★★★★★
Is there a neurological condition that describes the association between a song and a year? Sometimes it's inevitable - Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit will forever be 1991, The Who's My Generation is 1965, The Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams is 1984 and The Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen is so obviously 1977 it barely merits comment...
- www.beat.com.au
2013-11-19
★★★★★
The term singer/songwriter is branded about so easily these days, and with new artists pushing for the limelight its easy to become blasé about yet another new one who comes into our midst. It is also apparent that the way to "make it" past the many new artists is to have a popular television programme, such as The O.C, Scrubs or One Tree Hill, use one of your tracks and suddenly everyone is interested...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
Foy Vance's debut album has been a long time coming. Having spent the better part of the 1990s fronting a variety of soul and funk bands in his native Northern Ireland, he sw out the decade a transformed artist. His new style was steeped as heavily in traditional and modern folk as it was soul, gospel and blues, and despite gaining significant acclaim as a live performer, it's taken the guts of seven years to produce a full length release...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Born in Bangor, Northern Ireland, but brought up across the pond in Oklahoma, Alabama and New Orleans, 33-year old Foy Vance's Hope showcases a melting pot of American musical styles - blues, soul, jazz and gospel. However, it is the vocal delivery and artistic vision of Vance's fellow countryman Van Morrison that casts the longest shadow over the album...
- www.tourdates.co.uk
2013-04-01