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Liz Frencham has now twice appeared at taste.
First in October 2007 with acclaimed live folk act Jigzag and
most recently when touring to promote the album "Love thongs"
(on Saturday February 9th 2008) which is a collaboration
with songwriter Fred Smith.
It was a truly wonderful show and we all
understood why these two performers get such a
wonderful Press.
Quotes:
“This is a CD of Fred Smith’s songs, sung mostly by Liz
Frencham. Smith has found an ideal outlet for his songwriting, for
this collection of songs, even writing from a woman’s
perspective.
Frencham is a superb singer as well as a solid & melodic
bass player. She has a rich distinctive voice that carries as much
emotion as the song requires.
The CD firmly establishes Smith in the top rank of
songwriters. He is a literate, inventive lyricist, who cleverly
skates around clichés while writing about the obvious. He also has
an ear for a melodic hook and I’ve been humming the title song for
the past couple of weeks.” Graham Mc Donald, Canberra
Times, 15th Sept 2003
“Not Just bonza, double bonza, 10 out of 10 with a
koala stamp….go and see Frencham Smith or I’ll slash your
tyres.” Philip Adams, Late
Night Live, Radio National
“Smith, from Canberra, is the sardonic &
laconic side of the equation: Frencham, from Sydney, is the
sensuous, jazz-inflected other side…The pair spark off each other
and imbue the songs with an enthusiasm that bubbles along on the
surface of the melodies” Warwick McFadyen, the
Age
FRENCHAM SMITH - "Love thongs"
This album, the amusingly titled “lovethongs” (to be said with
just a hint of a lisp) is about as good as contemporary
singer/songwriter folk music gets in Australia. Smith is a superb
songwriter with a wry sense of humour and a wonderful eye for the
idiosyncrasies of modern life (the delightful light and simple
“Have You Got A Heart” is a tour de force about that eternal
subject of all musicians love on the road) and Frencham has a
voice with all the appeal, emotional honesty and clarity of someone
like Shawn Colvin or Mary Chapin Carpenter. Yes, really, she is
that good. The power of the album lies in Smith's ability to write
genuinely catchy melodies and lyrics which, like those of Loudon
Wainwright III, are characterised by simple, self-deprecatory wit.
There is no other folk duo in Australia which even comes close to
this magical combination.”
Bruce Elder
Sydney Morning Herald – Spectrum Features Section,
17th Nov 2007
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