Avert Francis is part of the vibrant UK folk scene and writes beautiful songs that have been described as ‘gossamer delicate’. His debut album, Is He Sleepwalker, was released to critical acclaim.
His finger-picking style is in the vein of Townes Van Zandt, Bert Jansch and Nick Drake, and he is a regular at jazz, blues and folk festivals such as Cheltenham and Lakefest, as well as legendary venues like Ronnie Scott’s.
PocketStrings is a compact device that’s designed to let you practice anywhere. It’s aimed at guitar players at any level. It comes as a 4 fret version for chords, and a 6 fret for chords and scales. Singer/songwriter Avert Francis tried out the 4 fret model.