With Nina Francis Complete
Recognized San Diego singer-songwriter and guitarist; 2020 San Diego Music Awards Best Singer-Songwriter. Luke Francis Walton produced Between Dreams (2017) with Brandon Woodward at Tiny Giant; co-wrote, arranged, recorded, and produced Boomerang (with FEiN) (2016). Francis wrote Between Dreams; Walton did not.
Local profile: ninafrancismusic.com leads with 2020 San Diego Music Awards Best Singer-Songwriter; timeless songwriting with modern sensibilities. Grew up in San Diego, USC Thornton Popular Music (Bishop's School 2010; mentors include Randy Newman and Lamont Dozier per San Diego Reader). April 2014 senior Pop Showcase at the Troubadour put FEiN, Nina Francis (Normal Heights), and Nick Belcher on the same bill, the broader USC orbit behind later Boomerang and Between Dreams work. Post-USC fixture at Music Box, Belly Up, Java Joe's.
Between Dreams (Oct 7, 2017): eleven originals written by Nina Francis; produced by Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward at Tiny Giant Recording; mixed/mastered by [Frank Rosato](/with/frank-rosato/) at Woodcliff Studios (bonus track recorded by Chris Sampson). San Diego Troubadour: “outstanding, must-have debut album”, arrangements from stark to full band around her voice.
FEiN connection: Boomerang (with FEiN) (Feb 2016), written by Nina Francis and FEiN (Luke Walton, Brandon Woodward); arranged, recorded, produced by FEiN at Tiny Giant. USC orbit collab; 91X and 94.9 airplay. Walton co-wrote Boomerang; did not write Between Dreams.
Production
- Between Dreams Oct 2017 LP · produced (with Woodward) · Francis wrote all originals
Co-writing & FEiN
- Boomerang (with FEiN) Feb 2016 single · co-write · arrange · record · produce (FEiN at Tiny Giant)
Press on Nina Francis releases
Third-party coverage of Nina Francis releases Luke worked on, not press about Scoobert Doobert.
Elsewhere
See also: Press & credits · Catalog