HIS QUIVERING HANDS MOGIQUE SENDS THE PACKAGE TO THE AMERICAN MAN SOFTLY HE GLIDES ALONG THE STREETS AND ALLEYS UP COMES THE WIND THAT MAKES THEM RUN FOR COVER HE FEELS THE TIME IS SURELY NOW OR NEVER MORE THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART COME TO DRIVE THEM AWAY DRIVE THEM AWAY SOLO THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART COME TO DRIVE THEM AWAY DRIVE THEM AWAY MOGIQUE BUYS EQUIPMENT IN THE MARKETPLACE MOGIQUE PLANTS DEVICES THRU THE FREE TRADE ZONE HE FEELS THE WIND IS LIFTING UP HIS PEOPLE HE CALLS THE WIND TO GUIDE HIM ON HIS MISSION HE KNOWS HIS FRIEND THE WIND IS ALWAYS STANDING BY MOGIQUE SMELLS THE WIND THAT COMES FROM FAR AWAY MOGIQUE WAITS FOR NEWS IN A QUIET PLACE HE FEELS THE PRESENCE OF THE WIND BESIDE HIM HE HAS THE POWER OF THE PAST BEHIND HIM HE KNOWS HIS FRIEND THE WIND WILL GUIDE HIM ON THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART COME TO DRIVE THEM AWAY DRIVE THEM AWAY THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE DUST IN MY HEAD THE WIND IN MY HEART THE WIND IN MY HEART COME TO DRIVE THEM AWAY DRIVE THEM AWAY
11.
TRUST IN ME (Francesca Beghe, Charlie Midnight, Marc Swersky) I see you turning the world in your hands Just let it go I've loved you better than anyone else Doesn't it show You’ve been standing at the window day and night Just looking at the rain When a simple conversation might help the situation Please let me explain Trust in me when you‘re all alone Trust in me when you can't go on If loving me is what you need Trust in me Don't make it easy I don't mind There's something I can do Well you just try to see what you see And I'll be there for you You've been standing at the window day and night Tell me what you see Sun in the daytime and moon at night, well That's how easy it should be to Trust in me when you‘re all alone Trust in me when you can't go on If loving me is what you need Trust in me If you need someone to hold you call me and I will be there And if ever you're in trouble and You need someone to cover you Come to me baby you can call me Call me Move a little closer, a little closer to me now Move on in darling you can always move on in Trust in me when you’re all alone Trust in me Trust in me when you can't go on Trust in me Trust in me when you’re all alone Trust in Me
12.
LET YOUR SPIRIT FLY (Francesca Beghe, Charlie Midnight) WHEN YOU WALK YOUR LONGEST MILE WHEN YOU FACE YOUR HARDEST TRIAL IF IT HURTS TOO MUCH TO CRY LET YOUR SPIRIT FLY THERE WILL BE LOVE ON THE WIND THERE WILL BE HOPE IN THE END SO LET US GO YOU AND I AND LET OUR SPIRITS FLY AND I WILL BE THERE BY YOUR SIDE AND WE WILL TRY TO CATCH THE WIND AND RIDE ABOVE THE HEARTACHE AND THE PAIN ABOVE THE DARK AND NEVER ENDING RAIN OH THIS I SWEAR I WILL TRY TO HELP YOUR SPIRIT FLY MAY YOU BE WISE MAY YOU BE KIND MAY YOU BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU FIND MAY YOU DANCE ON HIGHER GROUND MAY YOU HEAR A SIMPLE SOUND AND NEVER HAVE TO QUESTION WHY JUST LET YOUR SPIRIT FLY I WILL BE THERE THERE WILL BE TIME NOW AND FOREVER YOU WILL BE A FRIEND OF MINE ABOVE THE HEARTACHE AND THE PAIN ABOVE THE DARK AND NEVER ENDING RAIN THIS I SWEAR I’LL ALWAYS TRY TO HELP YOUR SPIRIT FLY WHEN WE ARISE FROM THIS SLEEP THERE WILL BE PROMISES TO KEEP AND IF WE MUST SAY GOODBYE LET YOUR SPIRIT FLY OH AND IF WE MUST SAY GOODBYE LET YOUR SPIRIT FLY
13.
ONE WORLD (Francesca Beghe, Adam Beghe) SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TIME AND FOREVER BIRDS OF A FEATHER LIKE TO FLOCK TOGETHER WE MUST BE LIKE THE BIRDS WE MUST BE BLIND AT BIRTH WE NEVER LEARN THAT WE ARE SISTERS AND BROTHERS FROM THE SAME MOTHER WHEN DO WE UNCOVER LOVING ONE ANOTHER WE WATCH OUR MOTHER EARTH WE WATCH WHILE SHE TURNS WATCH HER WHILE SHE BURNS WHEN DO WE LEARN WE ARE ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD WHEN DO WE LEARN WE ARE ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD NOW YOU CAN NEVER SEPARATE A SOLDIER AND HIS WEAPON TIL ANOTHER SOLDIER SENDS HIM UP TO HEAVEN EVERY LITTLE BOY AND PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL THEY WATCH THEIR LOVING MOTHERS RUN AND DUCK FOR COVER IT'S THE SAME SITUATION IN EVERY GODDAM NATION FOOLS SENDING WAVE AFTER WAVE AFTER WAVE OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN BORN TO HATE BORN TO FEAR WATCH THE FUTURE DISAPPEAR LEAD US THROUGH OUR TEARS WE ARE ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD I BELIEVE WE ARE ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD SWEET OLD WORLD WE'VE GOT TO WRAP OUR LOVE AROUND HER IT'S A GLOBAL PREMONITION A WAVE OF DESPAIR A SENSE OF AN ENDING IN THE AIR UNDER THE SKIN THAT WE LIVE IN UNDER THE THINGS WE CALL A SIN UNDER THE CLOTHES WE WEAR AND THE WAY WE WEAR OUR HAIR RIGHT NOW WE NEED OUR LEADERS BELIEVING THAT WE ARE ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD UNDER THE SKIN THAT WE LIVE IN UNDER THE THINGS WE CALL A SIN UNDER THE CLOTHES WE WEAR AND THE WAY WE WEAR OUR HAIR RIGHT NOW WE NEED OUR LEADERS BELIEVING THAT WE ARE ONE COLOR ONE PEOPLE ONE WORLD
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PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER (Patti Smith, Fred Smith) I was dreaming in my dreaming Of an aspect bright and fair And my sleeping it was broken But my dream it lingered near In the form of shining valleys Where the pure air recognized And my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry That the people have the power To redeem the work of fools Upon the meek the graces shower It's decreed the people rule The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power Vengeful aspects became suspect And bending low as if to hear And the armies ceased advancing Because the people had their ear And the shepherds and the soldiers Lay beneath the stars Exchanging visions And laying arms To waste in the dust In the form of shining valleys Where the pure air recognized And my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power Where there were deserts I saw fountains Like cream the waters rise And we strolled there together With none to laugh or criticize And the leopard And the lamb Lay together truly bound I was hoping in my hoping To recall what I had found I was dreaming in my dreaming God knows a purer view As I surrender to my sleeping I commit my dream to you The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The power to dream, to rule To wrestle the world from fools It's decreed the people rule It's decreed the people rule Listen I believe everything we dream Can come to pass through our union We can turn the world around We can turn the earth's revolution We have the power People have the power The people have the power The people have the power Power to the People Power to the People Right On!

about

After an extended break from performing—but not from singing and songwriting—Francesca returns to the public eye with a smoldering live album featuring a wrecking crew of a band. The 14-song record documents Francesca’s first time onstage fronting a band in over a decade. The audio will be paired with accompanying pro-shot video that brings this momentous occasion to life. The performances took place before COVID, and Francesca plans to follow this release up with more new music—singles and EPs—and select live performances.

“The performances for this album were magical. Onstage, we were seven musicians just channeling as one entity. It felt like I was back at home, but with nothing to prove,” the Garrison, New York-based artist says. She continues: “These days I have no agenda. I just want to make music and share this beautiful thing.”

Francesca’s three 2019/2020 performances were her first full band shows in over 20 years. She came out swinging with a band of trusted friends who happen to be top-tier musicians. These include Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tom Waits), Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan), Marc Shulman (Suzanne Vega, Celine Dion, Chris Botti), Daniel A Weiss (Joan Osborne, Al Green, Anthony Rapp), Zev Katz (Ben Harper, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor), Diane Garisto (Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Laura Nyro), and Emily Bindiger (Carol King, Leonard Cohen, Buster Poindexter). The resulting 14-song album spans Francesca’s career with evergreen originals and choice cover songs, including a joyous, raucous, slightly tongue in cheek rendition of “Trust in Me” just in time for the 30th anniversary of The Bodyguard soundtrack album and movie.

The album also features a jaw-dropping version of her first album track, “Let Your Spirit Fly.” Here, Francesca’s vocals and rousing dynamics conjure gospel at its most goose-bump raising. She masterfully conveys the angst and of climate change and political conflict in the soulful “One World.” Other standouts include the ultra-funky “No Use Talkin” and a powerful rendition of Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power.”

Today, this new life is even sweeter with Francesca’s return to music. “I got everything I ever yearned for with this beautiful life I have,” she marvels. “Now, I have the added blessing of doing music with musicians that astound me and making decisions that feel authentic.”

credits

released May 20, 2022

Francesca Beghe: vocals and wurlitzer
Jerry Marotta: drums
Marc Shulman: guitar
Daniel A Weiss : keyboards
Tony Garnier: bass
Zev Katz: bass
Diane Garisto: backing vocals
Emily Bindiger: Backing vocals

Produced by Francesca Beghe
Mixed by Ben Wisch
Mastered by Adam Ayan
Post Production Engineering by Daniel A. Weiss
Live Sound: Nick DiGiaimo, Bob Biles and Leslie Bloome

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New York City-born singer-songwriter Francesca Beghe has earned rave reviews from Rolling Stone,The New Yorker, and People Magazine. VH1 once voted her “Artist of the Month.”

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