Foy Vance – Joy of Nothing (Live From Belfast) [with The Ulster Orchestra] (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Foy Vance – Joy of Nothing (Live From Belfast) [with The Ulster Orchestra] (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:52 minutes | 1,51 GB | Genre: Indie Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atlantic Records UK

Iconic singer-songwriter Foy Vance is joined by The Ulster Orchestra on his new album Joy of Nothing (Live From Belfast). Recorded live at Waterfront Hall, the document celebrates the 10th anniversary of Vance’s second album of the same name.

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Foy Vance – To Memphis (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Foy Vance – To Memphis (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:04 minutes | 476 MB | Genre: Pop, Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atlantic Records UK

Award-winning Northern Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance will release two unique new albums this year, ‘From Muscle Shoals’ and ‘To Memphis’, starting with ‘From Muscle Shoals’, out June 28 on Ed Sheeran’s label Gingerbread Man Records.

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Foy Vance – The Wild Swan (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Foy Vance – The Wild Swan (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:49 minutes | 489 MB | Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gingerbread Man Records – Elektra

Though he spent most of his formative years in the grim surroundings of 1980s Belfast, singer/songwriter Foy Vance’s musical vision is the product of an entirely different sort of nervous tension – the cross-racial friction, harmony, and disharmony that gave rise to jazz, blues, and soul in the American South, where Vance, the son of a traveling church minister, spent the pivotal first five years of his life. Drawn particularly to the spiritual aspect of those music forms, Vance took his cues from the likes of Otis Redding and Nina Simone, adjusting his own guttural singing style accordingly, and his distinctive Northern Irish lilt finds an obvious point of comparison in similarly styled compatriot Van Morrison. Musically, Vance draws as much from the British folk tradition as he does American music; this influence manifests itself in the rhythmic, invariably alternately tuned, acoustic guitar style that is almost as prominent a melodic voice in much of his work as piano or vocals. Vance was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland, in 1974, but his preacher father packed the family up and moved to Oklahoma, deep in the U.S. Bible Belt, shortly after the birth of the family’s youngest son. Traveling around the poor churches of the South, Vance developed a keen interest in music from a very early age; he observed soul, gospel, and blues up close, and this interest was facilitated by his musical father, who taught his son to play some basic acoustic guitar patterns. By age five, the family had returned to Northern Ireland, settling in Belfast, but Vance retained his interest in American music, and expanded his scope to include folk, rock, and pop styles. During the ’90s, he spent time as lead singer with Belfast soul troupe Soul Truth, but eventually returned to the acoustic guitar and fell into the role of a singer/songwriter. In 1998, shortly after marrying his fiancée Joanne (a noted visual artist), Foy was offered a residency in a bar on the Canary Island of Lanzarote. Barely two months later, he had an on-stage epiphany during one of his regular lyrical improv sessions, resulting in the line: “Jesus is coming like a thief in the night.” The following morning, he found out that his father had suffered a sudden, fatal heart attack the previous night. From that point on, the songs flowed a lot more freely; within eight months he had assembled enough material for four albums. It would be another five years before he issued his debut commercial recording, by which point he had become a celebrated live performer all over the U.K. Released in August 2005, the six-track EP Live Sessions & the Birth of the Toilet Tour was recorded in various lavatory stalls across the U.K. and Ireland; Foy found the studio too sterile an environment in which to record, preferring instead the unique acoustics of the cubicle. In 2006, two of his demo recordings were picked up for use in the hit U.S. medical drama Grey’s Anatomy: “Gabriel and the Vagabond” and “Homebird,” the latter forming the foundation for his second EP release, also titled Homebird, in June of that year. In July of 2007, Vance issued his debut album, Hope, in Northern Ireland via Wurdamouth Records. It was recorded in a cottage deep in the Mourne Mountains in his native County Down, and was co-mixed by producer Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, American Music Club). Shortly afterwards, Vance inked a deal with Rubyworks Records, the Dublin, Ireland-based label that launched Rodrigo y Gabriela onto the world stage, and a release of Hope in the Republic of Ireland followed in September of 2007. Vance’s sophomore long player, the Glassnote-issued Joy of Nothing, followed in 2013. In 2016, Vance was approached by singer/songwriter and longtime friend Ed Sheeran, who wanted to release Vance’s third full-length album, Wild Swan, via his independent label Gingerbread Man Records. Elton John also stepped in as executive producer for the album.

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Foy Vance – Signs of Life (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Foy Vance – Signs of Life (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:48 minutes | 575 MB | Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atlantic Records UK

Signs Of Life is the new album from Foy Vance, a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter hailing from Bangor, Northern Island and deeply rooted in the rich musical history and aesthetic of the Southern United States. Traveling through America for much of his youth, Foy eventually settled down in Ireland where he worked to put out his debut album.

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Foy Vance – Hope in The Highlands: Recorded Live From Dunvarlich (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Foy Vance – Hope in The Highlands: Recorded Live From Dunvarlich (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:36 minutes | 817 MB | Genre: Pop, Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atlantic Records UK

Award-winning musician Foy Vance has announced a new streaming event coming December 12: ‘Hope in The Highlands – a Concert Film from Dunvarlich’. Directed by Vance’s creative partner Gregg Houston of Babysweet Productions, the film will be captured in Foy’s current hometown of Aberfeldy in Highland Perthshire and shot at Dunvarlich House, a beautiful Arts & Crafts house near the River Tay. The concert will be shown at 9pm GMT on December 12, tickets £15. After the performance, the film will be made available on VOD from December 14 – 28.

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Foy Vance – From Muscle Shoals (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Foy Vance – From Muscle Shoals (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:21 minutes | 399 MB | Genre: Pop, Rock, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gingerbread Man Records

The son of a traveling church minister, Northern Irish singer/songwriter Foy Vance spent the first five years of his life in the deep south, and he explores those roots on From Muscle Shoals. The first installment of a two-part dive into roots music, which also includes the Americana-leaning To Memphis, the ten-track set was recorded at the iconic FAME Studios in Alabama and features a seasoned crew of session players including original “Swampers” Spooner Oldham (keys) and David Hood (bass). Comprised of ten cuts, two of which (“Be with Me” and “Make It Rain”) are punched-up versions of earlier works, Vance’s 24-grit vocals and bluesy swagger go a long way in selling the material, as does the stellar musicianship of all involved, but in attempting to emulate a classic soul album, From Muscle Shoals — a very on-the-nose name — feels more like a facsimile. A workmanlike pastiche of well-oiled grooves, melodies, and lyrics that sound like they were run through a Stax Records song generator, Vance and company do their best to inject the proceedings with some zeal, but the shadows of Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, and Percy Sledge loom too large. Like Van Morrison, soul and R&B have always been at the forefront of Vance’s particular brand of Irish-American folk, but From Muscle Shoals leans too hard in one direction and ultimately fails to distinguish itself from its source material. ~ James Christopher Monger

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Foy Vance – Signs of Life: Live From The Highlands (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Foy Vance – Signs of Life: Live From The Highlands (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:20 minutes | 588 MB | Genre: Indie Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atlantic Records UK

Northern Irish singer/songwriter Foy Vance has announced that his live album, Signs Of Life: Live From The Highlands will be released on September 8th. The album is a track-by-track live acoustic version of Vance’s acclaimed 2021 album Signs Of Life. The live sessions were filmed by Vance’s artistic collaborator Babysweet and recorded in scenic locations in Highland Perthshire, where the Bangor-born Northern Irishman lives with his family.

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