Frankie Bourne

“California native Frankie Bourne combines the style of new Americana with all the things you loved about 90s adult alternative bands.”
— Ryan Clark, TourWorthy.com

Prolific singer-songwriter and indie darling Frankie Bourne is an artist who can turn heads with densely lyrical and emotionally evocative ballads as much as he can get a crowd moving with his explosive, guitar-driven roots-rock band (Frankie Bourne and the Wildcards). Rooted in classic rock and California soul, his indie songwriting blends the tones and influences of americana with the DIY spirit of indie rock. Bourne’s new album “Wildcards” releases January 2020.

On his 2015 acoustic-laced debut studio album, “Californicana”, Frankie took a stance as a solo artist and emerged on the scene with an authentic sound that has been incredibly well-received by indie, rock and americana radio stations nationwide, and won an award for best love song on Jango Radio who call it, "a refreshing roots rock record for the 21st Century". He supported the record with a sporadically changing group of players in the LA club scene, including keyboardist Carey Frank (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Social Distortion), saxophonist Jeremy Trezona (Saint Motel), bassist Andrew Perusi (Hanson), and drummer Clinton Cameron (Fishbone), to name a few.

On his brand new 2020 album “Wildcards”, Bourne finds himself not only writing and arranging, but also making his debut as producer. Tracked with his band at legendary Prairie Sun Recording in Sonoma County, his third studio album exhibits his open-road diary motif through a new collection of story-songs that merge alt-country and roots-rock with his layered lyrical style. Featuring lead guitarist Sunil Sharma (Alison Harris, Reality Check), bassist Matt Pasquale (Gravity Hill), drummer Jeff Nassi (Meredith Brooks), keyboardist Matt Piazza (Yo Flaco!) and saxophonist Jeremy Trezona (Saint Motel), “Wildcards” delivers infectious songs and an evolved sound that is as comfortably familiar as it is authentic.

You can hear his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and YouTube, as well as on the following terrestrial and internet radio stations: KSVY (Sonoma), KWMR (Marin), KRSH (Santa Rosa), KRCB (Rohnert Park), KALW (San Francisco), KPIG & KZSC (Santa Cruz), KCBX (Central Coast), HFM LA (Los Angeles), KHLV (Las Vegas), KHTP (Phoenix), Jango Radio, Indie Radio Music, Relax Free Radio, The Mad Music Asylum, War Stories Radio, Gapless Playback, and UK based XRP Radio, among others.

— PRESS QUOTES —

“Influenced by The Allman Brothers, Black Crowes, and Tom Petty to name a few, Frankie Bourne brings Americana Rock to the stage.”
— Coyote Sonoma

“California native Frankie Bourne combines the style of new Americana with all the things you loved about 90s adult alternative bands.”
— Ryan Clark, TourWorthy.com

“He’s got a smoky, quick tongued lyrical quality that can change speeds like a Zack Greinke change-up. He’s part Johnny Cash, part Eagles, part Steve Earle, part . . . Frankie Bourne.”
— Christopher Millard, San Jose Rock Music Examiner

“Bourne definitely has a way with a hook, and his infectious songs are both easy to absorb and easy to like....He’s going for earthiness rather than slickness, and the musicianship and production help him to display that organic type of sound. ”
— Alex Henderson, LA Weekly

“Californicana is a refreshing roots-rock record for the 21st Century”
— Jango Radio

“Frankie is California through and through. But then there is so much more….It’s real music, played by a real singer/songwriter with real instruments for real people.”
— Michael Rauch, View From The Cheap Seats

“Troubadour Frankie Bourne is one to watch, as a burgeoning solo act. So, tune in and behold”
— Christopher Millard, San Jose Rock Music Examiner

“His debut album Californicana is infused with picture-perfect lyrical tales of life in California”
— Ryan Clark, TourWorthy.com

“Bourne’s lyricism is playful, not shying away from alliteration, quick metered rhyme schemes, and heart-on-sleeve intimacy”
— San Jose Rock Music Examiner

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

In February 2019 Frankie was one of the top 10 semifinalist winners of the Creative Sonoma Next Level Songwriting Contest.

In 2018 Frankie Bourne and the Wildcards opened for Commander Cody and the Western Airmen at Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival in Sonoma Valley, CA

In June of 2016 Frankie performed in a songwriter showcase at legendary Hermosa Beach music venue Saint Rocke, as part of the South Bay Film & Music Festival.

In Summer 2015 Frankie was the featured artist in Digital Earbuds Music Blog’s “Artist’s For Your Earbuds Issue”.

In February 2015 his song "21st Century" won best anti-love song on the Jango Internet Radio Valentine's Day 2015 Playlist.

www.frankiebourne.com