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VIA TRANSFORMA

You can get there...from here.

Via Transforma, newly released by Fran McKendree, will take you on a journey. A transformative one.

Noted producer Fred Mollin (Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Webb) describes this collection as "songs from the heart and an educated soul." Whether the music moves you to dance across new thresholds, joyfully tear down walls, or sit quietly in a still, calm place, you'll be immersed in a new, lyrical life experience.

You'll emerge wiser, more aware...more alive.

When you listen to Via Transforma, you'll hear a slight echo of McKendree Spring, "one of the best unknown bands in the world," according to the late, great promoter Bill Graham; a band that played with an impressive group of artists, including Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, and James Taylor, and recorded seven albums.

Yet McKendree's solo effort is fresh and distinctive. Via Transforma, eight years in the making, features nine insightful originals, a haunting rendition of an Irish classic, and two well-chosen covers written by Leonard Cohen and the Hothouse Flowers.

Terre Roche [The Roches] says: "Listening to Fran McKendree's new cd is like having a good conversation with an a old friend. You are touched by the gracefulness with which he makes music out of the fabric of his experience. Listen carefully, and you will hear a fellow traveler in the journey of the heart."

On this new disc, Fran is backed by a talented ensemble: Grammy-winning bassist Eliot Wadopian, soulful vocalist Mary Ellen Bush, and gifted drummer Chuck Hamilton, among others; making music that inspires, energizes, enlightens, and rocks with abandon.

Embrace Via Transforma. Road music for life's journey. And be ready to travel.

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