Foy Vance is a musician from Bangor, County Down

Bangor, County Down

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, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. His first single "Gabriel and the Vagabond" was released on 18 December 2006 on Wurdamouth Records. The single's B-side was "Indiscriminate Act of Kindness". The songs "Homebird" and "Gabriel and the Vagabond" were both featured in the second season of the US TV drama Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

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"Indiscriminate Act of Kindness" is featured in a TV commercial for Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street Hospital

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, which was aired in the UK up until Christmas of 2006. Foy often uses alternative tunings for his guitar, for example the song "Indiscriminate Act of Kindness" he uses the tuning CGDGCe. Foy has previously released two limited edition EPs on Wurdamouth Records, Live Sessions and the Birth of the Toilet Tour and Watermelon Oranges. His regular piano player is London based composer

Composer

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 Jules Maxwell

Jules Maxwell

Jules Maxwell is a songwriter, and composer who is best known as composer for the 1998 Oscar nominated short Dance Lexie Dance. His composition work for dance theatre draws upon minimalism and is often recorded, incorporating strong melodic montages of sampled sound influenced by the work of Gavin...

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On 21 July 2007 Foy's debut album Hope was released on Wurdamouth Records. The album track "Two Shades of Hope" contains a hidden recording of Foy's daughter Ella singing "You are my sunshine" at the end.

In 2010 Foy, along with David Holmes

David Holmes

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 composed the music for a film by director Terry George

Terry George

Terry George is an Irish screenwriter and director. Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland much of his film work involves the Troubles in Northern Ireland...

, and as a result has been offered a part in the director's next feature film as a busker.

EPs

• 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

External links

• Official Foy Vance Website
• Foy Vance Interview
• Paste Magazine profile by writer Taylor Bruce