Wake by singer/songwriter Foy Vance marks the end of a 26-year, seven-album project that began with the death of his father. In 1999, while playing a gig in Spain, the Belfast-born artist experienced a transcendent moment on-stage. The next morning he was informed of his father’s death from a massive coronary on that very night. Overcome by grief, he experienced a galvanizing clarity that gave him the resolve to create seven albums informed by his father’s example, each to signify his growth as an artist. Vance’s dad was a traveling preacher who moved the family from Ireland to the American South and pointed to his son’s vocation by teaching him to play guitar in early childhood. Vance’s first outing since 2021 marks the occasion of Vance bringing in Ethan Johns as…

You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please . Not a Member? Join Us

« »