Franca Masu's thrilling voice first graced the jazz scene in the mid-'90's, during a concert appearance with American clarinet legend Tony Scott; Scott - who played extensively with Billie Holiday - immediately declared her "one of Italy's top vocal talents".
Self-taught, Franca went on to collaborate with the cream of jazz players in her native Sardinia.
Her profound love and understanding of Mediterranean musical traditions has enriched her jazz stylings, and she has chosen to sing in the Catalan dialect of her hometown, the quaint Sardinian seaport of Alghero.

She has headlined the following prestigious musical events:

1995 - ALGHERO. "Sognando Suono" with Tony Scott
1996 - MILAN. "Milano Collezioni" with the Blue Note Orchestra
1997 - ALGHERO. "Sant Joan" Music Festival
1997 - CAGLIARI. "Festa della Musica"
1997 - PRADES (France). Universitat Catalana d'Estiu
1998 - ALGHERO. "L'Alguer à la Mediterrania"
1999 - ALGHERO. World Music Festival "Embriaga de Vida"
1999 - QUARTU SANT'ELENA. Fornaci Maxia "Embriaga de Vida"
2000 - ALGHERO. "Cap de any a l'Alguer"
2000 - CAGLIARI. Molo Ichnusa, "Jazz in Sardegna"
2000 - NORA. "La notte dei Poeti"
2000 - VIC (Spain). "Mercat de la Música Viva"
2000 - CAGLIARI. Pass. coperta: "Fantasia d' Autunno" Videolina
2000 - SASSARI. Teatro Verdi
2000 - ALGHERO. Teatro Civico
2001 - NUORO. Auditorium
2001 - ALGHERO. Teatro Civico
2001 - BARCELLONA (Spain). Sala Apolo
2001 - BARCELLONA (Spain). Espai
2001 - BURGOS. Castello
2002 - BURJASSOT (Valencia, Spain). Teatre Tivoli
2002 - MADRID (Spain). Teatro Albeniz
2002 - ITTIRI. "Ittiritmi"
2002 - SCANO DI MONTIFERRO. Teatro Nonnu Mannu
2002 - QUARTU SANT'ELENA. Parco Matteotti
2002 - CASTELSARDO. Piazzale Chiesa S. Maria
2002 - BARCELLONA (Spain). Passeig d'en Lluís Companys
2002 - FLORENCE. Piazza della Passera

Catalan critics have called her:

"...the real revelation of the Mercat de la Música Viva di Vic... with her captivating, enchanting persona, her crystalline and, at the same time, rich and powerful voice... more than once, during her stunning concert, she left us all simply agape..." (La Vanguardia).

"...Franca Masu was one of the day's triumphs, taking us by surprise with the songs from her CD, "El meu viatge" ... accompanied by a mighty trio with a commanding stage presence..." (El Punt de Girona).

Franca Masu's first recording reveals an artist already fully formed and mature.
Her CD, "El meu viatge" - published by Saint Rock, produced and arranged by Mark Harris - is a brilliant fresco portraying the restless dreams, the passion, the melancholy and most secret longings of an artist who, from her beloved isle of Sardinia, shares with the world her coastal song of life, love, death... dedicated to the vast sea that pulls and pushes her along on her boundless, borderless "voyage".