Foy Vance

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Foy Vance at the Berlinale 2018

Foy Vance (* 1974 in Bangor , Northern Ireland ) is a Northern Irish musician and singer-songwriter. Vance became known to a larger audience through his appearances in the opening act of Ed Sheeran and Elton John . He has now produced three albums.

Career

Vance's first single, Gabriel and the Vagabond, was released on December 18, 2006 on Wurdamouth Records. The song was used as the soundtrack in Grey's Anatomy season two . This was followed by the EPs Live Sessions and the Birth of the Toilet Tour and Watermelon Oranges .

In July 2007, Vance's debut album Hope was released . From 2007 Vance appeared several times with his current songs at Ireland's largest Christian youth festival Summer Madness in King's Hall, Belfast . In 2008, Vance was invited to perform in several prisons in England, including New Hall Women's Prison and Maximum Security Full Sutton Prison .

In 2010 Vance composed the music for a short film by director Terry George together with David Holmes and was allowed to take on the role of a street musician in his next film Whole Lotta Sole . The short film The Shore won an Oscar for best short film in 2012. On August 27, 2012, Vance released his The Melrose EP on the Communion Music label . The EP includes four new songs that Holmes had produced. The song "Be The Song" was the soundtrack of individual episodes of Private Practice , Dr. House , Vampire Diaries , Arrow , Haven and Constantine and the film Warm Bodies .

Vance performed at the BBC's Proms in the Park in Belfast on September 8, 2012. In the fall of 2012, Vance appeared in support of Ed Sheeran's tour and came on stage with Sheeran for the song "Kiss Me". Sheeran also covered Vance's song "Guiding Light".

In 2013, Vance signed with Glassnote Records and completed his new album Joy of Nothing , which was released in August. In November 2013 the album won the Northern Ireland Music Prize for best album.

In November 2015, Vance signed with Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records label and released his studio album The Wild Swan on May 13, 2016 . Vance then appeared in the summer of 2016 as Elton John's supporting act on his Wonderful Crazy Tour through Europe and then went on a world tour through North America, Australia and Europe with his album. In December 2016, Vance released the single Moonshine , which was used in the soundtrack to Ben Affleck's film Live by Night .

Discography

Albums

  • Hope (Wurdamouth Records, 2007)
  • Joy of Nothing (Glassnote Records, 2013)
  • The Wild Swan (Gingerbread Man, 2016)

EPs

  • Blueprints EP (2000)
  • Live Sessions and the Birth of the Toilet Tour (2005)
  • Watermelon Oranges (2006)
  • Gabriel and the Vagabond (2006)
  • Be with me Remix by The Free Association (2008)
  • Portraits of the Artist (2009)
  • Time Lays Low (2009)
  • Live with the Ulster Orchestra at the Waterfront Hall Belfast (2009)
  • Melrose EP (2012)

Web links

Commons : Foy Vance  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dave Donnelly: Foy Vance: Biography by Dave Donnelly . Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lauren Murphy: Foy Vance on how the Scottish Highlands saved him . In: The Irish Times , August 2, 2013. 
  3. ^ Music Showcase - Just Added - Foy Vance - I Got Love . BBC. September 4, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  4. ^ Foy Vance | Watermelon Oranges Ep EP Review . Contactmusic.com. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ One on One with… FOY VANCE! . Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  6. ^ British Broadcasting Corporation: Northern Ireland - Across The Line . BBC. February 7, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Summer Madness . Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  8. ↑ Erwin James: Erwin James reports on the effect musicians visiting prisons may have on the inmates . In: The Guardian . July 4, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ Foy Vance - Melrose EP release - Communion . Communionmusic.co.uk. July 19, 2012. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.communionmusic.co.uk
  10. ↑ Warm Bodies Movie (2013) Soundtrack: Warm Bodies Soundtrack List | Warm Bodies Movie (2013) . Songonlyrics.com. February 1, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ ATL: Across the Line: Foy Vance releases 'Melrose' EP . BBC. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ Callum Moorin: Ed Sheeran w / Foy Vance and Passenger . cmoorin.co.uk. October 14, 2012. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  13. ^ Concert review: Foy Vance at Islington Assembly Hall . Theupcoming.co.uk. March 14, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  14. ↑ Live Review: Ed Sheeran with Foy Vance and Rizzle Kicks at Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD - January 29th, 2013 . Theregoesthefear.com. February 26, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  15. ↑ Ed Sheeran & Foy Vance: 'We both love a drink, so there's never (en-GB) . In: The Independent , September 8, 2013. 
  16. ^ Glassnote Records: Joy Of Nothing . Foy Vance. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  17. ^ Foy Vance wins inaugural Northern Ireland Music Prize . In: Music Week , Intent Media, November 13, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2014. 
  18. ^ Andre Paine: Foy Vance - The Wild Swan, review: 'deserves a commercial breakthrough' . Standard.co.uk. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  19. ^ Foy to Support Elton John on Tour . Foy Vance. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  20. ^ Foy Vance - The Wild Swan World Tour Starts Today . foyvance.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  21. ↑ Hear Foy Vance, Kacey Musgraves' Stomping New Song 'Moonshine' . rollingstone.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  22. ↑ Foy Vance & Kacey Musgraves Team Up For New Song 'Moonshine': Video Premiere . billboard.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Vance, Foy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish musician and singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangor , Northern Ireland