DON & WENDY FRANCISCO
Don Francisco is known best for his powerful story songs like “He’s
Alive” and songs of encouragement, like “I’ll Never Let Go of Your Hand”.
For nearly 30 years, 20 albums, and two GMA Dove Awards, Don’s ability to
paint a picture and deliver a message through song has been the foundation
of his worldwide ministry.
Don’s songs first hit the top of the charts in the 70’s and early 80’s,
and millions around the world have felt their continual impact in
concerts, and on radio and CDs up to the present day. His CD Only Love is
Spoken Here contains all new songs and is a combination of his trademark
“story” songs from the Old and New Testament as well as others of many
different styles.
Wendy-- best known for her stellar work in the folk duo 'Wendy &
Mary'-- has recorded six albums, with such favourites as "The Wind Came
Singing" and "Someone for You". An accomplished guitarist and vocalist as
well as a world-class songwriter, she brings a musical and lyrical beauty
to the concerts that adds to Don's style and message in a perfect
balance.
Wendy began recording with Sparrow Records in the early
80's, and her songs, too, often tell stories from the Bible. Her latest
CD, Land of Your Heart, gives the listener a musical picture of God's love
and grace.
Of their ministry as a whole, Don and Wendy say, “A song can affect
body, soul, and spirit, simultaneously opening doors and shutting out the
world. When the Word of God is alive in a song, He can touch the deepest
places of the heart - lives can be forever changed in an instant. Our
calling is to write songs that live like that.”
Don and Wendy continue to travel the world today, their concerts
featuring Don's best-loved story songs, as well as others by each of them
that reaffirm God’s grace and unchanging love for His people. “You can’t
hear too much about grace, healing and forgiveness,” Don says. “We've
known so much of it in our own lives that we just want to be vehicles for
God to deliver that message, and to bring freedom, joy, and healing with
it.”
Discography:
Don's
Brother of the Son 1976 NewPax
Forgiven 1978 NewPax/Benson
Got to
Tell Somebody 1980 NewPax/Benson
The Live Concert 1981
NewPax/Benson
Holiness 1983 NewPax/Benson
The Poet* 1985
NewPax/Benson
The Power 1987 StarSong
High Praise 1988
StarSong
Live in the U.K. 1989 Word, UK/Window/StarSong
The Early
Works* 1991 NewPax/Benson
Vision of the Valley 1991 StarSong
Come
Away 1992 StarSong
Genesis and Job 1994 StarSong
Word Pictures*
(Europe only) 1996 Word, UK (no U.S. release)
He’s Alive 1997 Airlift
Recordings
Beautiful to Me 1998 Airlift Recordings
Grace on Grace
1999 Airlift Recordings
Only Love is Spoken Here 2001 Airlift
Recordings
The Promises 2003 Airlift Recordings
Forever Loved 2003
Airlift Recordings
*Compilation
Wendy's
Out of the Fullness 1981 Sparrow
The Wind Came Singing 1983
Sparrow
Battle of the Heart 1985 Sparrow
People of Promise 1987
Sparrow
Carols on Guitar 1990
Land of
Your Heart 2001 Airlift Recordings
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