Paulo Franco Virtual House Show
Fundraising Events and Promotions
Pet-Friendly
Saturday, March 28, 2020
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Virtual Show – enjoy from the comfort of your home!
Broadcast live on Facebook
Paulo Franco, a Richmond, Virginia based singer/songwriter, is broadcasting a live concert on Facebook to benefit our pets!
Watch and listen from the safety and comfort of your own home, with your four-legged friends by your side.
Paulo describes himself as a crazy cat lady reincarnated in the body of a 56-year-old guitar-playing lawyer. His Americana musical style is infused with a Latin American flair.
Paulo’s virtual tip jar:
Venmo: @peflmusic
PayPal: PayPal.me/peflmusic
About Paulo Franco
Born to Colombian immigrants and raised in Washington D.C., Paulo Franco embraces his heritage as a first generation American and his songs and style reflect that. As a child, his father turned him on to the country music of the United States via the Johnny Cash Variety show and on his own he discovered a love for rock n roll through the Stones and the Beatles. At the age of nine, he picked up a classical guitar and a musician was born. After years of playing in various cover bands and honing his chops, Franco began writing his own material in earnest in 2010.
Paulo’s songs are steeped in storytelling, often drawing from his own life and those around him. The sound is a seamless blend of the myriad of influences that have shaped both his everyday life and his musical tastes. Listeners will find glimpses of Los Lobos eclectic style, Robert Earl Keen’s storytelling, John Prine’s wit, The Stones’ rock n roll heart, and the fluidity of The Grateful Dead often times infused with the rhythms of traditional Latin and Colombian music. He has recently included original Spanish songs into his songwriting as well, bringing a depth and a love of two cultures seldom seen during the same show or album. Paulo switches his voice from country twang, to rock anthem, to Spanish troubadour. His vocals are so authentically Spanish that it’s easy to forget you just heard him effortlessly sing a country tune in English.
In the last few years, he has shared the stage with the likes of Los Lobos, Robert Earl Keen, Driving N Crying, Rhett Miller (Old 97s), Dan Baird of the Georgia Satellites, Walter Salas Humara (Silos), Chris Knight, Adam Carroll, Cris Jacobs, Cory Branan, Austin Lucas and many others. In 2016, Franco released The Last Card, an album Paste Magazine hails as possibly the most sincere album of the year. No Depression’s Emily Hinde called The Last Card “a phenomenal sophomore record.” She listed the record No. 2 on her list of the best of 2016, which also included releases from The Avett Brothers, Sara Watkins, Drive By Truckers, Sturgill Simpson and more.
