Gig Guide: Sun 22nd Jun

 

Sun 22nd Jun 19:30 Foy Vance with special guest Phil Campbell

Foy Vance

"an unbelievable voice...the premier league of British songwriters"
The Sunday Times

"As if the spirit of the Blue Nile entered the body of Tom Waits"...
Leo Abrahams, Composer/Guitarist

"he's the missing link between Richie Havens and Stevie Wonder"...
Pierre Perrone, The Indenpendent

"a Gospel fuelled Pearl Jam"
What's on London

"Beautiful"
David Holmes

"Every once in a while an Artist emerges with something so new and experimental that the existing trends of the time are redefined. Foy Vance is a Northern Irish musician who's managed to transcend established thinking."
The Irish Post

"Spine Tingling voice"
The Sun

Phil Campbell is something of an enigma. Born in Scotland and into a family of lay preachers (his father) and hymn writers (his grandparents), Campbell soaked up the religious ether of this existence and then ignored it as best he could. He initially made something of a splash in the mid-1990s when he stood out amongst the more itinerant Glaswegian flotsam and jetsam and signed a development deal with WEA aged just 18. He followed this by signing to EMI and recording his debut album 'Fresh New Life' before he had turned 20. Campbell then fell out with EMI, blew his advance on drugs and friends (in that order) and then fell on his feet quick enough to get a cute scar on his left cheek and a bunch of songs that tell the whole sordid tale. After The Garden is that bunch of songs, a beautiful collection that lives up to the promise Campbell showed us all those years ago. Campbell's own uneasy listening includes Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, Neil Young, anything from Exile On Main Street and Sticky Fingers (you should hear Campbell's piano version of Gimme Shelter - it's enough to make you wonder whether you're allowed to witness something this brittle), and anything by Bob Dylan.

Phil Campbell
FOY VANCE

Price: £6.00
Age Limit: 14+
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Location: The Venue - 47-49 Abbey Street, Derby, DE22 3SJ

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