Foy Vance - Gabriel & The Vagabond (Carla Mercer)
FOY VANCE
‘GABRIEL AND THE VAGABOND / INDISCRIMINATE ACT OF KINDNESS’ (WURDAMOUTH RECORDS) RELEASED DECEMBER 18TH
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'An unbelievable voice...in the premier league of British songwriters' The Sunday Times
'The missing link between Richie Havens and Stevie Wonder' The Independent
‘A gospel fuelled Pearl Jam’ What’s On In London
'Foy's a giant' Pete Townshend
"One of the most soulful and powerful singers and writers I've heard in a long while’ "Bonnie Raitt
The inimitable Foy Vance returns on December 18th with the release of the eagerly anticipated ‘Gabriel and the Vagabond’ backed by his sought-after classic ‘Indiscriminate Act of Kindness’ as a Double A Side single.
‘Gabriel and the Vagabond’ is a live favourite which has been bringing audiences to tears with its poignant lyrics about homelessness and its bluesy guitar licks and gospel tinged vocals. The song was featured in the cult ABC networked TV drama ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ in the US which generated an incredible audience response and demand for the track. The UK release of the single coincides with the UK broadcast of the relevant episode.
The initial limited UK release of ‘Indiscriminate Act of Kindness’ (from sold-out ‘Live Sessions and the Birth of the Toilet Tour’ EP, August 05), created huge demand for the song to be re-released, especially after online audiences watched it performed live by Foy, accompanied by Pete Townshend and Martha Wainwright on Rachel Fuller’s ‘Attic Sessions’ gig at Joe’s Pub in New York in September. You can watch part of the show here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrWENWGu8c8
‘Indiscriminate Act of Kindness’ has also been chosen as the sound-bed of the forthcoming Great Ormond Street Hospital TV commercial for their Christmas appeal.
It has been an extremely busy year for Foy – shortly after recording songs for his acclaimed ‘Watermelon Oranges’ EP he joined Bonnie Raitt for 21 dates as a special guest on the European leg of her tour. A host of festival performances including Wireless and Oxegen followed along with an Irish tour. Now relocated in London Foy is about to embark on his first headline UK tour (PTO for dates).
A percentage of the proceeds from this single will be donated to a charity for young homeless people, Nightstop (www.nightstop-uk.org) and to Door of Hope (www.doorofhope.org.uk) – an organisation that helps individuals exit prostitution.
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progosk, December 6, 2006 1:29:00 PM CET
curb the pr, plz. (it's a right turn-off.)hassinator, December 6, 2006 3:59:40 PM CET
yeah what is with all this plugging bullshit?can't you delete posts like this as they are just a pain in the arse?
same can be said when people post 8 crap videos from the same crap director in a row
grrr!
biccamera, December 6, 2006 7:48:20 PM CET
aside from the yukky PR, the animation style is quite charming - scruffy rotoscoping frenzy - but the narrative so literal it becomes tiresome after the first verse. Nothing about the music that is appealing either - just another overraught patronising song about homeless people. I thought this kind of tosh went out with Phil Collins. The narrative just overloads this.